BUSS1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Flextime, Temporary Work, Microwork

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Business Studies
• Course: BUSS1000
• Professor: Steven Hitchcock

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Issue of (cid:449)ork life (cid:271)ala(cid:374)(cid:272)e is a (cid:858)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)(cid:859)- if defined this way, it is up to women to find or implement the solution. Employers can make room for caregiving by offering flex time and part time arrangements (however this may be not enough for many workers with caregiving responsibilities) Wanting work life balance signals lack of commitment to that work (that assumption reflects a mindset that promotes men with full time wives and no lives) Half-truths often not wholly false- but obscures a bigger and deeper truth. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:448)ie(cid:449)ed as the (cid:858)proje(cid:272)t (cid:373)a(cid:374)agers(cid:859) at ho(cid:373)e, therefore harder to spe(cid:374)d (cid:374)e(cid:272)essary ti(cid:373)e, energy and effort to be viewed as senior leaders in businesses. Lack of women at the top- due to lack of ambition, difficulty of juggling multiple roles at home and work. Millennials- one third split childcare responsibilities with partner. Ideal worker- rarely sick, face time warrior, never takes vacations.