Comments on: Want a Smart Business Move? Try Introducing Flexibility

By: Nobody here

Nobody here — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 03:47:17 +0000

My boss is in a different state so I only see her once every few months or less. She freaks out if one of us, hundreds of miles away, isn’t in the office every day, even though she never knows the difference. I occasionally take my notebook computer, the same one I use in the office home and work there and never tell her. I can set my office phone to simultaneously ring to my home phone so I pick up on the second ring all the time (I don’t get the first ring at home). I work with her and others all day long and she never knows where I am. I get all my work done and am in constant electronic and phone contact with everyone I need all day long. Shhh. Don’t tell her.

By: SuperRabbit

SuperRabbit — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:28:58 +0000

In reply to M Cassidy. I'm hourly and work from home one day a week. I clock in and out just like I would in the office, but from my virtual workstation instead of my PC in the office. If I wasn't actually working, it would be obvious because my productivity would go down. But that would be the same if I was salary or hourly.

By: M Cassidy

M Cassidy — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:27:42 +0000

The only thing that I would see as an issue is the perception by other team members who are hourly and may not be afforded the flexibility – That’s something I’m experiencing at my company and not quite sure how to relay that so folks don’t feel like there is unequal treatment. I’d be interested in hearing suggestions and Ideas for that. Thank you!