schedules is a key benefit their employees need," says Working Mother Media's Carol Evans. "A large majority of our Best Companies give their employees advance notice of their monthly work hours, and all allow their employees to trade shifts as needed." Conclusion For more than 30 years, the mission at Working Mother has been to make the workplace environment more just, equitable and family-friendly. This report's findings, matched with last year's key research, What Moms Think: Career vs. Paycheck , we've proven the importance of a career orientation and its positive impact on job productivity and home satisfaction. We've also explored the factors that push women out of the workforce and the priorities of today's career-oriented moms. Although women's lives remain our core focus, the need for work life balance has never been more universal -- or more needed. A 2010 Families and Work Institute study showed the majority of men are now experiencing work life conflict as they take on more housework and child care. As a result, more flexible ways of managing work and life are necessary for everyone if we're to achieve our full economic potential as a nation. Notes 1. 2010's What Moms Think showed half of all women who described themselves as career-oriented earned less than $50,000 annually. 8. The Pew Research Center, in 2003, found that 50 percent of mothers felt that too many children were being raised in daycare centers. 9. In his book Home Alone , Pennsylvania State University sociologist Paul Amato