If you’ve been tuned in all week, you saw the earlier opinions on the topic of traditional roles with women and men. In 2010, women are of power now and pursue their careers and personal success. However, the nature of a woman is also to have kids and a family.
So how do they decide which is of more importance? The company could be launching a major project initiative that Jane Doe is lined to manage. A successful implementation of this will definitely turn into a promotion which has the potential to increase salary by up to $100K. But her biological clock is ticking and her and hubby have been discussing having kids.
So who trumps who – job and money aka career, or family and the need to carry out the family name.
What does the surveymagnet audience have to say?
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I don’t have a family and my career is a means to my life, so I’d say I’m in it for me.
I want to work on the $100k project with Jane Doe. Seriously, my family always comes first. If you have the right career you won’t have to choose.
SELF! She should do whatever makes her happy.
If she enjoys her job that much she should talk it out with her husband and her boss because a few months off might not jeopardize the project. 100k + baby = WIN-WIN
Family. A successful career and no loved ones to share it with would leave you as a very dull dude. I know higher level people at my job that have no spouse, no kids, no pets, and they are the lamest people I know. There isn’t but so much Xbox you can play.
That’s a very interesting point of view. I guess it really depends on your definition of lame. I find people with families to be the lamest. They’re usually the ones that are too busy with their families to hang out with their friends and that makes them lame from my point of view.
For those family members who are lame because they spend most of their time with their families, I would assume those people to value family first. Then there is no need to hang out with friends and others.
If a married father of two truly loves his family, that is what he looks forward to each day when he gets off work. Hanging out with friends is just something to do periodically.
It may cost you but it is worth it no matter what way you look at it……Family. Making a lot of money without anyone to have date nights with, family vacations with, long weekends with, play hooky from work just because with, makes John and Jane extremely lonely and dull people. They may not admit it to you but they are bored and lonely.
In the context above Derrick is pretty much saying you’re lame if nobody will put up with you past the point where they absolutely have to. I agree that you must be a pretty lame dude/dudette if that is the case.
Family first …and if it’s done correctly, one can have both. Balance is important. Besides, if they are your TRUE friends, they’ll understand and further encourage it.