
At the same time, I do enjoy my job and think it's pretty interesting, like the challenges / critical thinking, etc., but also think I'm holding onto the prestige factor because I worked so hard to get here. I've been struggling with this for a little while as I have a ton of hobbies that I love to do and just feel like there isn't enough time to do everything, but this trip really strengthened those feelings for me. I want more flexibility in my job to be able to travel more often than just the standard 1 - 2 weeks a year that seems acceptable at my firm, even at the more senior levels. The fact that I wouldn't be able to take another vacation like this (international, didn't work at all) for another year absolutely kills me. "Often the discussions are positive, where an employee says the company does care about mental health or they offer mental health services as a benefit.I just came back from my first vacation since starting my PE gig and had the most amazing time, and I am really dreading going back to work. "People are more comfortable talking about mental health now than they were a few years ago," Zhao said. Glassdoor's findings underscore just how profoundly the pandemic has reordered people's priorities on the job: Employee mentions of "mental health" in their company reviews jumped 91% compared to 2019, the firm found. "Such a great work life balance, as a mum, I have not found a company so accommodating until I joined SailPoint," read one employee review of the company on Glassdoor. 2, with a work-life balance score of 4.77 out of 5. Identity security company SailPoint Technologies ranks No. "In the last two years since the pandemic began, flexibility has become even more important for employees and so companies that have invested in changing how they work to allow more flexibility have have been the ones to excel at work-life balance." "Dropbox's virtual first policy gives employees the flexibility to choose where they want to work, so the company's policies emphasize the importance of flexibility," Glassdoor chief economist Daniel Zhao told CBS MoneyWatch. The company said in a blog post at the time that its policy gave workers "freedom and flexibility" while still preserving "human connection and company culture." in 2020, Dropbox in October of that year declared that it was transforming into what it called a "virtual first" company, making remote work the default for all workers. Flexibility in form of hybrid work schedule dominates perks offered as workers return to officeĪs COVID-19 was ravaging the U.S.Work-life balance': Employers learning employees now need more than just a paycheck.The company earned a score of 4.83 out of 5 based on employee feedback on the site, with Glassdoor calculating the scores by taking the average ratings of companies with more than 1,000 workers. And when it comes to creating that environment, some companies are decidedly better than others.Īccording to a new ranking from career website Glassdoor, digital storage company Dropbox does the best job of providing a culture that lets people juggle the demands of work with their needs beyond the cubicle.

As the pandemic has altered our attitudes toward the workplace, polls show many employees are seeking a healthier balance between work and life. It is the increasingly valuable - and often elusive - asset that people look for in a job: flexibility.
