work life balance
by Lena Graham (2017-12-06)
For example, I can meet all the basic physiological and safety needs (thankfully, as there are many who cannot) doing the type of engineering and project management work I do. Thus, I do not take jobs that require 24/7 connectivity/availability. In the past I have had people ask first thing in the morning about e-mails they sent after I left the office the previous day - and I reminded them that I do not check e-mails after I leave for home.
This has occasionally caused friction, but either my managers learned to deal with my not checking e-mails after work or while on vacation (along with not answering the phone unless it was a genuine emergency involving risk to humans or equipment, and not dialing in to phone or web conferences) or I found a new manager.
Will I make a corner office, much less C-suite? Highly unlikely. But I won't retire with a life's worth of missed family dinners, vacations, game nights, conversations, sporting events, school plays, band concerts, etc. I also imagine I stand a much better chance of retiring while still married to my FIRST husband, and with adult kids who still answer my phone calls and e-mails..
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