Re:Why Work Marriages Make Sense
by jasode on Friday June 27, 2014 @04:48PM
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This article is terrible.
>Some companies today and many companies of yesteryear had a different relationship with their team members: that of the husband / wife level of commitment.
The relationship was more like parent & child than that of husband & wife. That's what it was with the 1950s automotive companies and Japanese corporations decades ago. The common adjective when discussing those companies was "paternalistic" and not "spousal".
The author should research the rigid labor situation in France and see how it's handicapping their economic growth. They don't have the political will to push through labor reforms and their young workers face 25% unemployment rates.
A husband+wife employment model in America would weaken instead of strengthen its economic power.
Re:Why Work Marriages Make Sense
by joelx on Friday June 27, 2014 @06:02PM
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Very good point about the parent-child relationship vs the spousal relationship... I thought of the husband-wife metaphor today and liked it so I wrote an article on it. I will consider your idea further to see if my idea needs updating.
>Some companies today and many companies of yesteryear had a different relationship with their team members: that of the husband / wife level of commitment.
The relationship was more like parent & child than that of husband & wife. That's what it was with the 1950s automotive companies and Japanese corporations decades ago. The common adjective when discussing those companies was "paternalistic" and not "spousal".
The author should research the rigid labor situation in France and see how it's handicapping their economic growth. They don't have the political will to push through labor reforms and their young workers face 25% unemployment rates.
A husband+wife employment model in America would weaken instead of strengthen its economic power.