Old school restrictive firm cultures are challenging for architectural workers who have personal caregiving responsibilities to children, the elderly, and friends and family with illnesses or other needs. Increasingly, architecture firms are recognizing the importance of work–life balance and implementing company policies that help staff tend to loved ones.
How do these cultures and policies affect workers feeling empowered to have kids (or not)? How do they affect staff retention? How do they discriminate gender, age, class privilege?
TAL-TO has put together an anonymous survey to gather information, stories, and advice, for caregivers working in architecture & related fields. We will discuss the results at our next HVAC event on September 14 (Labour after Labour), and collect them to publish a zine for caregivers.
Thank you for filling out this survey, and please share widely!
