Making Invisible Work Visible: At Home & in the Workplace

What if we started valuing the work that keeps families and organizations running, even when no one sees it?In this episode of the Womenemies Podcast, Marilena Fallaris explores one of the most debated questions she's ever asked:Should domestic engineers (stay-at-home parents) receive a salary? Should they have retirement accounts?But the conversation doesn't stop at home.Marilena also examines the invisible work happening inside organizations, including the mentoring, emotional support, culture-building, event planning, and relationship management that often fall outside a job description but are essential to healthy teams and workplaces.In this episode, we discuss:• Should domestic engineers receive a salary?• Should full-time caregivers have retirement accounts?• The hidden mental and emotional load of managing a household• Why couples should have conversations about financial recognition and long-term security• The "office mom" phenomenon and invisible labor in the workplace• How leaders can recognize mentorship, emotional safety, and culture-building alongside traditional performance metricsThis isn't about assigning a dollar amount to love or caregiving.It's about making invisible work visible so families and organizations can better recognize, appreciate, and support the people doing it.If you're a parent, partner, leader, HR professional, financial planner, family law attorney, or someone interested in building healthier families and workplaces, this conversation is for you.If you're a family law attorney, HR executive, financial planner, or organizational leader and you'd like to continue this conversation, let's talk. I'd love to have you on the Womenemies Podcast so we can explore these topics together from different perspectives.📧 Connect with me: [email protected]