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Flexible Working

Kelly

Hello all, 

I’m looking to undertake a research project around flexible working as we all find the ‘new normal.’  I’d like to find out how this currently works for your organisation…

How have you made the transition to flexible working? 

What have been the benefits to your organisation?

Is it possible to sustain high growth with this type of working method? 

Any advice that you can give about how it works for you would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

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  • Hi Kelly

    The organisation I work for is in social care/the third sector. Like many other organisations we have had lots of employees working from home for a prolonged period. We had also started to receive a number of formal flexible working requests as people were seeing the benefit it brought to them and our point of view was that there were clearly no statutory reasons for refusal on the basis that people were able to demonstrate that they were able to make it work.

    We've ultimately had to decide whether we want to lead or follow with this, so we have taken the decision to implement a number of flexible/agile working measures including home working, core hours and compressed working week (OK, some of which we have been operating 'informally' since March) but it really comes down to this: we recognise that the world has changed and the way we work has changed, probably permanently, as a result of that.

    I think we see the benefits as making a commitment to supporting our people to work in a way that works for them and us, hopefully it will also have a positive impact in terms of recruitment and our reputation as an employer.

    I appreciate that it presents different challenges for different sectors and industries and I think that ultimately, each organisation has to find what's right for them and their people.

    Regards
    Chris
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  • Hi Kelly

    The organisation I work for is in social care/the third sector. Like many other organisations we have had lots of employees working from home for a prolonged period. We had also started to receive a number of formal flexible working requests as people were seeing the benefit it brought to them and our point of view was that there were clearly no statutory reasons for refusal on the basis that people were able to demonstrate that they were able to make it work.

    We've ultimately had to decide whether we want to lead or follow with this, so we have taken the decision to implement a number of flexible/agile working measures including home working, core hours and compressed working week (OK, some of which we have been operating 'informally' since March) but it really comes down to this: we recognise that the world has changed and the way we work has changed, probably permanently, as a result of that.

    I think we see the benefits as making a commitment to supporting our people to work in a way that works for them and us, hopefully it will also have a positive impact in terms of recruitment and our reputation as an employer.

    I appreciate that it presents different challenges for different sectors and industries and I think that ultimately, each organisation has to find what's right for them and their people.

    Regards
    Chris
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