Even when consultants are given greater control of their schedules, they don't tend to use it.
” explains this disjuncture between the policies offered by firms and their limited uptake by employees. People fear that taking up these benefits — e.g., paid parental leave, part-time or compressed workweeks, extended leaves of absence, local or virtual projects to temporarily decrease travel, and ad-hoc periods of increased flexibility — will lead to them being seen as less committed to work.
First, the consultants we talked to stressed that work-life balance are simply incompatible with the job of consulting One study participant Rita told us, “I’ve been in enough different jobs to know that there’s certain things that go with the job, and you can’t really change it. You’re never gonna have consulting and not have travel.” Even though she herself did not travel when her kids were young, instead working mostly on local projects, she rejected that solution for her peers.
Ron told us, “When I hear of big programmatic solutions to work-life balance, I approach them with some suspicion… Every person or couple’s or parent’s recipe has different ingredients and different cooking times and different-size ovens.”Most of the people we talked to used a language of choice to describe how they managed the balance between their professional and personal lives.
While most firms offer some form of 360 evaluations , they differ in weighing these for promotion and compensation decisions. Those that actively value feedback from lower-level employees may hold leaders more accountable for fostering improved work-life balance.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Miss Manners: Has asking the bride’s father for permission really come back into fashion?Plus: They keep using the worst day of my life as an icebreaker.
Read more »
Snapchat introduces a Dual Camera featureSnapchatters will now be able to produce content using both the rear-facing and selfie cameras at the same time.
Read more »
Mental health care and the Military; One clinic hopes to break the stigmaFairbanks Clinic offers mental health services to military members, families and affiliates
Read more »
MTV Video Music Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)Keep up with the latest winners from Sunday's show, airing live on MTV.
Read more »