Menopause symptoms can have a massive impact on a woman’s ability to perform at work, and the largest segment of the workforce is fast approaching — or already in — this life stage.
The average age women experience menopause is 51, but the average onset of perimenopause (the stage preceding menopause) is 40, with some women experiencing symptoms as young as their mid-30s, according to New York hospital network Mount Sinai. Women in both stages can experience fatigue, hot flashes, night sweats, trouble sleeping, skin and hair changes and increased irritability, stress, anxiety and depression.
