Work-Life balance

I am very lucky to have a job with a flexibe working time... the pay is not very high, and there is practically no professional growth... but the flexitime is the main reason why i stayed... this feature enables me to spend more time with my family without worrying about getting paid less or having pending jobs... and i don't even need to bring any work at home... i only need my cell phone to be turn on 24 hours... so that my boss can just call me any time... It is a good thing that i did not resign from this job... because i considered doing that before...

My career is a mother, so I think work and me time are already combined. My partner and I are both home all the time, but he is a student through distance education so is all good, so we share the responsibilities of raising our kids and keeping house. We also both spend a lot of time on the computer keeping our adult minds stimulated (writing blogs and keeping up with discussions, not sordid at all!).

I am yet to manage trhat role, balancing work and married life. I stay with my parents. but what I can say that i take many responsibilities at home. like in my dad's ill ness i was alone to look after him. it was like office,hospital, home - take care of all. But i always think its easier when you are with your parents than your husband. its very rare when the husband can manage when you are busy with career. it makes me frigtful that what will happen.

It's been a long, long time since I had flex time. It was great! I'd work extra hours, get credit for them and then use the time to go to the Doctors, help someone out, etc. They called it Comp time, compensitory time I think was the full name. NOw I can take time off when I want, mostly because the weather is horrible, but I don't get paid for it. I can't accumulate extra, etc. I had another job where I could save my sick time from year to year and when family members or I was ill, I had plenty. I even accumulated vacation and so on. But now I'm an hourly employee. Take care

Well for males its mostly full time job unless ur profession is service oroentated like doctor lawyer or designer etc then u can do job as ur own and enjoy both buit in most cases, its hard to manage on long run basis, specially here in Pakistan

In this part of the globe, it is normal and almost a must for both parents to be working to make ends meet. We all find it ok. About flexitime - I think the weekends offs i.e saturday n sunday is the only time you have with family and we make use of it nicely. Also after 5.00 in the evening it is family time. You must employ a househelf to take care of kids and household chores. Here you can get a househelp living with you for only $ 30 per month.

I never got the chance to work out side the home while kids grew up but if I did it was in a motel where we lived so I would be there when they got home from school but if I did I wouldnt be upset of taking time off from work to take care of family . hey I was looking for that job when I found it and if they dont like it just go find another one!

You are very correct, now a days the life has become more demanding and it really becomes troublesome to look after onc's job and family. We do not have 'flextime' working option in our jobs. But you know that field in we both work, we can take liberties and can join our office late and we can take leave, as and when requried. Had we been in any other sector, it would have really become very difficult to look after kids and responsibilities of our job. Good Post!

That is one good perk my husband receives through his work. Now that they don't pay overtime :( just happened recently, he will be paid out in comp time hours which he can use to his descretion. He mostly gets comp time when he travels and has to work weekends. If he is needed to take a work day off for personal reasons or for my son and I then he can. He can also start later and finish early too if he needs to because of the hours of work he has accumulated. However, it doesn't happen often but when he needs to he can.

unfortunately, most companies in my country still does not practice 'flexi-working-hours' for working mothers, like me.. we do have shifts - morning, afternoon, night.. but basically most of work 6-8 hours per day. i guess those working on shifts - factory workers, nurses, policewomen etc... especially those working night and afternoon shifts will have 'more time' to spend with their children... but still.. they might not have time to spend with their husbands who works 'normal hours'.. i try to spend as much time as possible with my children - hurrying home from work, help with schoolwork, watch tv together.. eating dinner together - is a must... i never feel guilty taking a day off from work to be with the family... but - i normally take off when i know there is no important issue pending or needs my immediate response.. furthermore.. i've always told my boss - that my family matters first before my work.. so, if i really need to 'take-off' - i just do...

For most of our lives, no, we were not able to do this, however, we did work together toward the end, so although we were always at work at least we were together, and now we are retired and always together, but now without the stress. All young couples should plan ahead so that at least someday they can enjoy the fruits of their hard work. Sometimes, however, families have to make terrible sacrifices in order to get to a point of stability. During those times it is important to have a goal, I think.

It works nicely for me because I am in work when my kids are in school and the weekends are family time. But if there is something regarding my family that needs my attention, work can wait. No one is going to die because I take a day off of work so work always comes second. When I finally return to work I will get the option of working 4 ten hour days or my regular 5 eight hour days. I'm not sure which I will pick since now I have a baby I didn't have when I started there. I've never felt guilty about ditching work for my kids but maybe, just maybe I might start to feel guilty about leaving my baby with a stranger to go back to work. I'm sure I will write plenty of discussions about it if that happens ;)

As iam a house wife,i am able to spend much time with my family members.I have no any dissatisfaction in it.