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Share and share alike: job sharing
can boost productivity and help retain vital workers, but it can't
work effectively without help from HR. If
job sharing were a category in the collection of "Guinness
World Records," top honors might go to Charlotte Schutzman
and Sue Manix. The two women have shared many jobs during 16 years,
surviving two corporate mergers and a relocation while earning two
promotions in the process.
Currently,
Schutzman and Manix share the post of vice president of public affairs
and communications at New York-based Verizon Communications Inc.
Each works two days a week and on alternate Wednesdays. They talk
by phone at least twice a week, and their close partnership has
enabled them to stay on track professionally while raising their
children--Manix has three, Schutzman has two.
"It's been good for
us, it's been good for the company," says Schutzman. "If
we didn't job-share," she says, "we might have left."
Instead, Verizon gets to keep two experienced employees on the
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