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As we embark on the cusp of a new school year and children head back to the classroom, high-powered mothers and fathers working full-time must strike a healthy balance between meeting the needs of employers and fulfilling their responsibilities to the family. Given the economic crunch, and the ever-increasing demands for productivity in the workplace, this is no easy task!
Get A Life! These 25 companies make sure you do.
Prioritizing between “work” on one hand and “life” on the other can feel like an endless struggle for some. Often, helping people balance on-the-job demands and the desire for some personal time can come down to the culture of a company and the commitment management has to helping employees find middle ground.
At Glassdoor, we wanted to find out which companies stand out because employees feel supported — if not encouraged — to work hard and take time for leisure, family and friends. To do this, we looked at company reviews over the past year. Topping the list of the Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance are…
Admit it, you’ve probably done it before. Whether it was because you felt you couldn’t miss a day of work, had already used your allotted amount of sick days, or some other reason…you’ve gone in to work sick.
According to a recent survey by CareerBuilder, nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of workers go into work when they are sick. Why? Some workers say workplace pressure or guilt factors into their decision to come in, despite not feeling well.
The question that begs to be answered is: What are the “rules” about going into work when you’re sick? Are there any?
My family and I just spent a week at Disney World, and you can bet we came home with a lot more stuff than we went there with. Turn two preschoolers loose in a Disney souvenir shop and they’re sure to find a few (or 15) items they can’t live without. There’s the Mickey Mouse bouncing ball, the Mickey Mouse truck, the pirate gear, and two Mr. Potato Heads complete with Sorcerer Mickey hats. My husband and I even caught the fever and got ourselves Mickey Mouse t-shirts.
So maybe a bunch of Disney souvenirs won’t do us much good as we return to work this week (except motivate us to work harder and make money to pay for all the stuff). But when we workaholic Americans take a real vacation and truly unplug for a few days, we almost always return with some things that make us more productive, more efficient, and better able to do our jobs.
If you let yourself take a vacation this summer, here are four “souvenirs” you can hope to bring back to the office when you return.
I was channel surfing this past weekend and came across an old movie I enjoy a great deal and not just because it’s by Mike Judge or was filmed in Dallas – “Office Space.” It’s a fun and funny movie that when watching, one can’t help but identify with the trials and tribulations of the main characters in a “comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy boss.”
In the movie the main character Peter Gibbons, played by Ron Livingston, is accidentally hypnotized to stop stressing and start enjoying life. With his change in priorities his work life improves. The solution in the movie may not be the solution for those of us ‘stressing’ over work or the lack of it, but it is a gentle reminder that getting our priorities straight can be a good thing.
I identified with the movie because I recently changed my priorities…
It’s a new year and a new decade with continued signs of economic and employment recovery. As we start the first week of Twenty-Ten, there is an air of renewed optimism and hope all around us. I believe we are on the cusp of seeing the job market open back up and the return of jobs beginning to “churn” again. Not only have we seen a reduction of jobs, but for nearly the past two years, people with jobs that seemed secure, stayed in them and didn’t take the chance of looking at the grass on the other side. This was wise since it wasn’t about the grass being greener on the other side; it was about not even knowing what color the grass was. This stopped the normal “churn” that has always been there. But now, things are starting to change and there is a real pent-up churn waiting to happen and when it does, it will come on strong. So now, would be the time to start thinking about what you want to do next! Sure, you have a dream job (or at least you should have one), but what about the other attributes of the next job? ...
As you sit at your office working away, you hear a co-worker nearby hacking up a lung and blowing their nose into tissue after tissue. At this point, there are two common lines of thought that occur in response to this situation:
“Wow, what a hard worker – comes into the office even when they’ve got a terrible cold.”
(or)
“Why are they here? They are going to give the rest of us their flu. Great! I know I’ll get sick this weekend.”
The government recommends that anyone exhibiting the physical symptoms associated with cold or flu stay home. As fall turns to winter, consider these reasons to stay home or encourage your co-workers or employees to stay home when sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching and complaints of being up all night strike:
Work/life balance takes a toll. Most people in the working world appreciate a company that offers a good work/life balance. However, if the company culture silently supports employees coming in when feeling under the weather, their appreciation for a good job combined with a solid personal life is likely to be impacted. In turn, an employee’s overall satisfaction at the company could go down and even contribute to a shorter tenure with that ...
Many of us here at Glassdoor are involved to some degree in a fitness related activity, whether it be running, biking or using those arm muscles to lift up a good glass of wine to our lips! And, as many who have been involved in a race training program will tell you, the benefits of regular exercise extend way beyond just getting healthy.
Here are some of the simple yet important lessons we have experienced that have helped make us better and more satisfied workers regardless of whether we were training for a half ironman, half marathon or taking on a new physical activity:
Get out and you’ll get over it: Sure it was irritating when someone stole your lunch from the company refrigerator, but a good run or bike ride can help you let those feelings of frustration slip away and perhaps help you clear your head. Plus, the Mayo Clinic reports that physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed than you were before you worked out.
Make the time: It may have been an awfully long day at the office, but time out for yourself can do miracles. Fresh air ...
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