Work-1life balanceRonan. I work in a fairly traditional office environment doing a typical nine-to-five job. I like my job, but it's annoying that my commute to work takesan hour and a half each way and most of my work could really be done online from home. But my boss doesn’t seem to trust that we will get any work doneif left to our own devices, and everyone in the company has to clock in and out every day. It's frustrating that they feel the need to monitor what we do soclosely instead of judging us based on our task performance.Jo. Tused to do a typical five-day week, but after I came out of my maternity leave, I decided that I wanted to spend more time with my children beforethey start school. After negotiating with my boss, we decided to cut my working week down to a three-day work week. This of course meant a significant cutin my pay too. I've since noticed, though, that my workload hasn't decreased in the slightest! I'm now doing five days’ worth of work in three days, butgetting paid much less for it!Lily. P'm a freelancer and work for myself. This is great because I am in control of what I do and how I spend my time. At first, I was working fromhome, but I found it really hard to concentrate. There were just too many distractions around: housework that needed doing, another cup of tea, my familymembers wanting my attention for various things. So, I started to go to a nearby café to work, but the Wi-Fi connection wasn't ideal and I found myselfdrinking too much coffee. In the end, I decided to rent a desk in a co-working space with five other freelancers like myself. I liked getting dressed to go towork in the morning and being able to focus in an office environment.The common thing with all workers from the text is