The conversation around fertility benefits and support has come a long way, but many employees looking to start families still have to make hard calls to get the assistance they need — like picking up a side-gig.
Fertility issues affect approximately one in six people, according to the World Health Organization. Still, 29% of employees said that in order to pay for fertility treatments, they would need to incur a significant amount of debt, according to a recent survey from healthcare platform Carrot Fertility. Thirty-nine percent said they’d need to dip into their savings, and nearly half of respondents said they’d even consider taking a second job to afford fertility treatments.
