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The Working Family Has Changed. Why Hasn't the Workplace?

The Working Family Has Changed. Why Hasn't the Workplace?

FromGame Plan


The Working Family Has Changed. Why Hasn't the Workplace?

FromGame Plan

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Families in America used to look pretty similar. Moms in the 1970s were far more likely to stay home with the kids, while dads went to the office and paid the bills. That paradigm has shifted dramatically. Now, more households have two working parents than ever. America also has more single-parent households — and more female breadwinners. Yet the rules and norms of office life — commuting to the office, spending most of the weekday there, and working late if you have to — haven’t adapted to the realities of modern families. In addition to running on a rigid 9-to-5 schedule, many offices don’t offer paid family leave and still punish working women. On this week's show, we discuss that disconnect. Guest Ashley Ford, a senior features writer at Refinery29, polled 130 millennial women to find out how they felt about making more money than their male partners. She talks to Francesca and Rebecca being a female breadwinner in a world that isn’t sure it's ready for that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
May 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (94)

You spend more time at your job than just about anywhere else. Game Plan, a weekly show hosted by Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Greenfield and editor Francesca Levy, takes a close look at the way we live our lives at work. Greenfield and Levy dive into everything from how we started speaking in office jargon to the strategic value of being nice to your colleagues. It turns out that there’s a lot more to say about the office grind than you may have realized.