It would appear not.
Recently I was speaking to a father who has
a daughter with special needs. She has a
long list of both physical and mental challenges.
The father is a professional man who works
in the City of London. He is hard
working and loyal to the firm. He
confided that he earns quite well but knows he could get better pay if he
changed jobs. This would be very handy
as the costs of supporting his daughter are very high as she needs special equipment
at home and in the car, special clothing and shoes, which she of course grows
out of regularly and various support such as help in looking after her and
extra activities to encourage development.
Holidays were not on the agenda.
My first reaction was to ask why he doesn’t
move to a different firm who would pay him more?
He looked at me with wide eyes and said
that time off to be there for his daughter when needed was more important to
him than money and his present firm understood this.
What would you do?
