Forget flexibility. Working parents need predictability

Is a boring, ordinary schedule the secret to workplace happiness?

For years, we have believed that flexibility is the key to survival for working parents.

We advocate for flexible hours, flexible PTO, flexible locations. And the ability to log on from the pediatrician’s office or finish a presentation after everyone goes to bed has certainly made our lives easier. Then summer hits, or winter break, plus spring break. And your family life becomes a game of human Tetris. One kid is in robotics camp, the other soccer, and they start at different times. Or maybe it’s cold and flu season and each week someone different is home........

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