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Still Searching For Equilibrium In The Work-Life Balancing Act

Benefits like the flexibility to see a child's soccer game or leave work in time to get to a night class play a vital role in job satisfaction, workers say. Those saying that include an increasing number of men.

And employers continue to offer more flexibility and add policies and programs that support a balance between work and living, like child-care assistance, tuition reimbursement and paid leave for new fathers as well as mothers. The reasoning goes that a happy worker is healthier and more productive, saving the company money on health care and turnover costs.

Still, many Americans heed a conflicting implicit set of rules that say that dedicated workers hungry for success will put in long hours and sacrifice personal commitments for professional ones.

To read this article in its entirety, click on New York Times.

posted by Mike @ 11:00 AM