6 executives who make a point of leaving the office before dark

Working long hours has become a status symbol in the US.Sometimes that example is set by a company's top executives, who are in the office from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., then sending emails until midnight.But someexecs are forging a different path, showing the importance of work-life balance by limiting their hours in the office. Below,findsix execs who have spoken publicly about their commitment to leaving their desk at a reasonable hour.True, most of these execs log on before and/or after they're physically in the office, but they value flexibility in terms ofhours and locationnot onlyfor themselves, but also for their employees.SEE ALSO:A Google exec who's only in the office from 9 to 5:30 shares the routine that keeps him from becoming a workaholicFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg leaves the office at 5:30 p.m. sharp every day."I walk out of this office every day at 5:30 so I'm home for dinner with my kids at 6," Sandberg said in a 2012 Makers interview.According to Fortune, Sandberg sometimes gets to the office by 7 a.m.and she's already been sending emails for an hour. And after the kids are in bed or the night, she'll generally head back to her inbox.In the 2012 interview, Sandberg said it took her a while to feel "brave enough" to talk about his practice publicly.VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger earns 'points' for getting home by 5 p.m.Years before joining VMware, Gelsinger worked at Intel, where he'd regularly log 80-hour workweeks.But for the past 25 ears, Gelsinger told The Wall Street Journal, his secretary has kept a chart tracking the points he earns based on how much time he spends with his family.Here's an example of how it works: If he arrives home by 6:30 p.m., he earns a point. If he arrives home by 5 p.m., he earns two points. If he's away from home on the weekend, he has points deducted.Gelsinger, who is the author of the 2003 book "The Juggling Act: Bringing Balance to Your Faith, Family, and Work," said the rules have changed somewhat since his kids left home."If you have kids, 6 to 9 p.m. is gold. Do not squander it. You might get back on email at 9 p.m., or be doing Javascript at midnight, but make sure you carve those hours out [for family time] and protect those," Gelsinger told Business Insider's Julie Bort.Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff tries to be home by 7 p.m. every night.In a 2017 interview with Glassdoor, Rascoff said that at 7 p.m.,"I am almost always with the kids and my wife unless Im on a business trip. At 7 p.m., I am usually running around my house chasing my three young kids and two dogs and trying to turn mayhem into order."Rascoff also wrote an article for Fortune in which heexplained why he doesn't expect Zillow employees to be working 24/7, like he did in the early days of Hotwire, the company he cofounded in 1999. Instead, Rascoff wrote that Zillow understands "each of us is a whole person and lives for more than just our jobs."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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