Catch 22

What ever you do, it won't work. An unresolvable contradiction or logic trap, The phrase comes from Joseph Heller's best selling 1970s novel.

"It's a Catch-22 for employers and employees alike: In theory, work-family programs, including flexible schedules, aim to level the playing field for people with family duties,...But in practice, many women...who need to use them resist for fear of being relegated to the Mommy Track ."
Wall street Journal, Dec. 13, 1995