This is the trade-off as it is understood among most professionals in choosing to work for the government you sacrifice high market wages for a reasonable work week and job security.
My sense is that everybody talks about this, but I'm not sure how serious managers are about the tradeoffs they would have to make in order to attract and retain more women -- such as reorganizing basic work processes to allow for more reasonable work hours, or changing the norms about acceptable behavior.
The miners had gone on strike for fair wages and reasonable work conditions.
Speaking to an audience that included workers from the maquiladoras, or factories, as well as their owners and other members of the business elite, Francis advocated for fair pay and reasonable work burdens.
To avoid years of penury and frustration and to shape a reasonable work life for themselves aspiring academics must take charge of their own destinies, she says.
The percentages for flexibility of work styles and reasonable work hours are very low in Japan [ 9].
In Honduras, the pressure keeps factory managers on edge, always looking for ways to cut expenses without running afoul of labor laws or Wal-Mart's own contractor rules, which call for "reasonable employee work hours". "I think we have reached the limit," said Shin Woo Kang, manager of the enormous Han Soll Textile Ltd. sewing plant on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula.
They can, for example, institute required vacations, regular leaves, and reasonable work hours for all employees, not just some.
"What many people want from life is not a relentless struggle for advancement, but a reasonable working day, in which they can do a good job, but still have time for friends and family," he said.
