Career Development in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry
We previously posted on the pros and cons of different childcare options, such as daycare, nanny/nanny share, and family care. However, our previous childcare posts are no longer directly applicable to our current pandemic environment.
I am often amazed at the insensitive comments people sometimes direct to moms. They don’t realize that there are things you should try not to say to moms, especially to working moms.
Traveling for work or pleasure in our international economy has been implicated in the spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak. Now, most of the world has implemented social distancing and travel bans to "flatten the curve." In the longer term, business travel may never be the same.
The first person to introduce me to the term work-life integration was Margaret Foti, president of AACR. I was on the Associate Member Council, which wanted to plan a Career Conversation on work-life balance at the upcoming Annual Meeting.
The term work-life integration resonates with me. That's because I never turn myself off from work, and work infiltrates every aspect of my life. Conversely, I never turn off my role as a mother, wife, foodie, exercise fan, ancestry buff, and career development blogger. My life certainly infiltrates my work.
Just as my son turned 5 months old, I returned to work. Immediately, I began to feel overwhelmed with the burden of running a household, caring for an infant, and showing up alert and coherent at work. I simply needed more time to get everything done and then sleep!
Everyone else around me seemed to be gracefully handling multiple children and working full-time in successful careers. Some new moms were even getting promotions at work soon after returning from maternity leave. I was still languishing in survival mode.
