According to a new CareerBuilder.com survey, 37 percent of working dads say they'd leave their jobs if their spouse or partner made enough money to support the family.
If given the choice, another 38 percent would take a pay cut to spend more time with their kids.
Nearly one in four (24 percent) working dads feel work is negatively impacting their relationship with their children. Forty-eight percent have missed a significant event in their child's life due to work at least once in the last year and nearly one in five (18 percent) have missed four or more.
According to the survey, the time working dads spend on work far exceeds the time spent with their children.
And that's just depressing. The US corporate lifestyle pays quite a bit of lipservice to supporting families (traditional of course) but rarely is there meaningful action. In today's world, there is no reason one has to be away from their family 40+ hours a week because of work. Flex schedules and telecommuting should lesson these types of problems. Oh, but wait. If the employee is not in the office then it is more difficult for the employer to "keep an eye" on them. Damn it, I keep forgetting certain things.
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