Jess Wiggins, Senior Designer, Creative Services
1. McCormick Taylor has made it possible for me to separate work and life over my 15 years with the company. Most days, when I finish, I can seamlessly switch to family life and pursue other interests. This has been amazing for the everyday quality of life and is important for mental and physical health. It starts with the culture that is promoted here at MT - that is #1. MT has fostered a family-oriented, caring, transparent, employee-focused environment and consistently looks for ways to improve.
2. This company stands out for its flexible work options, which were in place prior to the pandemic. For the first ten years, I was a 40-hour employee. When I had my second child almost six years ago, I went to a 32-hour full-time employee and that has been life-changing as a working mother. The flexibility of working from home paired with the sensitivity to have flexible start and end times, plus a supportive team has really allowed me to spend more time with my children and watch them grow at every stage.
3. You can always make more money, but you can't get this time back with your children, so balancing work and life is essential to lessen mom guilt 😉 It feels great to get out of your comfies and into real work clothes again and head to the office! Create multiple team members that can do what you do and do it well so that you don't feel like you can't take a day off or everything will fall apart at work. Likewise at home!
