What’s the one thing that will keep you at your job?

Pay?  Easy commute?  Advancement?

How about that popular work-life balance?  One recent study found that work-life balance was the number one factor in retaining employees.  That study, for some reason, blew me away.  Any time I’ve left a job it’s because of something like a lousy boss or more pay or increased opportunities.  It wasn’t work-life balance, despite the fact that I was desperately worn out and worked too much. 

Does that make me abnormal?  Hey – anything’s possible!

To be fair, once I hit my 40s, I changed the way I worked.  So perhaps there comes a time when workers trade out pay and advancement for more flexibility.  In the study referenced above, five “key aspects of work-life balance” were mentioned.  See if you agree with these:

1) wellbeing

2) satisfaction

3) workload

4) security

5) relationships

When I saw this list, the one that stood out for me was #3:  workload.  I thought that should have been first.  I also believe that if you take someone with a strong well being (#1 on the list) and put them in a toxic environment, you’ll create an unhappy worker. 

What do you think?  What’s your idea of the top factors in creating a sane work-life balance for you?

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