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- From: Nina Sweeney <sweeney@helix.nih.gov>
- Subject: Re: Is There A Mommy Track for Technical Professionals?
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:35:42 GMT
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- >Subject: Re: Is There A Mommy Track for Technical Professionals?
-
- Let's face it, there are a lot of employers whose minds are
- totally closed when it comes to alternative work arrangements.
- And it's true that many non full-time employees work much harder and
- accomplish
- more than their full-time colleagues. But then again, there are
- part-timers who
- give the practice a bad name, and there are enough of them to make
- their co-workers and employers miserable. Like ego-driven bosses,
- the breed exists, and not to admit it is unfair to everyone and doesn't
- help
- to dispel the very unfair stereotype. What will help is increased
- flexibility on
- the part of employers, with a view towards how such flexibility will have
- long-term benefits for the company/organization,
- and realistic career planning on the part of would-be part-time
- employees.
- An employer may have to invest in training
- for a part-time employee so that he/she will have the skills to complete
- in-depth projects when the need arises and when he/she has the time to
- undertake
- them. A part-timer with (an) infant child(ren) may have to admit that
- he/she
- may not be able work on certain time-critical development projects for a
- while. That doesn't mean he/she will never be able to do so. The keys
- to all of this
- is honest communication and remaining truly interested in your field.
- It's so basic that it sounds stupid, but easy it ain't.
-