Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 27, 2014

“Waste your time and you waste your life, or master your time and master your life.”. - Alan Lakein . ACTUAL “CASE HISTORIES ”: There is a very significant trend in the workplace on a worldwide basis: employees are increasingly working outside the usual office location (broadly defined as “telecommuting”) and outside the usual office hours (broadly defined as “flex-time.”) BEFORE MAKING YOUR TELECOMMUTING OR FLEX-TIME REQUEST: 1.

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Flex Time Telecommuting 2014 Contingent 109

Career Realism

JUNE 18, 2019

Everyone's productivity levels peak at different times during the day. Work life balance Office hours Flexible work schedule will change your life Job perks Productivity Productive workplace Work flexibility Flexible work schedule Flextime Flex time

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2019 Telecommuting Flex Time Working from Home 82

Workology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I have writers that I know can handle and deliver the project on-time and stay on a topic just by providing them with a title. Whether you are trying to, or not, developing weaknesses in your employees is costly – both in time and money.

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2016 Flex Time 2005 Time Management 138

JobMob

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

8) Flex time. Many temp jobs are part-time, leaving your schedule partly open to continuing with your longer-term job search. A temp job is a great way to learn about a company from the inside, helping you to decide if you even want to be a full-time employee there.

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Workology

MARCH 18, 2014

Time to Implement New Strategies to Attract or Retain Employees. These many needs/desires include: Flex-time work requests. ”You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”. Eleanor Roosevelt seems to be following me around theses days. This is her quote above.

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2014 Flex Time Contingent Telecommuting 154

Professional Resume Services

JUNE 20, 2012

This goes beyond good face-to-face communication skills as you have to be able to communicate with the other worker when you are not working at the same time. Being flexible and able to accept phone calls on non-work time is also helpful.

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2012 Flex Time Co-worker Family 163

Workology

MARCH 3, 2016

Coexist, a British company with a 77% female workforce has created a “period policy” to allow employees to take time off during their periods without having to pretend they’re “sick” or face the stigma that lingers around menstruation.

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2016 Flex Time Women Culture 88

Ms. Career Girl

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

For some, however, they work under what is known as flex time, allowing them to have some flexibility with the hours they put in on a weekly basis. For some employers, however, flex time is viewed as non-optional due to a number of reasons.

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2011 Flex Time Transportation Child Care 169

Workology

JANUARY 29, 2014

How time flies! Choices in Managing Time. It could also include less typical rotating shifts by time or day, split shifts that include two distinct work periods in a single 24-hour work day, or variable (“on-call”) duty. Flex Time and Flex Place. Time Off.

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Ms. Career Girl

JULY 15, 2019

They may be signs that it’s time to talk to a professional who can help, and you may also want to discuss what you’re going through with your boss so he or she can provide support. Carry cold water and a portable fan, shop for lighter clothing and spend time in places with AC.

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2019 Flex Time Energy Accomplishments 218

Career Key

DECEMBER 23, 2008

But for those of you choosing a long-term career path , what does the current economy mean for your future flex-time schedule? Probably not much - time is on your side. NYT reporter Lisa Belkin describes some of the preliminary impacts of the recession on flex-time policies, on site child care, and nursing mom benefits. For many in this recession, getting a job, much less a family friendly job, is the goal.

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2008 Career Planning Flex Time Child Care 100

Ms. Career Girl

JANUARY 18, 2019

To be considered, the jobs offered by these companies had to be remote-friendly, either allowing for candidates to telecommute entirely or part of the time. FlexJobs is the leading online service for professionals seeking telecommuting, flexible schedule, part-time, and freelance jobs.

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Ask A Manager

MAY 27, 2014

Over at Intuit QuickBase’s Fast Track blog today, I take a look at several big work-related stories in the news right now: a study showing that managers who allow flex time prefer early birds to night owls, LinkedIn’s new feature that ranks your profile by popularity, and more.

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Flex Time 2014 LinkedIn Management 54

Career Solvers

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Job seekers may find that in this economy, employers are more open to negotiate flex-time, telecommuting, job sharing and other non-traditional work arrangements in their continuous efforts to cut costs.

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2014 2013 Telecommuting Flex Time 74

Workology

MAY 9, 2014

Apparently, It Is All About the Money: Time to cut through the B.S. Workplace flexibility, or flex time, is still under a lot of debate in many organizations. Each week Blogging4Jobs brings you the Top 5 Blogs in the #Workplace.

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2014 Workplace Flex Time Social Media 134

Career Realism

JULY 22, 2019

According to Webster's Universal College Dictionary, to be efficient means "performing or functioning effectively with the least waste of time and effort." When you are efficient, you do it with the least waste of time and effort. Many people take flex time for granted.

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2019 Workplace Co-worker Flex Time 77

Professional Resume Services

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

How much time do you want to spend with your family? Your work will take some time away from your family. You need to decide how much time away you want. Full time, part time?

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Workology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Extended parental leaves look great on paper, but in reality employees rarely use all that extra time. As TIME pointed out , “Although egg-freezing is marketed to anxious women as an ‘insurance policy,’ there are not yet any major studies about success rates.

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2015 Discrimination Maternity Leave Flex Time 141

Corn on the Job

OCTOBER 2, 2015

More employers are offering formal and informal work/life balance programs this year, like telecommuting (53), flex-time (60%) and sabbaticals (39%). This is great as workers are willing to take advantage of these programs, even if their company didn’t offer them: Flex-time: 52%.

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2015 Workplace Telecommuting Flex Time 102

Workology

JANUARY 20, 2016

How Remote Workers & Flex Time Change Team Dynamics. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES * The Right Kind of Crazy (Adam's Speech on YouTube) * How Remote Workers & Flex Time Change Team Dynamics. * Ep 66 – Secrets to Workplace Teamwork from NASA Rocket Scientist, Adam Stelzner ( @Stelzner ). We all know that hiring isn’t easy and once you’ve built your team the expectation to perform now hangs over everyone’s head.

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2016 Flex Time Workplace Leadership 67

Workology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

At the Daily Beast, Samantha Allen reminds us that Mayer’s past statements on and managerial position on maternity leave don’t paint a pretty picture: while expanding Yahoo’s maternity leave she eliminated flex-time and telecommuting, and then built herself an in-office nursery.

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Maternity Leave 2015 Women Telecommuting 131

Telecommuting Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2011

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Workology

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Flex-time. Allow your employees the option to schedule their time at work around the core-hours of the day. Giving your workers the opportunity to utilize flex-time in their work schedule will make it easier for you to accommodate reasons for personal leave like appointments.

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2013 Flex Time Banking Energy 127

Career Realism

AUGUST 7, 2019

It's business time… so, let's get down to business. You can negotiate for other things, too, like work-from-home opportunities, flex time, vacation days,and other perks. As the job search advances one of the top questions becomes "what salary do I ask for?"

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2019 Salary Salary Negotiation Flex Time 66

Ask A Manager

JULY 22, 2015

Flex time, reasonable hours, good health insurance, and generous time off would be a better start than babies in the office. A reader writes: I’m planning to make a suggestion/proposal to HR to ask them to consider implementing a policy which would allow new mothers to bring their infants to work for a certain number of months after they are born.

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2015 Flex Time Insurance Women 80

Workology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Extended parental leaves look great on paper, but in reality employees rarely use all that extra time. As TIME pointed out , “Although egg-freezing is marketed to anxious women as an ‘insurance policy,’ there are not yet any major studies about success rates.

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2015 Maternity Leave Flex Time Insurance 78

Career Realism

MAY 27, 2014

Work can be quite stressful at times, and it’s women who bear the brunt of work-related stress. Flex Time Is Too Rigid. In 1980, the movie “9 to 5” introduced us to the concept of flex time, but it has not taken off as a trend. In addition, a recent study has found that most companies grant flex time to senior-level men rather than women, which is surprising given the fact that it’s women who need more flexibility in order to care for children.

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2014 Flex Time Maternity Leave Women 84

Workology

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It’s that time again. This isn’t the first time Hilcorp has been in the news for lavish across-the-board bonuses. Free food and flex time consistently rank as a top work perks, and both are, financially speaking, minor rewards.

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2015 Flex Time Retail Diversity 83

Ask A Manager

JULY 18, 2019

A reader writes: I work in a small office that has had a pretty liberal remote work and flex hours policy for years, and about one-third of our employees live out of state and are thus permanently remote. Recently, our flex time was revoked and all in-state employees were required to come into the office all day. Despite being in the office together for most of our working time, I find that my manager is still relying on chat messages for most of her communication with me.

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2019 Flex Time Management Culture 62

Water Cooler Wisdom

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

invest funds, resources and time accordingly. For example, you can talk up work-life integration all you want, but if your managers don’t support some flex time in. At a recent speaking engagement, a vice president of HR stopped over. to chat with me. Over the last few years, her department had rolled out a new employee engagement initiative with phenomenal results. Her CEO was so impressed that she received a bonus and a promotion. But there was a problem.

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Culture 2013 Flex Time Leadership 61

Ask A Manager

JUNE 18, 2019

You’re right that if your employer wants to offer wellness benefits, they should offer things like healthy food at work and discounted gym memberships and — most important — great health insurance and ample paid time off. A reader writes: My company recently announced that they would be offering wellness benefits. They didn’t expand on any details in the announcement, and I assumed it would be something like discounted gym memberships or healthy snacks at the office.

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Ask A Manager

AUGUST 21, 2015

He was given more time to begin improving but failed to follow through. He also went on to say that his behavior was an issue he’s been dealing with for a long time. In the end, we had enough documented evidence that HR decided it was best not to do a performance improvement plan since he was not improving during the flex time we gave him. Remember the letter-writer who was wondering whether she should go back and check the references of a struggling new hire ?

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2015 Flex Time Internship Candidate 59

Workology

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Do you remember the first time one of your childhood friends wanted something you had in your hand? In order to play your cards, you need to take the time to assess your top four needs. Would I be happy with more vacation time?

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2013 Flex Time Banking Working from Home 139

Workology

JUNE 20, 2016

That two disparate groups are pushing for telecommuting and other kinds of flex arrangements means that employers — all kinds of employers, from small to large business, startup to corporate — have had to respond. (It

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 27, 2009

My intention is to request to telecommute from several states away (as the company website cites flex-time and telecommuting as benefits). Please note that I work in an incestuous industry and would worry about being branded later in my career as one who “wasted the company’s time and money” with potentially unethical intentions. But, in my experience, it works best when there is some regular face time as well.

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2009 Telecommuting Flex Time Co-worker 139

Resume Bear

JULY 22, 2012

Non-traditional benefits that help employees achieve work/life balance were the most highly regarded (summer hours/comp days and flex-time/telecommuting), while besides medical insurance, no other traditional benefit was particularly valued.

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Talent 2012 Freelance Automotive 239

Ask A Manager

JULY 2, 2019

We have flex time, people work different hours, and as long as your work is done in a timely and quality way, then management usually leaves you to your own devices. If so, and they still have a lot of time every day for socializing, do you need to revisit the goals? A reader writes: I am a low level manager at an office of 35 employees and we’re fairly autonomous in managing our workload.

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2019 Assessment Flex Time Goals 52

Career Realism

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It is best to be honest about your schedule and your times of availability from the get-go. If it will be impossible to schedule calls or in-person interviews during certain days of the week or particular times of the day, be sure to share this with a prospective hiring manager or a recruiter. Flex Wherever Possible. If your job does not require a set hourly schedule, experiment with flexing. Take Personal Business Time.

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2016 Employers Flex Time Interviewing 77

Ask A Manager

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The benefits are great, I have flex-time, and my boss has been very enthusiastic during my onboarding (basically running around telling everyone how excited she is to have me join the company). A reader writes: I recently just started working for a new company 2 weeks ago that I really enjoy.

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2015 Flex Time Offer Candidate 63

Ask A Manager

JUNE 26, 2019

The problem is that at least three times per week, I receive a call from someone who has hearing issues or bad enough cell reception that I need to raise my voice in order for them to hear me. My husband and I live in a cosmopolitan city and both work full-time. I plan to take around 10 days off when we first get the puppy, but after that… What’s the over-under on asking for flex time when you get a new dog? It’s five answers to five questions.

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2019 Working from Home Flex Time Payroll 60

Workology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Flex-time and employee-based scheduling allow employees to have real input in scheduling shifts and balancing their lives.

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2012 Recruiters Flex Time Health Care 125

Ask A Manager

JUNE 21, 2017

The nature of our business doesn’t allow for flex-time, and we are a semi-warehouse environment, so we don’t allow children inside the location. The first time I had a conversation with her about her tardiness, she burst into tears. A reader writes: I have a new salaried staff member who is a manager-in-training for a new location we are opening up.

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2017 Flex Time Child Care Salary 44

Workology

JUNE 15, 2012

Is Flex Work Week Scheduling Possible? While workplace flexibility options like telecommuting, work flex, and flexible schedule options by employers are on the rise, only a small percentage of employees have access to such benefits.

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2012 Management Working from Home Telecommuting 125