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    "title": "Kathy Sierra: Balance in Life",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/11/07/kathy-sierra-balance-in-life/",
    "datePublished": "2005-11-07",
    "dateModified": "2005-11-07",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Kathy Sierra once again reminds us that only the truly intelligent employers realize that the Work/Life balance is more important than ANYTHING else. [here] And her reason for this: clients…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Kathy Sierra: Balance in Life

Kathy Sierra once again reminds us that only the truly intelligent employers realize that the Work/Life balance is more important than

**ANYTHING**

else. [

[here](http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/11/whos_in_control.html)

]
And her reason for this: clients who abuse startups and small companies who then abuse their employees to work miracles.
The takeaway:

> And as the tech employment market starts to tick up ever so slightly, it's becoming less and less of an "employer's market" again. I don't care about the Aeron chair, but I do care about having a life beyond work. If you can't make your business model work without promising your clients a miracle (which we're expected to pull off), change your business model! And when you DO ask us to go our ass off again, a little worshipping goes a long way ; )