Nearly two years into working from home, some young professionals have reached a crucial decision point. Rather than scale the career ladder in search of higher salaries, financial advisers say these workers want work-life balance, giving priority to family time and personal life.
Meg Bartelt, a certified financial planner and founder of Flow Financial Planning in the Seattle area, said some of her clients, tech workers who typically work long hours, were experiencing this fatigue even before the pandemic. Once some employees reached burnout, they knew they needed to cut their hours or take a break. The pandemic just made it worse.
