Work and life (Page 13)

I loved reading Fever Pitch, (one man’s story of the highs and lows of being an obsessive Arsenal fan) when I first found it, but I never thought it would apply to me. But watching the World Cup last night with Australia spending most of the match futilely trying toContinue Reading

Yes, I’ve succumbed, I’ve got a Blackberry. I’ve read many articles about how terrible blackberries are, since they encourage you to be available at all times. Laura at 11D hates the idea, after her husband has been forced to get one. But I think that just like many other things,Continue Reading

Interesting article in the SMH today about how the lack of childcare is stopping people from working. A few interesting points; as suzoz pointed here a few days ago, family day care is not that popular, because increasingly the higher standards and professionalism of long day care (whether real orContinue Reading

The AFR this morning had an interesting article about the budget plans to improve childcare.Apparently, the way in which this government will improve childcare is to “improve market intelligence”. “Family and Community Services Minister Mal Brough is adamant that leaving the provision of childcare to the market will solve problemsContinue Reading

I haven’t bothered commenting on the AWB royal commission before, mainly because it seemed too depressing. Once again, a government has done the wrong thing and brazened it out because the voters don’t really care about the technicalities, and they have enough “I didn’t know stuff” to hide behind. TheContinue Reading

I went to a lunchtime presentation today from one of last year’s AFR Boss Young Executives of the Year, Jane Adams. She is a COO at a recruitment consultant, and is part-time – works three days a week (which was not part of the criteria for the award). She talkedContinue Reading

I’ve managed people older than me for most of my working life. They’ve mostly been only a little bit older than me, or else I’ve known them for long enough that I’ve forgotten that they’re older than me by the time I manage them. I’ve realised lately that I feelContinue Reading

In our executive team today, we had a bit of a discussion about work-life balance, and how to maintain some sense that work-life balance was possible in our environment (one which at least some of the time, there are a bunch of people working ridiculous hours to meet a deadlineContinue Reading

The AFR has an article today (subscription only as usual) about job sharing. It is very favourable, basically saying that most of the myths about how hard it is and complete rubbish. A few myths: – it costs too much – takes twice as long to supervise – needs aContinue Reading