Problem: 60 percent of HR executives are satisfied with the work-life services that their companies offer employees. The bad news is that only 16 percent of their employees agree with them. According to a study conducted by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a global network of business professionals, the disconnect results from the fact that HR managers tend to value different services than employees do. More than 60 percent of the 50,000 workers polled in the CEB study specified flextime schedules as the single most important work-life benefit that an employer can offer.
How much value would you put on work-life balance? Do you think this varies for different people? What do you do (or what will you do if you haven't yet started your career) to achieve a balance between work and life?