Working on balance

24 February 2005 / Howard Mcwilliam

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The second part of our salary survey: although tax professionals are as keen as ever to succeed (and be rewarded for doing so), is the right balance between work and play becoming more important, asks co-editor HOWARD McWILLIAM

Today I suspect Facilities have been filtering the office air through porridge again. As the work piles up in ridicule the outside world is looking exceptionally inviting (and normally as an invitation the speckled concrete Lego-set of East Croydon seldom encourages an RSVP). The thing is no matter how much we enjoy our work sometimes there can seem simply too much of it — and the fresh (or Croydon) air beckons.
The Taxation salary survey featured in the previous launch issue of Taxation 2 saw working hours coming out top for job considerations after basic salary. Three quarters of the 140 respondents rated hours as 'important' or 'very important' (see Figure 01 below) compared with a corresponding 68% for a pension 30% for a bonus 28% for health insurance and only 12% for a company car. This was...

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