Cher Christian, dear all Christian Perrier wrote @ 26/11/08 09:53: > Quoting Meike Reichle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> things to offer that others may not (I'm not talking about apple pie >> here) also research (e.g. Relinking Life and Work by Rhona Rapoport and >> Lotte Bailyn) shows that work/life balance measures such as flexible >> work times don't only benefit mothers and fathers but all employees. > > In the long term, definitely. I'm personnally much more happy to allow > the female component of my team (8 people, 1 woman...) to take some > time off because she's been called in urgency to get her child at home > because of illness or whatever. The same stands as well for the only > male component who still has young children. > > In the long term, I know that this flexibility and respect for > personal life (whatever personal life might involve....but personal > life for many people in their 30's involve youg children, that's just > statistical evidence...)....will bring a better work environment and, > in some way, a better fidelity and commitment by these people.
I think in the long term all this is very true and a laudable approach. The problem, IMHO, lies mostly in the fact that these days you often aren't hired for life but get a contract for a couple years. This gives the whole thing a very different drift. If I hire an employee for three to five years I am not interested in his or her long-term wellbeing, my horizon is X years and in that time I want to get as much productivity out of him or her as I can. If I wear the person out, I may not even have to suffer the consequences. This is one of the factors that make today's working world so problematic. > Bleh, hard to explain all this....in a written way and not in my > day-to-day languae. Hope you'll get my point and not hate me for being > such a stereotyped jerk. I want my spätzle.... And you shall have them! April at the latest :) Best regards, Meike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
