Family-Friendly is Common Sense

CNN.com had an article recently on what to look for if you want a family-friendly job. It mentions: having a formal policy, offering flex-time, child care options, and other family-friendly benefits, having women in managerial positions, and training employees on the program. While these are all great, they missed two common sense, but overlooked items that I would argue would render any conversation on family-friendly as obsolete: 8-hour workdays and very little business travel. I wouldn't need any of those other benefits if I could have an 8-hour work day and few business trips. It really is that simple.