I am so tired of companies promoting the fact that they are all about a work life balance when they don’t care about it at all! What they really want is someone who doesn’t have children, a deceased spouse, actual life difficulties, or anything that semi-complicates your life in any shape or fashion! I have two children, a toddler and an 11-year-old, I recently lost my husband and have no family. So basically I have no career future because God forbid my child gets sick and I can’t make it to work or I’m late because I’ve gotten two hours of sleep in a week. It doesn’t really matter that I’m all alone, I have children and I lost my husband just over a year ago. All they really care about is the fact that I could have been late or missed a day. Forget about the option of working at home when you do your job diligently and better than most or the fact that you work your butt off to do the best possible job trying to overcompensate for the fact that you know this is your life and there’s nothing you can do about it. Welcome to the real world of people who only care about the bottom line, not that of being successful but rather being someone else’s idea of the Perfect Candidate!