Pros And Cons Of Flexible

Working

Presented By:

Divya Parmar

BBA 6th Sem

Flexible Working

Flexible working gives employees flexibility on howlong, where and when they work. Employees accessflexible working through human resources policies,which usually require supervisory approval.

“Work practice that allows the employees acertain degree of freedom in deciding how the work willbe done and how they'll coordinate their schedules withthose of other employees.”

Flexible working is comprised of three mainarrangements: fulltime, part-time and career flexibility.

Flexible Working

Fulltime flexible options include:

Flexible hours (flextime) -the ability to choose the start and

finish time of the working day within core hours;

Telework (flexplace) -the chance to work from home or

another place one or several days a week;

Time banks -the ability to take time off in compensation for

overtime;

Compressed work weeks -such as working four longer days

and taking the fifth day of the week off, or working a nine day

fortnight.

Flexible Working

Part-time options include working a few days a week,

say three days instead of the traditional five days, and

other forms such as v-time working and job-sharing.

The "v" stands for voluntary reduced hours, with the

individual working to an agreed reduced schedule for a certain

period, for example during the school holidays, with the

chance to work the usual hours after that period ends.

Job-sharing is also an interesting form of part-time flexible

working where two people share a full-time position, either by

working three days each in the week with one day of overlap

or they alternate one week each.

Flexible Working

Career flexibility (flex career) allows individuals to

change careers and/or take career breaks for personal

or family reasons without suffering career penalties.

Technology For Flexible Working

IM (MSN, yahoo, gtalk, skype)

Email

Basecamp

File sharing (Google docs, Google calendar)

WIKIs

Virtual meeting software

Teleconferencing

Pros Of Flexible Working For

Employees

Flexibility to meet family needs, personal obligations, and life

responsibilities conveniently.

Reduced consumption of employee commuting time and fuel

costs.

Avoids traffic and the stresses of commuting during rush hours.

Increased feeling of personal control over schedule and work

environment.

Reduces employee burnout due to overload.

Allows people to work when they accomplish most, feel freshest,

and enjoy working. (e.g. morning person vs. night person).

Depending on the flexible work schedule chosen, may decrease

external childcare hours and costs.

Pros Of Flexible Working For

Employers

Increased employee morale, engagement, and commitment to

the organization.

Reduced absenteeism and tardiness.

Increased ability to recruit outstanding employees.

Reduced turnover of valued staff.

Allows people to work when they accomplish most, feel freshest,

and enjoy working. (e.g. morning person vs. night person).

Extended hours of operation for departments such as customer

service.

Develops image as an employer of choice with family friendly

flexible work schedules.

Cons of Flexible Working

Utility costs are increased since the plant is open for longer periods of time.

Difficulties in recording time.

Confusion to suppliers and customers who are not used to flexi-time.

Long supervision.

A communication may not reach all the employees.

Communication gap may exist.

Scheduling of delivery may be affected.

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