Not exact matches
Leading
employee research firms agree that 272 is the magic number
of personal days for your newfound no -
work /
life balance.
Employees spend the majority
of their waking
lives at
work where they spend the majority
of their time apathetic and uninspired.
One study found that 75 percent
of employees listed
work -
life balance as a top priority in a job.
Giving
employees a day at home allows them to better integrate their home and
work lives — for example, they might be able to put their young children to bed due to the lack
of an evening commute — and will make them grateful.
You have to put a little more effort into many aspects
of work -
life, including communication and vetting potential
employees.
One is the
live experience they need
of actually being in a
working enterprise, whether it's a bank or city government, and two it gives them the credibility
of being able to say, «Hey, we've got this installed at the city government and they've got this many taxpayers or
employees or traffic.»
«This social contract between employer and
employee basically said, «If you come to
work every day, and you
work hard, and you give the corporation a measure
of loyalty, we in turn will take care
of you, often for the rest
of your
life, by extending healthcare and generous pensions to retirees.»»
Also, don't let the fast - paced environment
of a growing company hurt
employees»
work -
life balance.
While
work /
life balance may be a pipe dream and a fundamental misunderstanding
of how the world
works, leaders who make strong, healthy choices publicly are role models for their
employees in integrating their
work responsibilities into the totality
of their daily
lives.
To make sure
employees are thinking about the long term when they refer prospects, Brett Brewster
of Mitec Controls, a $ 5.5 - million fire - and
life - safety company in Norcross, Ga., spreads the bonus payments out: the
employee gets half at the referral's 90 - day mark and the rest when the referral has been
working for six months.
In her memory, we devote our actions to a just cause; to defend what is right and to protect the interest
of not only shareholders but most importantly the far more important stakeholders
of employees, drivers and customers whose
lives have been forever altered by the abiding faith and fervent hard
work of Travis Kalanick and the Uber team.
In addition, reclassification can provide
employees with a better sense
of work -
life balance.
«The value is that
employees can understand what is expected
of them and what they can expect from the company,» adds Paul Rowson, managing director at World at
Work, a global human resources association that focuses on compensation, benefits, work - life, and integrated total rewa
Work, a global human resources association that focuses on compensation, benefits,
work - life, and integrated total rewa
work -
life, and integrated total rewards.
What's worse, such rules take control away from the
employee, leading to feelings
of powerlessness and disengagement, says Stew Friedman, author
of Leading the
Life You Want: Skills for Integrating
Work and
Life.
Facebook is one
of the few companies in recent years to continue the legacy
of the traditional company town, where the corporation master - plans a new community for its
employees to
work and
live in.
Stay alerted for ways that your company can improve the
lives of your customers and then
work together with your
employees and customers to great a satisfying experience for everyone.
Specifically, ask your
employees: «Can you list for me the factors that could contribute to your doing the best
work of your
life?»
Even though some
of the best talent
working for small businesses these days is young and doesn't always see the value in things like healthcare or
life insurance, business owners will be better able overall to attract and retain good
employees by offering those benefits.
And it's not just tech giants — companies
of all stripes have become more flexible, actively seeking to keep
employees happy and engaged, whether through
work -
life balance initiatives or management strategies that encourage
employee feedback, input and advancement.
Employees say: «Dun & Bradstreet has a strong focus on developing the «whole person» and in recognizing that
work is just one part
of an
employee's
life.
The sudden proliferation
of wireless computing technology in recent years has opened a new front in the struggle for
work -
life balance, a battle many managers and
employees feel they are losing.
Enrich your
employees»
work life by helping them deepen their understanding
of the business and their skills and strengths.
With 10 full - time
employees, half
of Groopt
lives and
works in the same place — a San Francisco - style home with common areas and lots
of bedrooms.
Healthy
work -
life balance can be difficult for anyone to attain, but what if you're the mother
of a toddler and a 6 - month - old baby, a CEO with a roster
of high - profile clients, and the sister and former
employee of one
of Silicon Valley's most famous billionaires?
And we realized five
of the 25 current
employees came from New York directly to
work here, and 70 percent
lived in New York at one time.
In the aforementioned workplace flexibility study, nearly 67 percent
of company leaders thought their
employees had a balanced
work and
life.
In a recent study by Workplace Trends, 75 percent
of employees listed
work -
life balance as their top priority.
Additionally, rewards programs provide praise, thanks, and recognition for «
work anniversaries, developmental goals, and acts
of service for helping others,» and even allow
employees to reward colleagues for «
living company values» — with $ 5 coupons for prepared foods at the store.
Here are a few innovative ways companies are empowering
employees to create their own versions
of work -
life balance in the workplace:
With panning shots
of the company's offices, featuring a game room, groups
of people eating lunch together, and seemingly happy dogs sitting next to desks, the video includes interviews with
employees discussing
work -
life balance (an engineer training for a marathon and dressed in running clothes mentions the freedom to go for a run during
work), the challenges the company faces, and the collegial atmosphere.
In many organizations,
employees and managers have different ideas
of what
work -
life balance actually means.
Instead
of forcing
employees to sacrifice their personal
lives, startup employers need to create more
work -
life balance at their companies.
Think
of Zappos: The company's core values are known for guiding how
employees work, as well as enjoy their personal
lives.
For starters, she recommends that managers view the question in terms
of «
work -
life fit» rather than «
work -
life balance» because «fit» better acknowledges that each
employee's situation is unique — and likely to change over time.
But top - down policies won't bring about meaningful change, warns Yost, founder and president
of the
Work + Life Fit Inc. consulting firm based in Madison, N.J. Instead, she recommends that companies adopt a «partnership» approach, encouraging employees to suggest arrangements that fit their own needs while still ensuring that work gets done — and gets done w
Work +
Life Fit Inc. consulting firm based in Madison, N.J. Instead, she recommends that companies adopt a «partnership» approach, encouraging
employees to suggest arrangements that fit their own needs while still ensuring that
work gets done — and gets done w
work gets done — and gets done well.
The 2017 State
of the American Workplace Report from Gallup showed that 53 percent
of employees say it's «very important» to have a job that allows them greater
work -
life balance and personal well - being.
Some people said the screed, directed at CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, drew attention to prevalent wage issues in the area; others accused the
employee of acting entitled and failing to find better or more
work or a place to
live that costs less than her current $ 1,245 rent.
Jonathan Brunger, general manager
of Adventure
Life, a Missoula, Mont. - based small group adventure travel company, estimates that 50 percent
of the company's
employees bike to
work during the summer months.
Do this by first considering what kinds
of work -
life benefits would really be recognized as benefits to your
employees.
And so this mother
of all skills, communication, is something that all
of us — whether acting in the capacity
of boss,
employee, colleague, spouse, sibling, parent, customer, team member, etc. — must
work on pretty much every day
of our
lives.
A typical process has the
employee approach her or his manager with a specific request to take advantage
of a
work -
life program.
What's more, 35 percent
of LGBT
employees feel compelled to fib about their personal
lives while at
work.
Naturally, as companies expect their
employees to be constantly connected,
employees expect a
work culture that fits naturally with the rest
of their
lives.
The key is to take an interest in
employees»
lives outside
of work.
From free meals to shuttle services to a state -
of - the - art gym, making
work feel like home helps
employees really settle into their role and
work life.
High - performance doesn't equal
living at the office anymore, and if your goal is to have a high - functioning company for the long term and to really make it sustainable, you need to embrace the fact that your
employees are people who also have
lives and responsibilities outside
of work.
So here's the thing: businesses
of the future will thrive if they have a clear sense
of purpose, if their leaders are driven by purposes that go beyond profits, and if their
employees go to
work every morning feeling engaged in a purposeful
life.
Employees say: «Out
of all the places I've
worked so far in my
life, I've never experienced the sense
of family and mutual respect that I have here.
Even when
employees pursue education in other fields, these benefits serve to cultivate
employee loyalty and increase job satisfaction due to a greater sense
of work -
life balance and having the freedom to pursue passions.
Delbanco
worked with eight employers and other health care purchasers, including AT&T, Equity Healthcare, and Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) 775 Benefits Group, to better understand how barriers to mental health care play out in the lives of e
Employees International Union (SEIU) 775 Benefits Group, to better understand how barriers to mental health care play out in the
lives of employeesemployees.