polish
05-23-2006, 02:16 PM
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/05/01/8376224/index.htm?cnn=yes
So I decided to try something radical. A few months before they left for maternity leave, I invited the women to bring their babies to work when they returned. From my own experience as a mother of three, I know what a horrible feeling it is to leave your very small baby in the hands of someone else.
The only unexpected hitch came when an employee told me the program wasn't fair. She never planned to have children, but her elderly dog was like a child to her. I decided to let her bring him in. Of course, once you let one dog in, it's "Who let the dogs out?"
In addition to more dogs, we also had a goat that someone's child was raising in 4-H. A flea outbreak soon followed, and with the office getting a bit chaotic, I made some rules. No more goats. Dogs have to be on flea and tick protection, and owners need to clean up after them both inside and outside.
So far, 33 babies and a small army of dogs have "grown up" at our company. I can't measure in hard numbers the impact of the goodwill that our family-friendly policies have had on productivity, but our local newspaper routinely names T3 as one of the best places to work in Austin.
I swear if I have some kid cry next to me, someone is going down
So I decided to try something radical. A few months before they left for maternity leave, I invited the women to bring their babies to work when they returned. From my own experience as a mother of three, I know what a horrible feeling it is to leave your very small baby in the hands of someone else.
The only unexpected hitch came when an employee told me the program wasn't fair. She never planned to have children, but her elderly dog was like a child to her. I decided to let her bring him in. Of course, once you let one dog in, it's "Who let the dogs out?"
In addition to more dogs, we also had a goat that someone's child was raising in 4-H. A flea outbreak soon followed, and with the office getting a bit chaotic, I made some rules. No more goats. Dogs have to be on flea and tick protection, and owners need to clean up after them both inside and outside.
So far, 33 babies and a small army of dogs have "grown up" at our company. I can't measure in hard numbers the impact of the goodwill that our family-friendly policies have had on productivity, but our local newspaper routinely names T3 as one of the best places to work in Austin.
I swear if I have some kid cry next to me, someone is going down