Monday, August 27, 2007
20 Hour Work Week, the Future of Foundation Work?
I know that you are reading the title of this post and laughing. When you think of the pile of grant reviews that are threatening to break your desk in half and the long list of phone calls that you need to return to grantees and potential grantees, the idea of a 40 hour work week seems laughable. The website Web Worker Daily has a post about how a shorter work week may be what is needed as baby boomers begin to retire and Gen X staff members rethink the idea of work-life balance. What if we could use technology to improve the efficiency of our work? Could we use shared positions or completely change the idea of our work to make it possible for a person to hold a job that they love, while still having a life outside of work? Do you think this day will ever come or is work-life balance something you can only fantasize about while you are answering your Blackberry during your daughter's dance recital? What do you do to keep your work life from taking over your entire life?
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Maybe it is lazy of me, but this is working towards doing at my small non-profit in development. I think that I am a better employee when I use technology to my advantages. I am also a better mother, friend, and citizen. I can feel good about our originations work, instead of bogged down by it. I think I can play up our organization walking at the MOA with other moms or being out in the community as a community member, rather than sitting behind a computer all day. Thanks to communication devices like Blackberry's!
Before the information age people said that we would have lots of free time to do what we wanted. They claimed that this would be a result of computers and streamlining work.
That has yet to happen. :-)
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