Company Perks – Do They Assist With Life Balance?
In order to keep employees and attract new candidates, many employers are now offering new perks to their employee packages. In a BusinessWeek Online article,
June 1, 2007
Mothers and Work-Family Balance
Four-in-Ten working moms would take a pay cut to spend more time with their kids, according to the annual mother’s day survey put out by
May 14, 2007
Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s come in all shapes and sizes but what matters is what something is, not what someone calls it. You might be labeled the Soccer
May 11, 2007
I Can’t Get No … Satisfaction
Are you one of the many people walking around singing the Rolling Stones song Satisfaction? You know the one – I can’t get no satisfaction,
May 10, 2007
Stay-At-Home Moms are, Not Surprisingly, Underpaid
clipped from news.yahoo.com NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper,
May 3, 2007
A Perfectly Balanced Life
Is there a formula to figure out what your ideal work-life balance is? Dr. David Lewis a British Neuropsychologist has devised one. As of right
May 1, 2007
A Day to Balance Work and Family
Did you know that this Thursday, April 26th, is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day? Are you planning to participate?
According to the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day program was founded to create an opportunity for girls and boys to share and communicate their expectations for the future.
April 24, 2007
One Day Blog Silence
On April 30th 2007, the Blogosphere will hold a One-Day Blog Silence in honor of the victims at Virginia Tech. 33 died at the US college massacre.
April 22, 2007
Work-Family Balance and Gender Lines
Courtney E. Martin has an interesting article over at The American Prospect titled “Fighting Apart for Time Together: Why is all the activism for work/life balance split along gender lines?”
Ms. Martin takes the very complicated issue of work-family balance activism and makes it understandable. Here is how the discussion shakes out:
April 18, 2007
How Important is Work-Life in Recruitment?
I spent a little time perusing several of the larger job boards recently and noticed that, no matter the job, there’s an increasing trend to offer a statement about the employer’s dedication to work-life and work-family support of its employees.
This statement sometimes comes in the job description, or is often included in the “about the company” section of the posting, but generally reads like this:
April 18, 2007
Virginia Tech – In Our Thoughts
My PDA phone cashed it in the other day and I had to purchase a new one. I’ve spent several hours over the past 3 days getting up to speed and ensuring that all my data has transfered to the new one. I also played around a bit, much to my wife’s amusement, importing some pictures so that when my wife and kids called, I’d see their smiling faces on my phone’s display.
My daughter is a bit finicky about her photos and didn’t like the one that I chose, so I went to her MySpace page to download one that she had posted, reasoning that she’d obviously given it the thumbs up, and here’s what I found instead:
April 17, 2007
Family Friendly Workplaces for Fathers
Fact: When we talk about “family friendly” companies, we’re usually thinking about working mothers, not working fathers.
Family friendly workplaces are usually characterized by discussions surrounding flexible hours, telecommuting, time off and leaves, child care support and assistance, and company culture – and company culture involves all of the aforementioned.
April 17, 2007
Does Top Management Understand Work-Life Balance?
I’ve made several posts to this blog opining about the work-life discussion as it relates to corporations and employees. The way the debate is being shaped today, there are two conflicting formulas at work here:
For the company, Work-Life Balance boils down to this: Company = Good, Family = Bad For the employee, it looks like this: Family and Personal Time = Good, Company = Bad.
April 16, 2007
My Life Balance
Well, it’s snowing here. I find it extremely ironic that the Cleveland Indians are in town playing ball at Miller Park due to the snow storm in Ohio and because our stadium offers the protection from the elements in the form of its retractable – and close-able – roof.
I’m taking advantage of a canceled appointment or two and some snow closings to share with you some photos I snapped a few moments ago, as well as to let you all know that my life balance/ work-life balance/ work family balance doesn’t consist only of work!
April 11, 2007
VAs (Virtual Assistants) Offer Work-Life Balance Assistance
Check out Gillian Hood-Gabrielson’s Fit for Business blog. Gillian features a Q & A with Sharon Williams, Chairperson of the Alliance for Virtual Businesses.
Ms. Williams supports what I’ve discussed with some of you when it comes to work-life balance:
“A benefit I haven’t covered is the ability to improve work/life balance. By hiring a VA, clients can systemize the business and automate its processes.
April 11, 2007
Top 100 Corporate Work-Life Programs
Working Mother magazine has published its list of 100 Best Companies – The Family-Friendliest Companies in America. The list measured 7 areas of the companies’ work-life programs:
April 10, 2007
PDAs and Private Time
Separation of work life from our home and personal lives is becoming harder and harder. We are constantly being interrupted by ringing cell phones and PDAs beeping with new email messages waiting for our attention.
When we think we’ve escaped the microscope of our working lives, the lights are tuned up brightly and the wonders of technology pull us back – they often divert our attention from achieving what’s most important to us.
April 6, 2007
What Is Balance, Anyway?
Leslie Morgan Steiner’s Washingtonpost.com On Balance blog post of March 29Th asks the following:
“So what is balance, anyway? Do you have to have children in order to struggle with balance issues? How do you find your own balancing point in life? What makes you think you are balanced — and others are not — or vice versa? What happens when you tip over — how do you right yourself and your life?”
Good questions!
April 5, 2007
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