what men think about work/life balance

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WHAT MEN

REALLY THINK

ABOUT WORK/LIFE

BALANCE

The latest TODAY’S PROFESSIONAL WOMAN REPORT reveals who talks about work/life balance, what can improve it, and what we want from our lives.���

HOW IMPORTANT IS WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN OUR CAREERS?

Both men and women feel the pressures of achieving career success while managing family

responsibilities, but men are less likely to discuss it with women.

“Every single person who interviewed me asked, How do you balance work and family?”

ACTRESS JENNIFER GARNER

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

WHO ASK HER HUSBAND,

BEN AFFLECK, THE SAME

QUESTION?

ZERO.

78% of women say they’ve never

heard a successful man talk about the

struggles of having a career

and a family, but more than half of

men (52%) say they have.

“When I was in my 30s and a busy professional and mom of two young children, I occasionally mentioned how difficult it was to always want to be with my family when working. What amazed me was how many older men—of the generation where stay-at-home dads were just not a thing—said they had always felt the same way.” -PERI DWYER, Instructor  

Women think hiring more help at home would help them have a better work/life balance.

While men were more likely to think hiring more help at work would improve their work/life balance.

AND NEARLY 3 OUT OF 4 PROFESSIONALS DON’T THINK THEY’RE PAID ENOUGH.

BUT THE ART OF PROMOTING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT WORK IS TRICKY.���

(NOT EVERYONE LIVES FOR THE

APPLAUSE ���LIKE LADY

GAGA.)

EVEN THOUGH WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO

SHARE PROFESSIONAL ���ACCOMPLISHMENTS ���

���

AT WORK…

Only 40% of women feel like they’re adequately promoting their work to executives.

While 50% of men feel that they’re doing a good job of self-promotion.

“It took years to evolve to the place where I could say, I DID THIS.

If you don’t toot your own horn, no

one else will. I am proud of my accomplishments,

and I am excited to share each success with colleagues.”  LORIA RICHARDSON, Lead Project Specialist

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LinkedIn + Citi’s Today’s Professional Women’s Report is inspired by the the conversations in Connect. Read the full report here.

To learn more about the report, contact: [Edelman] Shaina Lamb: 212-704-8281 shaina.lamb@edelman.com [Citi] Andrew Brent: 212-559-1299 Andrew.brent@citi.com

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