BrandPost: ‘Adulting’ the Right Way: Redefine What It Means to Work and Play
The responsibilities that come with being an adult are rarely fun: working full time, paying bills, maintaining a car, doing the grocery shopping week after week. There’s even a word for it now: adulting. Millennials in particular are realizing that adulting isn’t all they thought it would be. As an employer, you can make adulting easier by giving employees back the valuable free time they’ve come to miss.
When employees say they want work-life balance, what they really want is the ability to get everything done that they need to do. That includes work, errands, household chores, as well as hobbies and recreation. Work shouldn’t take over to the point that they no longer have time to live their lives. At the same time, younger workers especially are looking for positions that appeal to their sense of purpose. That means work is no longer a means to an end. This is a win-win for both employee and employer: employees achieve a personal sense of fulfillment, and employers benefit from higher employee engagement.
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