I am a resident of South Bend, IN, USA. I am personally involved in this plea because, like many of us, I have my family, pets, and many other duties beyond my full-time job. The recent change in Beacon Therapists' working hours, with a mandatory requirement to stay until 7:00 pm, has disrupted our work-life balance and prevented us from spending quality time with our loved ones. It's not just about me, but about each Beacon Therapist who faces the same predicament.

Post the recent changes, many of us have seen significant repercussions in our personal life. It hurts to see our children going to bed before we reach home or our pets waiting at the door for us. Career satisfaction and employee wellbeing are directly linked to performance and quality of service. According to a study by the American Psychological Association, work-life balance improves an employee's job satisfaction, overall wellbeing, and even reduces absenteeism (APA, 2020).

We acknowledge that this is an effort to increase revenue and offer the same hours as our competition, however we firmly believe that this is what sets us apart from the competition and allows us to provide top notch 1:1 physical therapy care, while maintaining employee happiness. It's time to revise this mandate and allow Beacon Therapists to maintain a healthy balance between our professional and personal life. It is necessary for the organization, its therapists, and indirectly, its patients too. Therefore, we call on pertinent authority to allow Beacon Therapists home time with their families and rescind the requirement to remain at work until 7:00 pm. Let us be professionals, but let us also be humans with a life beyond work. Kindly sign this petition if you stand with us.