DUAL CAREERS AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS DUAL CAREERS AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS
An increasing proportion of dual income IBMers live in dual professional households where both partners have careers, not just jobs.
Executive men are more likely than executive women to have a family support system at home.
All executives feel successful at work. However, executive women feel much less successful in their personal/family life than executive men.
QUESTION: All in all, how successful do you feel in each of the following: a) your work life; b) your personal and/or family life; and c) balancing your work & personal/family life?
Executive women are more likely than executive men to feel drained when they go home because of work pressures and problems.
QUESTION: How often do you feel drained when you go home from work because of work pressures and problems?
Almost all executives work long hours, find it difficult to take vacations, and are unable to enjoy themselves once they get on their vacation.
QUESTION: Did you take all of your scheduled vacation in 1995? QUESTION: When I take a vacation, I am able to separate myself from work and enjoy myself.
IBM WORKLOAD: IBMers working more than 55 hours/week at IBM find it particularly difficult to balance work and personal/family life
QUESTION: How easy/difficult is it for you to balance the demands of your work & personal/family life? Those responding “difficult” or “very difficult”: