Sabbatical programs, 35-hour work weeks, flex time and other benefits geared toward balancing personal-professional life are obviously important today, perhaps more so than in decades past, especially in publishing. Employees today are pressured to do more and more with less and less, and faster than ever. It’s like pulling a rubber band as far as you can, slowly stretching it to the breaking point. Some of us are like the rubber bands that have snapped and then had the ends tied together to keep us working.
The Makings of a Great Company
Sabbatical programs, 35-hour work weeks, flex time and other benefits geared toward balancing personal-professional life are obviously important today, perhaps more so than in decades past, especially in publishing. Employees today are pressured to do more and more with less and less, and faster than ever. It’s like pulling a rubber band as far as you can, slowly stretching it to the breaking point. Some of us are like the rubber bands that have snapped and then had the ends tied together to keep us working.