Companies are always looking to increase profits and drive productivity. Business leaders overwhelming believe longer hours lead to increased revenue. Samsung has already introduced an extra day for its executives.
Profits matter more than children… or dogs.
Hugo is feeling bad for dogs and children across the U.S. because he loves nothing better than snuggling on the couch with his favorite parent…
Parents of children today make up about 40% of the workforce. (That number would be MUCH higher if it considered dog parents, as well.) Matter of fact, working American mothers are at a record high according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So who is going to be raising children when parents are working 6 days out of 7?
There’s a corporate plan for that!
To up profits and productivity, corporations are prioritizing childcare benefits as a perk. You may be required to work 6 days a week, but you can drop your kids off with corporate day care they will provide and that makes it all better. By using this formula, return for companies can be as high as 425% according to Boston Consulting Group. Sheesh… I’m glad I’m on the down side of my career.
I’m too old for the new and improved corporate world.
Maybe it’s because I’m old, but logging 6 days of work every week doesn’t sound much like living to me — and sticking kids in daycare and dogs in crates at home doesn’t sound great for the parents, the kids, or pets. When did work/life balance go out of style?
And if you only get 1 day off a week to spend with your family, when are you going to do laundry, shop for groceries and do the normal home upkeep that’s required (like mowing grass for example)?
Now you know: When researchers removed eyebrows from pictures of familiar faces, it reduced the chances of recognition substantially, and significantly more than removing the eyes themselves.