Is your workplace pro-family?
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I think only the govt sector practise these pro family policies. The private sector not so "on". Think the govt sector also has blue sky day, leaving office while still light.
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Not true lah. MNCs do have pretty good employee welfare and pro family practises. In fact, I see govt sector still playing catch up with these MNCs.
Quite a few MNCs do offer paternity leave, compassionate leave for even granparents. The few MNCs that I worked in, most adopt a mobile workforce wherever possible so working from home is quite the norm. Flexi-hour was also not unheard of. And that was 10yrs ago when I was still in the corporate world. Even then, the company practise family dinner day where they chased everyone out by 5.30pm. And there is the bring your child to work day, etc.
But whether or not these practises are supported depends largely on your immediate superior. -
Funz:
Not true lah. MNCs do have pretty good employee welfare and pro family practises. In fact, I see govt sector still playing catch up with these MNCs.
Quite a few MNCs do offer paternity leave, compassionate leave for even granparents. The few MNCs that I worked in, most adopt a mobile workforce wherever possible so working from home is quite the norm. Flexi-hour was also not unheard of. And that was 10yrs ago when I was still in the corporate world. Even then, the company practise family dinner day where they chased everyone out by 5.30pm. And there is the bring your child to work day, etc.
But whether or not these practises are supported depends largely on your immediate superior.
My company has all these practices. But nobody enforces especially the bosses. It's unheard of to knock off early unless you are extremely sick. Taking mc is frowned upon.
On my first week at work I asked for access to work from home and was food it's been denied due to the cost of maintaining the access. -
ok lets flip it over
if you are the boss / manager
would you be ‘pro-family’ and how ‘pro-family’ would you be? -
I guess I am pretty much lucky then that my company's culture is pro family. All of us in my department and level leave on the dot daily at 6pm except for my immediate boss and one colleague. Boss is also very easy about leave, never once my leave was not approved
Lateness is of 5 to 15 mins is never an issue but we will inform boss if later than that and she is okay too. I can't complain much.
The only drawback in my current place is promotion and growth are quite stagnant. And that draw me to ask a question: Will you still try to go out to venture for some other jobs that can pay you higher pay and growth but you don't know whether the company is pro family or not or will you stay put in the current that is pro family? I am no longer young, another few more years will hit the big \"40\"! -
happy to be mum:
If I need the money, pro-family or not has no impact on me. In any job, if you need the money, you work your ass off and don't see your kids or spouse for days and it's justified. If you are happy with the current pay, you would be more inclined to want work-life balance and pro-family measures.I guess I am pretty much lucky then that my company's culture is pro family. All of us in my department and level leave on the dot daily at 6pm except for my immediate boss and one colleague. Boss is also very easy about leave, never once my leave was not approved
Lateness is of 5 to 15 mins is never an issue but we will inform boss if later than that and she is okay too. I can't complain much.
The only drawback in my current place is promotion and growth are quite stagnant. And that draw me to ask a question: Will you still try to go out to venture for some other jobs that can pay you higher pay and growth but you don't know whether the company is pro family or not or will you stay put in the current that is pro family? I am no longer young, another few more years will hit the big \"40\"! -
Joule:
i think it depends on the industry you are in and the type of jobs involved.ok lets flip it over
if you are the boss / manager
would you be 'pro-family' and how 'pro-family' would you be?
We notice in my workplace where the admin/executive level staff (performing secretarial duties and the like) never fail to exhaust their 14 days entitlement of MC each year. Whereas the PMET hardly take any MC the whole year and may even come in to office to complete work when sick, this is also the group who cannot clear annual leave.
Year after year, this trend does not change - clearly people are abusing the system. Not surprisingly, the company is wary this group will likely also abuse any pro family policy. Besides, the nature of their job - to provide administrative support requires face time in the office.
For the PMET, to take time off to attend to kids etc from time to time is never an issue. But most times, you work closely with other colleagues and it is hard to discuss and strategise when you are not in office. Plus you cannot focus when kids are clamouring for your attention. So most will not like to work from home any way. -
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Both DH and my company take care of our family well so that we can work with peace of mind. But it also means we are driven hard. 60-90 hours work week is norm for us. So far, the company and management is supportive if we should need to take sabbatical as part of our work life balance initiative. I cannot ask for more.
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Nebbermind:
Should be admin, non-exec work lah.[/quote]am not sure if this kinda age-biased.. in our workplace there are a few women who just rejoined the workforce and they were 50+, and at least one of them is holding a Finance Manager role.. not a simple admin job.. and she is as sharp as any 28 year old girl..and yes, they kinda add some sort of \"maturity\" and \"stability\" to the team, as all of her children are now married.. so she tends to treat her direct reports as daughters/sons..slmkhoo:
[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]I know certain coy choose to employ ladies who r rejoining the workforce. Why? Coz they r less likely to take urgent leave to tend to sick children
What industry and what area of work? I'm going to return to the workforce at 50yo so I'd be interested!
also she is very friendly to young mothers (or middle-age mothers who have very young kids).. certainly not the alpha female.. she actually promotes family friend atmosphere through her daily interactions with people..our company I would say is not pro-family but, some individuals do try to compensate for it.. by trying not to super impose stringent rules..
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