Pros and cons of flexible working
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Flexible working allows employees to determine how, when, and where they work. There are three main flexible working arrangements: full-time, part-time, and career flexibility. Full-time options include flexible hours, teleworking, time banks, and compressed work weeks. Part-time options include reduced hours and job sharing. Career flexibility allows changes in career or breaks without penalties. Flexible working has pros for both employees and employers like improved work-life balance, reduced costs, and increased productivity and morale. However, flexible working also has cons such as increased utility costs, difficulties tracking time, and potential communication issues.
Pros and cons of flexible working
- 1. Pros And Cons Of Flexible Working Presented By: Divya Parmar BBA 6th Sem
- 2. Flexible Working Flexible working gives employees flexibility on how long, where and when they work. Employees access flexible working through human resources policies, which usually require supervisory approval. “Work practice that allows the employees a certain degree of freedom in deciding how the work will be done and how they'll coordinate their schedules with those of other employees.” Flexible working is comprised of three main arrangements: fulltime, part-time and career flexibility.
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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.
- 6. Technology For Flexible Working IM (MSN, yahoo, gtalk, skype) Email Basecamp File sharing (Google docs, Google calendar) WIKIs Virtual meeting software Teleconferencing
- 7. 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.
- 8. 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.
- 9. 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. 9
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