Topic Overview Despite increasing female enrollments in colleges over the last several decades even to the point where women outnumber or are equal to men, there is still …show more content…
Personally, I believe the biggest challenges women face when trying to move up the corporate ladder is balancing work with family responsibilities. Organizations can make work life balance easier for women by offering better work life programs and alternates to traditional work schedule. For example, an organization can offer programs such as teleworking, alternate work schedules, flex scheduling, and offer more time off for maternity, sick, and vacation leave. Telework has many advantages including increase in work productivity, quality of life, and it reduces employee’s personal costs. Organizations see a reduction in real estate costs and a decrease in employee turnover and absenteeism (Benefits of Telework, 2015).Employees who work for organizations who offer telework are more productive, happier, and are less likely to leave for other