BUSINESS RECOGNIZED CONFLICT BETWEEN CAREER AND FAMILY

For many people, achieving a healthy balance between work and personal life is the ultimate goal. But there are those who consider this compromise a stupid and even harmful idea that stands in the way of career growth. Naturally, this view is propagandized mainly by American “stars”, who became famous for their efficiency, which allowed them to make a lot of capital and achieve world fame.

Fighting fans of the idea that work should not take a person more than 8-10 hours a day, and careerists, who believe that work is above all, like the struggle of winter and spring. This question is not just about the individual choice of each person, in fact it is about the principles adopted in international corporations and investment banks, business morals and ethics that apply to many branches in all countries of the world.

Recently, the "ice cracked", and the question of whether to give work all his time, was discussed in the widest circles. In particular, the column of former Lehman Brothers finance director Erin Callan, who was one of the most influential women on Wall Street, thundered. Callan publicly repented of spending so much time on work. But there are those who do not regret at all about a life dedicated only to work.

Is it worth sacrificing your personal life for a career?

Of course, being with a family or your favorite hobby makes a person happy, General Electrics head Jack Welch once told the Wall Street Journal. However, according to the legendary CEO, all this can reduce the chances of an employee to get promoted and reach the top level on the career ladder. Welch's position is shared by other successful entrepreneurs.

Thus, the head of Glencore Xstrata PC, Ivan Glasenberg, is confident that a manager who begins to focus all his attention on family and hobby will not achieve a good result in the service and will most likely be replaced by someone who is ready to burn at work.

It is very easy to call such a point of view obsolete, one-sided and unjustified. But is it possible that the agitators of the balance between work and home simply do not want to work?

The career instructor Marty Nemko assures that the most successful people are, as a rule, real workaholics.

“The real winners, the most effective and productive people, are confident that the balance between work and personal life is not as important as it is believed in society,” said Nemko to Business Insider. - The most successful people I know usually focus on one, but very important goal for them at every single moment in their life - such as developing a new computer program, or an invention - and do not want to spend time playing “Monopoly” with children on weekends. ”

Those who deny a balanced lifestyle receive inspiration and satisfaction from “immersion” in work and the result obtained. “If you need 8 hours of sleep, then get them,”

 According to him, even if you rest for 8 hours, you, nevertheless, have 100 free hours per week.

“People who do not adhere to the balance between work and personal life, consider themselves to be more efficient and useful to society, moreover, it allows them to earn good money,”

 He is confident that those who promote a balanced lifestyle simply do not want to work, and use it as a cover for their laziness.

Instead of talking about balance, focus on your work and think less about weekend rest. If you can’t force yourself to work sometimes 70 hours a week, and work for you is a real torture, then, most likely, you are not in the right place.

“Do not complain about overtime,” says Nemko. “If someone says that they burn at work, spending 70 hours a week in the office, this means that they are not qualified enough or are working on a product that is not a good enough.”

Alas, while such a system of values ​​prevails in corporations, it is unlikely that high leaders will have the right to privacy. Their life will be devoted to the interests of their company.