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When
asked, one-third of
working dads think being
Mr. Mom would be great -
if it did not mean a drop
in household income.
When the role-reversal is
not possible, there are
things families can do to
make more time together
and achieve a life/work
balance.
 Thirty-Seven
Percent of Working Dads
Would Assume Mr. Mom Role
if Spouse Could
Financially Support
Family,
CareerBuilder.com’s
Annual Father’s Day
Survey Finds
VP of Consumer
Marketing and Father of
Three Offers Tips for a
Better Work/Life Balance
CHICAGO, June 9, 2008
With Dad’s Day , many
fathers may spend their
special day dreaming
about being a
stay-at-home dad. More
than a third of working
dads (37 percent) said
they would leave their
job if their spouse or
significant other’s
income could comfortably
support the entire
family, similar to last
year’s findings.
Struggling to strike the
perfect balance between
work and family life, 37
percent of working dads
said they are willing to
take a pay cut to spend
more time with their
children; 42 percent
would take a pay cut of
10 percent or more.
The
CareerBuilder.com survey,
"Working Dads 2008," was
conducted from February
11 to March 13, 2008 and
included 955 men,
employed full-time, with
children under the age of
18 living at home.
Twenty-two percent of
working dads said their
jobs have had a negative
impact on their
relationships with their
children, with time
management playing a role
in the disruption of
precious family time.
Less than half (46
percent) of working dads
said they have missed a
significant event in
their child’s life in the
last year due to work; 26
percent said they have
missed more than three.
Leaving work at work
is having a negative
impact on home life. One
quarter of working dads
stated that they work
more than 50 hours a
week; more than one in
five (24 percent) said
they bring work home at
least once, if not more,
a week. Nearly half (47
percent) of working dads
said they spend fewer
than three hours a day
with their children
during the work week,
while 22 percent said
they spend less than two
hours and 6 percent are
only able to spend an
hour.
Richard Castellini,
Vice President of
Consumer Marketing at
CareerBuilder.com and
father of three offers
the following tips to
help working dads gain a
healthy balance between
their work and home
lives:
1.Stay in
touch - Checking
in periodically with
the family will keep
you up-to-date on
the goings on at
home and school. In
some cases, calling
home may allow you
to adjust your
schedule to attend
last minute events.
2.Work from
one household
calendar -
Consider putting up
one calendar in the
house that everyone
can access and
update. Baseball
games, recitals and
other activities
should be included
with business trips
and longer company
meetings. This will
allow the whole
family to be
organized and reduce
the amount of
scheduling
confusion.
3.Pull out
your work only after
the sun has gone
down - On the
nights that you
bring work home,
limit the amount of
email checking or
even working until
the children have
gone to sleep. When
you are at home,
your focus should be
on your children.
4. Schedule
time - A great
way to make sure you
and your children
spend quality time
together is to
schedule activities
with them each week.
These don’t have to
be eight-hour
events, but more
along the lines of a
bike ride, a trip to
the playground, or
even just to play a
game.
5.Invite your
family to your
office- Look at
your schedule and
block off some time
for your family to
stop by and see
where you work and
meet your
co-workers. Some
organizations even
schedule
kid-friendly
potlucks with other
co-workers and their
families.
Source:
CareerBuilder |
