Work Life Balance

About this episode

Marty discusses the importance of work life balance in the context of responsibility and commitment in the warehousing and operations industry.

Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and It’s great to have you back this week. As I travel around to different facilities, and different regions, I’m hearing the phrase, no, not a phrase, I’m going with words, I hear the words, work life balance. Now, I’m going to tell you right up front, I believe in it. I believe in family, and I believe in taking time for the things that matter to us. Stick with me here for a moment, I’m not being negative, so bear with me for a few minutes. I believe in family and enjoying things that are important to us. But I also believe in something else, responsibility. Because before we can talk about balancing work and life, we’ve got to make sure we’re handling and understanding the work part of it don’t we. And in our world, light industrial, warehousing, distribution, manufacturing, this isn’t a conversation about convenience. I think it’s a conversation about commitment. We hear the phrase, no not phrase, I mean the words work-life balance everywhere. But sometimes, I think it gets misunderstood. To me, balance doesn’t mean showing up when it’s convenient or leaving when things get tough or skipping out when something better…

People in this episode

Host: Marty

Topics covered

• work life balance
• responsibility
• commitment
• warehousing
• light industrial

Keywords

• work life balance
• responsibility
• commitment
• warehousing
• light industrial

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