It is our last night in Vienna; we are off to Bratslava tomorrow evening. The first 3 days in BudaPest, we met with many business women who talked about Hungary and the challenges of being a woman in business. I was struck about how similar the challenges are to my own as an American woman in business. Such things as work-life balance, spousal support and flexible work schedules. However, in the US, businesses are finally realizing the advantage of customizing work schedules to keep talent in the workforce. ´Hungary does not have part-time positions, to speak of, or they are low-pay and unchallenging. Austria, on the other hand, has offered a flexible work schedule, for as long as the young women we talked with, could remember, thus allowing young mothers to remain in the workforce while their children are young.
I must sign off now, because internet access is not allowed after 10pm and if 'caught' I could be fined $22 euro/hour.
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