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Stop ignoring work life balance for #architects.

Keep women in architecture.

A lot of #womenarchitects drop out of the profession.

Because a lot of the profession expects people to work too many hours and weekends.

That’s why Monograph customer Alyse Makarewicz started her own firm.

Her goal - create a workplace to fulfill employee’s professional and personal goals.

And keep women in architecture.

No more 80-hour work weeks.

No more burning the midnight oil.

That’s not conducive to actually having work life balance and having a family.

That was her guiding light when she started.

It guided her decision making process.

Her firm has a 40 hour work week.

And some people work less than 40 hours

In other firms, she saw that women didn't get to work on really cool projects or have accounts of their own because they weren't working full time.

It was perceived that women CAN’t do that.

Instead, Alyse’s firm looks at how they CAN.

She creates the permission to balance.

She created a firm that is a Houston Business Journal ‘Best Places to Work’

How? By fostering teamwork, professional growth, and a healthy and fun working environment.

One of her core values is efficiency to save even more time for her team.

For example…

If she can save each person in her 10 person firm 30 minutes per week.

She goes after it.

Because that saves 260 hours a year.

Which can be used for more billable hours.

Or more flexibility to support work life balance.

That’s why she uses Monograph.

That’s why she teaches a class in the Chris Kelly leadership development program.

That’s why she works on the AIA Small Firms Exchange board.

She is trying to help other small firms be more balanced and be happy and healthy with what they're doing.

Celebrate Alyse Makarewicz of AMB Architects and all of the women in architecture on #internationalwomensday!