Career and Kids

November 18th, 2007

I didn’t get the one less hour housework memo

According to the study, I am $22,500 short on salary as I spent about 3 hours on laundry today.
Tags: Career and Kids, less-housework, MSNBC

Share This

By elizabeth -- 0 comments

November 6th, 2007

Women and work absenteeism

There’s an interesting article on MSNBC, Female absenteeism is not just about child care that talks about the fact that women call into work sick more often than men, but, it might not be for the reasons you think.
It’s easy to assume that women bear the burden of childcare, so they stay home from work […]

By elizabeth -- 0 comments

February 7th, 2007

Companies work to retain new mothers

In a sharp contrast to the health care institutions who eliminated my job with ALL THREE of my pregnancies (coincidence? I’ll let you decide), it’s refreshing to see that there are companies out there who are doing what they can to retain mothers. An article from Forbes via MSNBC
Companies that used to wave goodbye to […]

By elizabeth -- 4 comments

January 18th, 2007

Hot Jobs for 2007

I don’t think this has ever happened to me before: not one, but, two of my jobs are on a “hot jobs” list.
According to 10 hot jobs for 2007 at MSNBC, my day job AND my blogging job are on the list. Please stand aside now, so I can collect and store all my money.
Wait, […]

By elizabeth -- 1 comment