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Article Excerpt
For years, corporate types have tossed around the term "family friendly" in an effort to lure employees who want to strike a better balance between their work and personal lives. In the franchise sector, however, the term takes on a whole different meaning.
In the corporate world, family friendly is traditionally associated with companies that provide flexible hours, child-care benefits and are sympathetic to days missed due to chicken pox and other childhood illnesses. But in franchising, where long hours, hard work and stress are part and parcel of operating any type of business, family friendly has come instead to describe concepts that are either home-based with flexible hours, or conducive to the whole family operating together.
In fact, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are finding certain franchise concepts are capable of strengthening family ties.
Designed for families
Bette Fetter, 49, actually founded a franchise with the needs of her own family in mind. In 1988, Fetter was a stay-at-home morn with a combined passion for art and motherhood. As...
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