How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful?

Re:How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? by enraged_camel on Saturday June 01, 2013 @03:05PM (#5805433)

>> there has been a large shift of two-parent (where both parents worked) to single-parent households.

Do you have any data to support this? My understanding is that it has been the exact opposite, with women entering the work-force in large numbers in the past two-three decades. And as far as I know, men have not been leaving the workforce, except in relatively rare situations where they become stay-at-home dads.

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Re:How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? by daeken on Saturday June 01, 2013 @03:16PM (#5805503)

I don't believe parent is referring to parents leaving the workforce, but single parents supporting children. That is, either a solo mother or father raising one or more children.

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Re:How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? by ams6110 on Saturday June 01, 2013 @03:47PM (#5805633)

Agree. And, not trying to make a value judgement on women working, but the huge increase in labor supply that came with the mainstream entry of women into the workforce certainly has kept downward pressure on wages. And following that, the exodus of manufacturing from the USA further increased competition among workers for jobs, leading them to accept lower wages or longer hours.

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Re:How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? by yummyfajitas on Saturday June 01, 2013 @04:02PM (#5805712)

Manufacturing did not leave the US.

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/INDPRO

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Re:How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful? by ams6110 on Saturday June 01, 2013 @04:17PM (#5805784)

Maybe I should have said "manufacturing employment"

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