Bankers find it harder to achieve a work-life balance than doctors,
according to research.
The Economic and Social Research Council survey shows that bankers find it
more difficult to juggle a successful career and childcare responsibilities in the
UK, France and Norway.
More than two-thirds of women doctors have two or more children, compared to
only 37 per cent of women bankers.
The report’s author Professor Rosemary Crompton, a researcher at City
University in London, believes the contrasting flexibility is because of the
different professional qualifications. She said, "Whereas professional
qualifications bestow a licence to practice which can use flexibility over
employment and family lives, managerial careers are subject to organisational
constraints that hinder such flexibility."
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The report calls for employees with caring responsibilities to have the
right to work part-time and not at employers’ discretion.
