And that can't happen when work and family are put in opposition. Stress is rising in the workplace. There is continual pressure to separate our family from work life. More professionals are working entire states away from their families. Employers and supervisors are encouraged to be careful about questions relating to home life to avoid lawsuits.
People are confused about their allegiance to their family and their allegiance to work.
We are told by law to separate these entities, and we currently believe this to be good business. When we read statistics about the length of the workweek growing, we can only wonder how and when actual caring of the family occurs. Some of our new young professionals have been raised in home environments and parented by adults who have given them messages about the importance of work first and family, later. We might hear them say they have already paid their dues by growing up in homes where family needs were taken care of only after job expectations were complete. They are not interested in that kind of workplace anymore.