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Because office attendance is still often seen as a proxy for productivity, working remotely full time, or working more days from home than others do in a hybrid workplace, could become an updated version of the “mommy track,” a career path in which flexibility comes at the price of lost chances for advancement.

And maternity leave can derail them into a “mommy track” with fewer opportunities for promotion, even at companies with generous leave policies.

Her new job, on a team that some refer to as the “mommy track,” affords her much more time at home with her husband and two older children in their Astoria, Queens, apartment.

Once on the “mommy track,” women make less money and have fewer opportunities for advancement.

Gamba made a point of telling co-workers she didn’t want children, she said, hoping to avoid the perception she was on the “mommy track” rather than the “promotion track.”