Working parents: this is how they manage it

How Charly Cares makes a difference

For many working parents, balancing career and family feels like a daily puzzle. Employers like PwC choose to make that puzzle more manageable in a concrete way: employees are allocated hours each year that they can use directly with Charly Cares. Screened babysitters, flexible booking, paid for by the employer. That way, you can go to work with peace of mind.

We asked PwC employees what they think of this benefit. Read on!

Practical solution and mental space

"Charly Cares gives me a lot of flexibility in combining being mom to Morris & Jackie and my work at PwC: within a few minutes I have a screened babysitter arranged. It truly brings peace of mind when combining work and family."

Nicole Doove-Lentelink | Human Capital Director at PwC

Peace of mind. That's the word Nicole uses, and it gets to the heart of what Charly Cares aims to offer. Not just a practical solution, but real mental space for working parents. When childcare is arranged, you no longer have to rack your brain over logistics and can focus your attention on the work that matters that day.

We asked PwC employees what they think of this benefit. Read on!

Practical solution and mental space

"Charly Cares gives me a lot of flexibility in combining being mom to Morris & Jackie and my work at PwC: within a few minutes I have a screened babysitter arranged. It truly brings peace of mind when combining work and family."

Nicole Doove-Lentelink | Human Capital Director at PwC

Babysitting during the babysitting shift with child

Staying at the office when the children come home from school

Not every bottleneck is a crisis. Sometimes it is simply the school afternoon ending earlier than your meeting. Gaby recognizes that:

"I find Charly Cares especially useful on afternoons when the children are out of school, because then I can keep working at the office. I value being able to use my regular babysitter through this platform. In addition, it is very convenient that PwC makes it possible to pay the babysitter directly from my employer hours. This makes arranging childcare simple and flexible, exactly when I need it."

Gaby Cobelens | Executive Assistant at PwC

Gaby uses her own trusted babysitter through her employer's platform. For some parents, that makes all the difference: there is a familiar face at the door who already knows the family. Extra nice when your employer supports that too.

Staying at the office when the children come home from school

Not every bottleneck is a crisis. Sometimes it is simply the school afternoon ending earlier than your meeting. Gaby recognizes that:

"I find Charly Cares especially useful on afternoons when the children are out of school, because then I can keep working at the office. I value being able to use my regular babysitter through this platform. In addition, it is very convenient that PwC makes it possible to pay the babysitter directly from my employer hours. This makes arranging childcare simple and flexible, exactly when I need it."

Gaby Cobelens | Executive Assistant at PwC

On the unexpected, unplanned moments

Sometimes it is not the daily schedules that come under pressure, but unexpected circumstances. Then you have to be able to switch quickly. For Anke, Charly Cares comes in handy.

"Over the past year I have used a babysitter via Charly Cares several times when my parents were ill. As a result, I was able to find a nice babysitter relatively quickly, so that I could keep working and my daughter and son were in good hands. The 40 hours from PwC are helpful in making this choice: I don't have to take vacation time, but I also don't fall behind schedule."

Anke Molenaar | Senior Manager Digital Trust Financial Services at PwC

On the unexpected, unplanned moments

Sometimes it is not the daily schedules that come under pressure, but unexpected circumstances. Then you have to be able to switch quickly. For Anke, Charly Cares comes in handy.

"Over the past year I have used a babysitter via Charly Cares several times when my parents were ill. As a result, I was able to find a nice babysitter relatively quickly, so that I could keep working and my daughter and son were in good hands. The 40 hours from PwC are helpful in making this choice: I don't have to take vacation time, but I also don't fall behind schedule."

Anke Molenaar | Senior Manager Digital Trust Financial Services at PwC

Genuinely thinking along

"I am super enthusiastic! I signed up for a regular babysitter and now use it regularly. A truly fantastic way of thinking along with your employees, and especially of encouraging and enabling them to keep working, even if they have children."

Sarah Wismeijer | Management Assistant at PwC

Sarah sums it up well: thinking along with employees. That is exactly the proposition that Charly Cares and PwC are making a reality together. A working system that truly makes life easier for parents.

Genuinely thinking along

"I am super enthusiastic! I signed up for a regular babysitter and now use it regularly. A truly fantastic way of thinking along with your employees, and especially of encouraging and enabling them to keep working, even if they have children."

Sarah Wismeijer | Management Assistant at PwC