Life Balance

Employees Looking for Work/Life Balance According to a recentSurvey published by Monster, 89% ofrespondentslook for work/life balance programs when evaluating a new job.Only half of the HR professionals agreed on the importance, which is probably whyonly 29% of employees who participated in the online survey rated their companys work/life balance programs as good or excellent. The2008 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report compiled by ExecuNet also contains some interesting information regarding job satisfaction. 40% of employed executives are not satisfied with their jobs. Although boredom and a lack of advancement were the most cited reasons,work/life imbalance was also akey reason why they leave companies.Dave Opton, ExecuNet CEO and founder said, We see this year after year money will motivate people to come on board, but it cant make them stick. Salary.com reported in their third annual 2007/08 Employee Satisfaction and RetentionSurvey that the top reasons employees stay at their jobs was notan attractive compensation but relationships with co-workers.Included inthe top five reasons were relationships withmanagers, benefits anddesirable working hours. Employment surveys and statistics are available in abundance and yet with the wealth of information available we continue to see surprising disparities between how employers and employees perceive job satisfaction.