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Flexible Work Arrangements
I wanted to jump back on the convo on Thursday's post but got busy with work.
Does your employer allow flexible work arrangements? What kinds of flexibility do they allow for? (flexible hours, shortened work week, work from home, other?) Do they have a formal policy? How easy/difficult is it to take advantage of/benefit from the flexibility?
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Re: Flexible Work Arrangements
My company is extremely flexible. I need to be at work most days because I run the office, but in bad weather, or if I just need to work from home (this is rare, its usually only weather related) I am encouraged to stay home and work.
Other employees who do not run the office often work from home at least 2 days a week, or will work 4 days that are 10 hours each and then take off Fridays. Really they only want us all here one or two days a week so we can meet and go over stuff, but often we all call in to do this if we are working from home.
Really flexible office, but it is small. I work for quite possibly the best company ever.
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As far as working from home, no, it's a school so that doesn't really work.
Hour wise, kind of. I work 40 hours a week 8:30-:5:30 and I am not salary but if I needed to leave early, come in late, stay late one day I can adjust my hours where I don't have to use any of my vacation or sick. So it is like I am salary but if I work extra hours I still get time and a half.
I don't think we have a policy. If I needed to I'm sure I could work from home, I've done it for snow days.
I work at a very large MNC (10,000 employees in more than 25 countries) and on paper, my company is super-flexible. Many employees have laptops so working from home is often an option for those that do, plus the company has flex hours (9-3 are core where everyone should be here but as long as you put in your 40 you can start/end at your will), some people work a four-day work week with 10 hour days or even 9 hour days with a day off every other week. Everything is subject to supporting business needs, per company policy.
However, from what I hear here it really depends on your individual supervisor. My manager is really easy going and has never had a problem with me coming in late/leaving early for appointments or the occasional work from home day when I have a service person coming to the house. I talked to him before I came back to work about working from home 2 days a week consistently and he was really on board. He's a big supporter of maintaining work-life balance. I've also heard of other managers who really give their employees a hard time about anything other than a standard-5-day-in-office work week.
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Technically, my office has flex time (9/80s), but your supervisor has to approve it. Mine is not really into that, so I'm not even bothering to ask. It's supposed to be 1 regular day off for the entire office, rather than a random day off, so that it's clear when you don't set meetings, etc., but I'm not sure that's clear, so here we are.
It is very flexible in terms of if I have appointments or whatever, I just put it on my calendar and go.
I'm talking to them now about WFH part time about 8 weeks after Predator is born, and doing that for about 6 weeks, but I'm not sure they're on board. They're definitely on board with me working PT, but not necessarily from home. My point is that it's a lot easier to find a few hours a day when I can WFH rather than these particular few hours, if that makes sense. I think the former would be fine, and the latter stressful.
Mu current job used to be more flexible with hours, even though several employees in my office are hourly. About 2 months ago, they implemented a punch card system so all hourly employees now have to physically clock in and out every day. This eliminated any flexibility whatsoever about hours, taking time off for appointments, etc. My position is very customer service oriented so working from home is never an option. I need to be in the office all day to meet with the MDs around the hospital when they come in.
The new position I will be starting is much more flexible about time off, working from home, etc, and I am looking forward to it immensely.
I honestly don't get why companies are resistant to people working from home in most instances. It cuts down on their overhead (utilities, etc.) and they can actually downsize office space.
Personally, I get more done when I work at home, and I'm happy I can do it in my yoga pants and toss in a load of laundry while I'm at it. I'm more productive and they get more.
I think they fear people will fart off. It is my opinion that women are far better at multitasking than men. As for efficiency, if you don't work efficiently you're not going to fair any better or worse at home or at a cube.
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Steph, that's totally it, the bosses here think we'll fart around if we WFH. My big boss (who had 4 kids, 3 basically in a row) was like, 1 baby is easy, Mush can totally work in between when he's awake! but my immediate supervisor (who had two kids, a few years apart) is skeptical and thinks I'd still need a sitter even just while I'm WFH while he's very small, so why don't I just come in to the office.
Ugh, because then I'd have to fit back into my clothes at 8 weeks post partum! Duh!
Both H and I have VERY awesome employers that have great flex time offerings.
In my office, you need to be there between 9:30AM and 3:00PM (with 1 hour for lunch) M-F, but can work your 40 however you want otherwise. They're also fine w/ WFH and have no problems with working around doctor's appts, etc.
For H . . . he can work whenever he wants pretty much. He can "telecommute" for meetings if need be.
Oddly enough, my employer is small (>150 employees, in 5 different locations) and H works for a VERY LARGE MNC.
But anyway, I'm convinced I'm KU, depsite the fact that I would have had to have conceived last Friday and shouldn't have the faintest idea (and we are ACTIVELY preventing). But my boobs hurt like a sonofabitch and are pouring out of my bras. And the scent of garlic makes me want to hurl. I'm concerned that my particular cocktail of meds has somehow overridden my new-ish (3rd month I'm on it) BC, though you think my doctor would know since I'm particular in listing them. Hence why H and I have discussed this very thing yesterday.
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