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Work-Life Balance Score
Employee perception of work-life balance
How it’s computed
AVG(wlb_rating)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Work-Life Balance Score can tell roughly 27 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to engagement & retention
Engagement is eroding
engagement · T1
It's two companies, split by manager
leadership-quality · T1
Most are fine — a tail is struggling
engagement · T1
On this trajectory, you breach the benchmark
regretted-loss · T1
One condition is the binding constraint
cams · T1
One exit reason towers over the rest
exit-knowledge · T1
Retention is working
retention · T1
The workforce is splitting in two
engagement · T1
Top talent is quietly leaving
regretted-loss · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“For many employees, work-life effectiveness means being able to take care of child-care or elder-care needs while working; for some, it’s having the time to take care of their own or a family member’s medical needs; for others, it’s the ability to go to the gym when they want…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 58%
“What Work/Life Effectiveness IsWork/life effectiveness refers to the intersection of self (the worker), career (work), family, and community (Figure 41.1 ). [image "Images" file=Image00116.jpg] Figure 41.1 Work/life effectiveness model. Workplace is seldom as static as the word…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 55%
“This is juxtaposed on the perspective of employers about the status of their work/life initiatives (“National Study of Employers,” the most recent report published in April 2014). What Work/Life KnowsThe confluence of three important research efforts has empirically defined…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 54%
Resources: Worldatwork Handbook Compensation · The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)