After years and years of workingwaytoomuch I have been offered and accepted a full time / full salaried / full benefitted position with a company called 42lines. Did I mention it was work from home?
I wasn’t so sure that there was a company that existed, which I would be able to work for after owning my own business for so long. However, this company is (so far) extraordinarily ethical. Just to name a few perks – We have May Day off, a socially responsible 401K, paid conference attendance of our choosing, and I was told not to work more then 8 hour days as a habit.
Although I have traveled around the world while many have been stuck in an office, it has come at a price – I have worked nearly every single day of it, to some extent. I have been on call nonstop – and as project owner, I have been the bearer of all the stress. Client after client with incessant ASAP requests wore me down and ate up a huge percentage of my free time.
I realized it was time to make a change, when – I was told by a client that if I wasn’t available on my Wedding week, they would have to call my competition.
So here I am! In new job Bliss. I am hoping more and more ethical employers will begin popping up. Employees are people! When we are happy, and respected we WANT to perform! Why has this ever-so-simple idea been ignored so widely?!
