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The AFA Trumps Google in Employee Satisfaction
August 14, 2008 - Thursday
Posted by Lisa
The other day I was talking to Ken Mosesian on the phone – not an unusual occurrence because even within a small egalitarian organization like The AFA , Ken’s my boss. He’s the COO and Acting Executive Director. Feel free to be impressed, he deserves it. Anyway, my daughter called my cell while I was talking strategy with Ken and I put him on hold. For a while. Didn’t even think about it, and he was totally cool with it, no problem. Later on that day, I got to thinking about this and remembered an old job I had once, before I was a mom, at a different non profit – I remember that once my boss overheard me tell the receptionist that I would only take calls during a meeting from my mom and from my then husband. My boss? She was not happy. What a difference now, in my life. I am SO lucky.
So when I read a NY Times article about Google, I got to thinking. Google practically doubled the rate of their on site day care for employees this year. Did you know that? It’s really awful. When they made the announcement, their employees wept openly. Now, keep in mind, Google is considered one of Fortune 500’s Best Companies to Work For. But right now, only the top VP’s at Google can afford to keep their children in on site day care there. We’re talking about babies that range in age from three months to five years old.
SO not fair. So wrong. So typical of the way U.S. businesses, big and small, treat the whole concept of family, and employee. I’ve often thought that quality time should pertain to the time you spend at work and quantity time should pertain to the time you spend with your family – your kids, your aging parents, the ones you love who need you.
We at The AFA strive to support people to have kids. So it’s not a reach for us to really care about the quality of the life you will have once you’re a mommy or a daddy. It’s important to us. We at The AFA are so lucky – we have created a virtual environment of lunatic, optimistic, over achievers who work crazy hours, but from home. We wanted to be home to raise the children that we so desperately wished to conceive. Not all of us are parents, but all of us are passionate about family. Trust me, it’s not easier. But it sure the hell is better.
Plus, I get to wear bunny slippers during meetings.
I think Google could learn a thing or two from us.
Best always,
Corey Whelan
Director of Development
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