Losing Faith in the Corporate World
To some companies, an employee should be grateful to have a job at all and to get a salary at the end of the month. But surely employees should expect a bit more from their employer. More and more people are losing faith in the corporate world and looking for freelance work and self-employment opportunities... But why is that? In my experience, I believe that these are the reasons: Lack of flexibility Companies expect their employees to fit their personal lives around their work commitments. But with young families it is impossible to achieve (sick child, school events, sports club, tutoring, doctor/dentist appointments, school holidays, etc...). If companies offered more flexibility, it would help families achieve better work/life balance. In a world where two parents have to work to make ends meet, companies have the duty to offer more flexibility. It is time for employers to try and meet their employees half way and offer them the flexible/remote working opportunities they