UNIT D - Blog 36

In the Talk of the Nation story, a question was presented which was "can corporate America lure the women back into the workplace?" I think women might be lured back into the workplace but only if certain things were to be changed within the workplace. The glass ceiling factor is still a problem even though it's gone down quite a bit but these women out there are experienced and good at what they do but yet they are still put on a lower pedestal than men. The really top jobs require an on call system which means the people who hold these top jobs are constantly busy and always have to be ready to travel and do whatever the company wants whenever they need you which means you need to make your job more important than your own personal life. Many woman aren't as willing to do this because they have families to take care of and they can't put their children on hold just so they can be on call when the need arises. It's hard to be utterly dedicated to a job when you have a home life, it's nice to make a nice paycheck and to hold high positions within the company but you can't put your life on hold so you can obsess over your job and be there at all hours of the day. This seems like a hostile environment and very unhealthy. I think women can be lured back into the workplace if the workplace becomes more lenient to their needs and doesn't just offer higher roles at work for people who have no life and are willing to shed blood and tears just to get the job done. Dedication is of course a plus but jobs need to understand that jobs shouldn't control a persons life and they definitely shouldn't be the only thing that matters to a person. Families to exist and children need their mothers and fathers and people shouldn't be judged or looked down upon just because they have a home life.