Shifting values in our workforce

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Our society is fast changing our reality; it is now more common to have dual-income families, more single parents and more elderly dependents. Hence, our workforce stereotypes are crumbling. More and more mothers are veering away from the “stay-at-home” image, while more and more fathers are hands-on parents. A working mother now is not necessarily a bad mother, and a full-time mother is not necessarily a very good mother. As such, it now becomes a consideration for employees to have as much work-life balance when deciding whether or not to take a job, or how long they would stay in one company. This now opens companies to consider and implement several policies that may allow flexibility for its employees. These policies such as having a mobile schedule or have options to work from home proves beneficial for us employees to have that balance in our personal life and career. I do hope more and more companies provide these options for their employees.