Making marriage work at work |
by Kristine Steakley |
From the Wall Street Journal:
People often complain they are married to their jobs. Now, some companies are helping employees work on their marriages, on the job.
A small but growing number of companies have implemented training programs designed to help employees strengthen their marriages or other personal relationships. Some companies are motivated by religious values to encourage strong marriages and families. But now, amid evidence that divorce and relationship stress can make workers less efficient, more companies have begun offering marriage training programs with an eye to keeping their businesses running more smoothly and profitably.
One company that is helping its people build stronger marriages is Chick-fil-A, which already stands out from the crowd of fast food restaurants by closing on Sundays.
At annual conferences that Chick-fil-A hosts for its franchise operators, the Atlanta-based restaurant chain has seminars on topics such as "How to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage" and offers marriage counselors for individual sessions with couples. The company also makes available to its corporate staffers and franchisees and their spouses Christian marriage training sessions at a rural retreat in Georgia.
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