This mum thinks so.
Google the phrase “work life balance” and this is what you get;
“Work-life balance is a concept including proper prioritising between ‘work’ (career and ambition) and ‘lifestyle’ (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation).”
Oh the irony that the Chief Financial Officer at Google resigned recently for work life balance reasons.
Patrick Pichette is a former Rhodes Scholar with over 25 years of senior business administration experience. He was appointed Senior Vice President and CFO at Google in 2008. He announced his resignation on 11 March citing family reasons and a desire to concentrate on his marriage. (Admirable.)
Pichette’s letter of resignation hit the web late last week. He writes, “life is wonderful, but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community.”
Is Pichette saying that the best way to get work life balance is to quit working?… Huh.
Google is renowned the world over for the way it treats its employees. The benefits include extended leave, providing food on site, sport and leisure equipment and recognising that employees who have regular breaks and enough time with their families are much more likely to be loyal and have a higher productivity.
Check out the Google Careers website, “our benefits are part of who we are, and they’re designed to take care of the whole you and keep you healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially… It’s all about removing barriers so Googlers [google employees] can focus on the things they love, both inside and outside of work.”