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Hi All!
Pretty much every big corporation these days has an HR push towards the new 'Work/Life Balance'. This is all good in theory, but is it actually happening?
I have worked for some global corporations over the last few years all over the world (well, London UK & Melbourne OZ) and even though on their intranet pages, there is a lot of fuzz about this work/life balance, they were never able to offer me anything similar! The office hours are 9-5 (or 8:30-5:30) and I was hired on 40 hours a week. If I asked to get longer hours 4 days a week instead of 5 days a week, I was told no. Apparently 'if you stay after hours you don't get paid extra because the office is closed' and you need to be here whenever the office is open. This lead me to being extremely efficient so I did not have to stay behind and waste my own time.
I am a hard worker, but I am the exact opposite of a 'workaholic'. I know the difference between working hours and play hours. By 5:05 I'm in the car/train. There is way to much that I need to do in my own life that sticking around until 7pm in the office does not appeal to me.
So, in the end I decided to create my own work/life balance. I finished up in my full-time position in early November 2007. Since then I have had a great work/life balance! My Online Business Centre and this site are both doing great. I'm loving the balance I have created.
Unfortunately, I am not earning the $30,000/month I was aiming for yet! So, I've decided to get some temporary work part time. I have a position coming up next week where they want someone a few hours a day a few times a week. Now this is what I call work/life balance!
I am really looking forward to spending a few hours in a 'real' job and a few hours on my online businesses. This could be the start of a great partnership of work/life balance!
Have you managed to achieve a work/life balance in your life? Let me know how you do it.
-Bec
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