Work Life Balance

So far, I've heard three common reactions to Marissa Mayer's decision to eliminate working from home at Yahoo. They are: 1. She'll lose all her best employees. 2. She's setting back all the progress we've made in work-life balance. 3. She's making a desperate attempt to fix a failing business. ...

By Kelly Gurnett Having passion for your work makes all the difference in the world. You wake up looking forward to the day ahead. You give it your all. You take difficulties in stride and face challenges with a "let me at 'em!" attitude. Loving your work makes you one heck of an employee. ...

In a startling reversal, more young women than young men now rank a high-paying career as one of their life priorities, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. Sixty-six percent of women ages 18 to 34 said a well-compensated career was "one of the most important things" or "very important," ...

If you think that the more education you have, the better job you'll get and the easier life will be, think again. Recent research shows that highest educated employees are experiencing increased stress levels as well as increased difficulty managing work-life balance. ...

Our fathers would have laughed at the concept of work-life balance, but the days of 70-hour work weeks are so 1990s. Now, companies realize that employees burn out quickly if their lives are consumed by their jobs, and a well-rounded worker is a happy worker. In an effort to recognize companies that really get ...