Do You Think You May Be Overlooked for a Promotion if You Leave Work Early?
SodaHead Living
2012/04/19 21:33:15
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A recent article about Sheri Sandberg, the chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook, has got people talking about work and life... and finding the perfect balance. You see, Sandberg recently announced that she leaves her (we can only imagine) full-of- responsibilities job at 5:30pm every day, just so she can make it home by 6:00pm for dinner with her kids. To some, that's called being a loving mom. To others, it's called being a lazy worker.
Finding the perfect balance between work and play has always been a struggle. You don't want to be perceived as a slacker at work... but you also don't want to spend late nights in the office and have your personal life go to shambles. So, it's only right that we ask where your priorities are. Do you stay at work later just because you don't want to be perceived as lazy? Or are you the type who always puts your personal wellbeing before your professional duties? Take our Work or Play Quick Vote!
Finding the perfect balance between work and play has always been a struggle. You don't want to be perceived as a slacker at work... but you also don't want to spend late nights in the office and have your personal life go to shambles. So, it's only right that we ask where your priorities are. Do you stay at work later just because you don't want to be perceived as lazy? Or are you the type who always puts your personal wellbeing before your professional duties? Take our Work or Play Quick Vote!
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Top Opinion
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Yes
+5A higher position means more responsibilities. If you leave work early, you could be looked at as being undependable. Really depends on your reason for leaving early though...
I go home to my wife and kids before 7 almost every single day. I get a babysitter and date my wife twice a month, so we're 8 years, 2 kids, and still in love. We still hold hands and sit close to each other -- and that's in an Asian Muslim-influenced culture so it's even more rare than in American culture.
I'm not saying we never have disagreements, but we keep short accounts, and try not to let the sun go down on our anger. The mark of a good marriage isn't that you never fight, but that you learn how to fight fair, resolve the issue, and quickly kiss and make up.
I never kept jobs like that very long because they were never good places to work. It meant that the workplace was overstaffed with bodies... just in case. When I'm at work, I want to actually be doing something productive (it helps the time go by faster). Jobs like that are poorly organized and honestly, I don't want to be promoted in a poorly-run business.
Working as a contractor (even my work I do at the school overseas is that of an independent contractor) is great because I get paid per contract, not per hour. When the work is done, I go home. There's a lot of prep-work I do on my own time, but I prefer working on my own terms and schedule.
the BOSS. I think IT'S IMMORAL, HATE IT, and I PAID the STEEP PRICE FOR IT!
HEY, my CONSCIENCE is CLEAR!
But see what I said at http://www.sodahead.com/livin... and the fact that I have also turned down interviews for higher administrative positions within the organization because I like my job at this level and I don't want to be a victim of the Peter Principle: "employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...