Holy moly! It's about time. Look at this study:
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=843186
'The days of company-loyalty-at-all-costs are over,' says Andrew Dyer of BCG. 'Employees…often make caree decisions based on factors such as flexible work hours and emotional gratification.'
Here is the bottom line:
1. Work life balance a major challenge in every region of the world except Pacific!
2. Due to this, and other reasons, getting and keeping talent may become harder than doing an IPO.
3. By 2015, US companies are expected to source half of their talent globally vs the one-fifth of 2007.
4. Flexible work arrangements are the corner stone of most work life balance initiatives. Second most popular is part time work.
5. 60 percent of companies globally say they offer flexible work hours. By 2015, 80 percent of companies expect to offer flexible working hours.
6. The study is the most comprehensive review of HR practices ever conducted.