Today, in an always changing world, many multinational companies remain open for 24 hours. Their employees need to work in day shifts and night shifts and that can damage their work-life balance. So a lot of people face the problem of balancing work and family life. Based on a research made in the frame of the project "Be Family Friendly! Training and Consultance for the Companies in Bucharest and Ilfov "cofinanced by European Social Fund through POSDRU 2007-2013, the article is focused on the rethinking the work schedule and on the promoting work-life balance (WLB) in today's dynamic environment.