Yes, young women are concerned with the accessibility, quality, and cost of day care, but older workers are equally concerned with caring for aging parents. Companies must reconcile the programs they make available with affordability. The bottom-line must be considered. In the final analysis, the company must rationalize what is equitable and fair. The key to employee needs across the spectrum is flexibility.
Employees require flexible work days and hours in order to meet their lifestyle needs.
Some employees require tailoring their work day by adjusting the hours worked, whereas other employees may require days off while working additional hours on other days. Senior managers must determine how to make individual requirements fit with the productivity needs of the company. Senior managers must reconcile the demands of the work place with the requirements of the employees. Often this is easier said than done. Older managers are used to rigid and inflexible ways of managing.