Work Family History Presentation

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Work Family History Presentation

• Mike Pavelko
• LIR 497 D

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Rose Marie Pavelko

• Mother
• 47 yrs old
• Married 27 yrs
• Mother of 2
• Resides in Minersville, PA
• Receptionist for eye surgeon

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Background

• Childhood
• Born March 23, 1958 in Minersville, PA
• Middle Class Family
• Both parents worked
• Older Sister
• Responsibilities at a young age

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High School Years

• Desired to be court stenographer.
• Took business curriculum.
• Attended school, worked, and house chores.
• TROUBLEMAKER!
• Graduated 1976

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After Graduation

• Attended local business school
• Changed focus to general business

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Marriage

• November 1977 to high school sweetheart
• While attending school moved into an apartment
• School, worked, house work

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First Child

• November 1978
• Alysia Pavelko
• Took off 1 year of work after giving birth
• Request of father
• Hard to meet bills with one bread winner
• Bored spending so much time at home

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First real job

• Optician
• 15 hrs per week
• Turned in 2nd shift full time position
• Full health care benefit as part-time worker
• Child care during morning, father care provider
  at night
  

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2nd Child

• Mike Pavelko born January 1982
• Missed 8 weeks total for child birth
• Was paid in full for 6 weeks of work
• ½ pay for 2 weeks of work

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New Job

• Left optometrist, unemployed for 9 months.
• Bank Teller
• 25 hrs per week
• No Benefits
• 930-230
• Take Kids to school and pick up.

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New Job

• Bank Teller Full Time
• Bank located conveniently across street from
  house
  
• 16 years employed there

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1990-2000

• Children's teens years
• Very busy with extracurricular activities and
  social functions
  
• Cooking, Clean, Laundry, Work, Kids

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2001

• Empty Nest
• New Job as eye surgeon receptionist
• 2 weeks vacation
• 40 hrs
• Low stress
• Time for travel and social activities

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Work Family Questions

• Did you accomplish goals set in high school?
• Yes, got married, raised family.
• No, never became court stenographer could net
  get the hang of it, business more logical.
  

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• How did marriage effect work life?
• Difficult to manage time and responsibilities.
  Multitasking.
  
• Uneven time at home, husband was primary wage
  earner.
  

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• How did children effect your work life?
• Abolished work life initially
• Limited hours at work
• More work at home
• Constantly busy when children hit the teen years
  and was employed full time
  

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• What child care arrangements did you have?
• First child, stay at home for 1 yr.
• Second child, second shift. Split duties with
  husband.
  
• 2nd child missed 8 weeks of work
• Still on second shift
• New day job while kids were in school, 930 to
  230
  
• Next job full time
• Took children to school, bus ride home, home 30
  minutes alone
  
• When in a bind, family members were readily
  available to help with child care
  

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• Were your employers family friendly?
• 1st job , extremely, part time got full health
  insurance
  
• - second child got paid full for 6 weeks off
• - hours enabled me to always have care for
  children.
  
• 2nd Job, hours made it possible to care for kids
• - no benefits
• - week vacation, unlimited sick days

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• 3rd Job
• Located close to home
• Paid full for petty time off
• 3 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days

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• 4th Job
• 40 hrs , awkward shifts
• 2 weeks vacation, unlimited sick days
• Dont have to worry about kids

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Expectations for children

• Obtain a degree
• Get a well paying job, you enjoy
• Travel
• Be happy

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How the work/fam bill of rights could have helped

• Right to annual paid family medical leave
• Right to adequate health insurance
• Wanted to stay home longer with 2nd child
• Didnt always get full health insurance

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Class Tie-ins

• 5 Life Stages
• Married no children, Development
• Married infants
• Married adolescent children
• Married adult children at home
• Married children out of house , empty nest

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• Separate Spheres
• Part time jobs
• Stayed at home to care for child
• Most of the care giving
• Stuff around the house

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• Networking
• Had family network for childcare
• Watched children for other family members
• Never paid for childcare

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• How times have changed
• Then, started family early, marriage at 19
  normal
  
• Now, Career first then family

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What I learned

• Extremely self reliant
• Went through some hard times
• Family oriented, always put family before
  herself
  
• Extremely stressed, working full time, doing
  house work, ect.