Is Workplace Flexibility a Hot Topic?
April 15th, 2009 | by Leanne
Are you noticing more talk about work/life in media, around the watercooler, at home? Or is it just me?
After all, it could be just me. I am pretty focused on this topic right now. And you know how it is when you are focused on something…suddenly you see it everywhere.
But I do feel like I’m reading more research reports and hearing more news stories about this subject these days. It makes sense…in this economy workplace flexibility is something than can save companies money by being able to cut costs without eliminating jobs. It can also be a great way to reward great employees when there is no money left for bonuses.
So is it just me? Or is this topic a hot one?
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Today’s answer on Twitter:
@ashleyacker said: Yes-it’s piping hot!
Which I found funny as coffee is the give away for answering and she didn’t realize that when she answered.
And I must give props to Bill Vick who pointed out the error of my ways:
@BillVick said: @leanneclc win a latte -sure, but Coffee is so yesterday Leanne
I assure you all it is a gift card to a local cafe, Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts…spend it as you’d like…
Leanne, it’s the issue of our time, to be sure, but employers are the slowest to adopt, as always. You see it, we see it, but somehow employers can’t see the bottom line benefits—as yet.
Keep up the good work and you’ll turn the thinking around.
It seems to me that many are striving for extra flexibility but are also a bit nervous to ask for it in this economic environment. It has become so easy for many people to work from home or on a flex schedule. Now, if only the hotel guests could swing by my house and pick up their room keys on the way from the ferry, make their own coffee, clean their own rooms and answer all their own questions, I’d be all set – until then, I get my marketing and admin stuff done from home in the quiet, then I can hit the ground running when I get to work and focus on the guests – not the paperwork!!