babigrl21 asked:
You are a support staffer in a small but popular and successful business/consulting firm. Your hours are 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and you have a thirty minute lunch break usually around noon. In addition to you there are five additional staffers of about the same age and general socio-economic demographic grouping. Seniority among the six support personnel varies from ten years to less than one year. Salary is determined, in part, upon years of successful service and yearly evaluations and reviews. You have five years of seniority. Recently your company has acquired the consulting contracts for a British conglomerate based in London and having European interests. This valued contract has added to the excitement and enthusiasm among all the employees.
You have two children. They are 7 and 5 years old.
Recently your spouse received a promotion that is necessarily going to modify the child care arrangements. To this point your spouse has been able to drop the children at school and pick them up after school. That will no longer be possible. Your spouse will be able to take the children to school but will be unavailable in the afternoon for child care.
Your annual review is due within two weeks. During this review salary and benefit issues will be discussed. You are earning a reasonably good salary and enjoy good medical and health care benefits. You enjoy your job but are seriously conflicted about the prospects of your children becoming “Latch-Key” kids or going to day care centers for coverage. You have thought about resigning your job or taking a leave of absence but the salary is good, you are professionally fulfilled, and your family needs the health benefits. You are a competent professional. You know that you will have to discuss this dilemma with the supervisors in the next couple of weeks and you are becoming more and more anxious.
Raymond
You are a support staffer in a small but popular and successful business/consulting firm. Your hours are 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and you have a thirty minute lunch break usually around noon. In addition to you there are five additional staffers of about the same age and general socio-economic demographic grouping. Seniority among the six support personnel varies from ten years to less than one year. Salary is determined, in part, upon years of successful service and yearly evaluations and reviews. You have five years of seniority. Recently your company has acquired the consulting contracts for a British conglomerate based in London and having European interests. This valued contract has added to the excitement and enthusiasm among all the employees.
You have two children. They are 7 and 5 years old.
Recently your spouse received a promotion that is necessarily going to modify the child care arrangements. To this point your spouse has been able to drop the children at school and pick them up after school. That will no longer be possible. Your spouse will be able to take the children to school but will be unavailable in the afternoon for child care.
Your annual review is due within two weeks. During this review salary and benefit issues will be discussed. You are earning a reasonably good salary and enjoy good medical and health care benefits. You enjoy your job but are seriously conflicted about the prospects of your children becoming “Latch-Key” kids or going to day care centers for coverage. You have thought about resigning your job or taking a leave of absence but the salary is good, you are professionally fulfilled, and your family needs the health benefits. You are a competent professional. You know that you will have to discuss this dilemma with the supervisors in the next couple of weeks and you are becoming more and more anxious.
Raymond
