My employer has recently introduced a new policy for all sorts of family friendly stuff – among them, a “breastfeeding friendly workplace”. I work in the CBD. We have employees spread across a few different buildings. They have put aside one room in one building for expressing breastmilk. Completely uselessContinue Reading
I’ve been reflecting, during the World Cup, at how good we Australians are at watching sport in the middle of the night. But it’s part of being a sports fan, here. We’ve grown up watching pretty much any world class sport in the middle of the night. Think Ashes tests,Continue Reading
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
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