It is meant to be the most wonderful time of the year, but the weeks over the Christmas school break often prove to be a logistical nightmare for those among us who are working parents.
Ms Hibberd said the company's main motivation for offering the program was to support employees during what could be a logistically stressful time."We understand that when you go home work doesn't stop, and when you're at work, home doesn't stop, and so this is a way that we bring both parts of our lives closer together.""The program creates a lot of joy and fun on the floor," she said.
"It's fantastic to see the kids and the parents and all of our employees having a table tennis tournament or playing basketball or having lunch together in our plaza area.""There's a Sydney company called Secure Code Warrior, who welcome children into the office during school holiday time," she said.
"They have a private carer and they arrange excursions from the office for the children, into the museum and around the city, and they pay for it all.It all comes back to flexible work
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