How women can avoid burnout as female workers continue to exit the labor force

Co-host of Brown Ambition Podcast Mandi Woodruff-Santos joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss ways to help ease the work grind and burnout.

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- A new study shows that more women are quitting their jobs than ever before. And they are doing so in search of better cultures and more manageable workloads. Yahoo Finance contributor and co-host of the Brown Ambition podcast, Mandi Woodruff-Santos joins us now with more on this exodus. Mandi, nice to see you. So are they really quitting looking for just a better culture?

MANDI WOODRUFF-SANTOS: Yeah. I mean, I really feel like there's no going back to being a woman in the workplace pre-2020. Like women in the workplace today, we expect more. We've seen what the other side looks like with remote work, hybrid working privileges, not feeling like we have to hide who we are as working parents, and actually get what we need from our employers. So with the great resignation and as we continue to have, yes, I know, a challenging but still pretty positive. It's kind of weird job market. More women are still feeling like I'm going to get out of here. I'm going to save myself. And I fully support this.

- So Mandi, if you're one of those people you're trying to figure it figure out what to do, the best option for you going forward. What should you do?

MANDI WOODRUFF-SANTOS: Well, first thing is first. If you're lucky enough to be able to escape, whether it's a toxic work environment or an environment, one of the biggest complaints for women in leadership roles especially is I'm not actually getting tapped for any opportunities to advance. And so sometimes you have to get out and move on for your own development. However, if a new opportunity has not fallen into your lap or you're not succeeding in the interview process, you may need to just make your situation where you are now a lot better.

My biggest tip here is to not expect your manager to have all the answers for you. And I'm speaking from experience, OK? I remember walking into my manager's office when I was a senior director managing a team of 30 and just being like, I don't think I can do this. I'm so overwhelmed.

And he sort of looked at me and gave me a gift. He said, tell me what you need. And honestly, I think if we all were a lot better about advocating for ourselves, coming to the table with what we think are solutions, why are we feeling overworked, and how we can come up with solutions so that we can spread ourselves a little less thin, that would do I would go so far into helping us feeling more burnt out. Your manager may be willing to help you, but they're so overwhelmed they can't think of solutions for what you're dealing with so bring those solutions to them.

- Very important advice there and tips. You can check out Mandi's column at YahooFinance.com. Mandi Woodruff-Santos, thanks so much.