Cynthia R. Cunningham

Shelley S. Murray

Durante seis años, compartimos un puesto en Fleet Bank: vicepresidente de mercados globales de divisas. Un escritorio, una silla, un ordenador, un teléfono y una cuenta de correo de voz. Teníamos —todavía tenemos— un currículum. Para nuestros clientes y colegas, éramos efectivamente una persona, aunque una persona con los puntos fuertes e ideas de dos.

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Reprint: R0502H 

For six years, Cynthia Cunningham and Shelley Murray shared an executive job at Fleet Bank. One desk, one chair, one computer, one telephone, and one voice-mail account. To their clients and colleagues, they were effectively one person, though one person with the strengths and ideas of two, seamlessly handing projects back and forth. Although their department was dissolved after the bank merged with Bank of America, the two continue to consider themselves a package&#8212;they have one r&#233;sum&#233;, and they are seeking their next opportunity together.
Their choice to share a job was not only a quality-of-life decision but one intended to keep their careers on course: &#8220;Taking two separate part-time jobs would have thrown us completely off track,&#8221; they write in this first-person account. &#8220;We&#8217;re both ambitious people, and neither of us wanted just a job. We wanted careers.&#8221;
In this article, the two highly motivated women reveal their determination to manage the demands of both family and career. Flextime, telecommuting, and compressed workweeks are just some of the options open to executives seeking greater work/life balance, and the job share, as described by Cunningham and Murray, could well be the next solution for those wishing to avoid major trade-offs between their personal and professional lives.
Cunningham and Murray describe in vivid detail how they structured their unusual arrangement, how they sold themselves to management, and the hurdles they faced along the way. Theirs is a win-win story, for the company and for them.

Two Executives, One Career

Reimpresión: R0502H Durante seis años, Cynthia Cunningham y Shelley Murray compartieron un puesto ejecutivo en Fleet Bank. Un escritorio, una silla, un ordenador, un teléfono y una cuenta de correo de voz. Para sus clientes y colegas, eran efectivamente una persona, aunque una persona con los puntos fuertes e ideas de dos, que entregaban proyectos sin problemas de ida y vuelta. Aunque su departamento se disolvió tras la fusión del banco con Bank of America, los dos siguen considerándose un paquete: tienen un currículum y buscan su próxima oportunidad juntos. Su elección de compartir trabajo no fue solo una decisión de calidad de vida, sino también una decisión destinada a mantener su carrera por buen camino: «Aceptar dos trabajos distintos a tiempo parcial nos habría desviado por completo», escriben en este relato en primera persona. «Los dos somos personas ambiciosas y ninguno de los dos quería solo un trabajo. Queríamos carreras». En este artículo, las dos mujeres, muy motivadas, revelan su determinación de gestionar las exigencias de la familia y de la carrera. El horario flexible, el teletrabajo y las semanas laborales reducidas son solo algunas de las opciones que tienen los ejecutivos que buscan conciliar mejor la vida laboral y personal, y el reparto del trabajo, tal como describen Cunningham y Murray, bien podría ser la próxima solución para quienes deseen evitar importantes compensaciones entre su vida personal y profesional. Cunningham y Murray describen con todo detalle cómo estructuraron su inusual acuerdo, cómo se vendieron a la dirección y los obstáculos a los que se enfrentaron en el camino. La suya es una historia en la que todos ganan, para la empresa y para ellos.

Dos ejecutivos, una carrera

Reprint: R0502H For six years, Cynthia Cunningham and Shelley Murray shared an executive job at Fleet Bank. One desk, one chair, one computer, one telephone, and one voice-mail account. To their clients and colleagues, they were effectively one person, though one person with the strengths and ideas of two, seamlessly handing projects back and forth. Although their department was dissolved after the bank merged with Bank of America, the two continue to consider themselves a package—they have one résumé, and they are seeking their next opportunity together. Their choice to share a job was not only a quality-of-life decision but one intended to keep their careers on course: “Taking two separate part-time jobs would have thrown us completely off track,” they write in this first-person account. “We’re both ambitious people, and neither of us wanted just a job. We wanted careers.” In this article, the two highly motivated women reveal their determination to manage the demands of both family and career. Flextime, telecommuting, and compressed workweeks are just some of the options open to executives seeking greater work/life balance, and the job share, as described by Cunningham and Murray, could well be the next solution for those wishing to avoid major trade-offs between their personal and professional lives. Cunningham and Murray describe in vivid detail how they structured their unusual arrangement, how they sold themselves to management, and the hurdles they faced along the way. Theirs is a win-win story, for the company and for them.

Dos ejecutivos, una carrera

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