ABSTRACT
There have been many studies done on the impact of the covid on employees and women workers but few on women managers, and in Malaysia. The pandemic affected everyone, but many talented women were compelled to leave the work force and/ or change their life and career goals in the light of the situation in which they found themselves with little support from organizations and others in their lives.This research looks at the dynamics of women's expected role in society and how this may have influenced HR thinking and policies vs the expectations of women managers from HR in helping them achieve their career goals while balancing their life goals. The corporates and HR department in particular could have done more to retain their women managers during the difficult time.The first part of the research focuses on appreciating women managers' career goals, the second part looks at the impact and the third section covers possible measures that could have helped these women perform better.The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of the pandemic on women managers and their needs to derive directions towards shaping appropriate policies by corporates and Human Resource Managers to both retain talented women employees and support their women managers to achieve their potential for themselves and for the organization.