Employees Seek Work/Life Balance

Monster®, a leading online global careers network, has found that 89% of workers believe that work/life balance programs are important when evaluating a new job.

The 2007 Monster Work/Life Balance Survey also found that three-quarters of employees also believe that programs such as telecommuting and flextime create more loyal and efficient employees. In addition, younger employees place more value on work/life balance programs than their older counterparts.

In contrast, only 49% of human resource professionals believe they acquire more qualified candidates because of programs that support a healthy work/life balance. Similarly, about half of the HR professionals surveyed also believe that work/life balance programs are important initiatives for their companies.

The 2007 Monster Work/Life Balance Survey, conducted in August 2007, was an online poll of 506 human resource professionals and 830 workers.