Work-Life Balance

Anywhere, anytime: the future of employment is flexible
By Alison Maitland

Financial Times - Special Reports
25th January 2012
 
Is There Life After Work?
By Erin Callan
The New York Times - Opinion
9th March 2013

The Dual-Career Mojo that Makes Couples Thrive
By Monique Valcour
Harvard Business Review Blog Network
11th April 2013

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
By Anne-Marie Slaughter
The Atlantic - The Myth of Work-Life Balance
13th June 2012

When the Work-Life Scales Are Unequal
By Hannah Seligson
The New York Times - Business Day
1st September 2012
  •  The pursuit of "work-life balance", which sounds so wholesome and reasonable, can be a zero-sum game in the office. 
  • In theory, flextime seems like an everyone-wins proposition. But one person’s work-life balance can be another’s work-life overload.
  • Who, if anyone, has the work-life balance higher ground: The mother with three children, the son taking care of elderly parents, or the 20-something who is learning Mandarin once a week? And should the reasons even matter and be brought to the table in the first place?
  • Even well-designed policies cannot always accommodate the reality that many industries are deadline-driven or not particularly conducive to balance.

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