The modern workplace may have been influenced by technology however the primary motivation for experimenting with different working conditions has been to focus on reducing employee costs more than improve productivity. As with any business, cost reduction is important however, more importantly does conditions like working from home, flexible working arrangements and four-day weeks improve…
Category Archives: Work Life Balance
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Sep
Sep
Technology allows many people, particularly white-collar workers to work from anywhere at any time. The ideal work model being promoted is people blending both their work and private lives. They can choose when and how they work in a 24/7 period, just as long as they get the work done. It is promoted as both…
30
May
May
Have you ever wanted to give someone a genuine compliment; perhaps a stranger on the street or on a train about something they were wearing or something kind you observed them doing, but have stopped yourself for whatever reason and then the moment had passed? In contrast, have you ever felt quietly delighted when a…
Career Planning, Corporate, Work Life Balance
Does promising a future of less reliable employment pass the pub test?
16
Jan
Jan
The defining question many journalists ask politicians on any campaign trail is; ‘Do your policies pass the pub test?’ If a politician went to any pub in Australia, from inner city Melbourne to the back of Bourke, and they asked the people in that pub, this simple question—would Australian’s prefer reliable or less reliable employment—what…
27
Dec
Dec
Liz, a friend of mine, is a single mother, who works hard to pay a mortgage and manage the upbringing and education of two teenage boys. To do this she held three diverse casual jobs; a shop assistant, house cleaner and aged carer. As a qualified pastry chef, she also made cakes for special occasions,…