Even as more companies accept remote-work arrangements, the norm of being available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. shows little sign of fading.
That's even though 94 per cent of desk workers want flexibility in when they work, according to a new survey by Slack Technologies Inc.'s Future Forum, compared with 80 per cent who say they want location flexibility. Slack polled more than 10,000 desk workers in the US, Australia, France, Germany, Japan and the UK.
While remote work provides more schedule flexibility than the office — allowing time to do laundry or take the dog for a walk, for instance — many people still feel pressure to have a “green dot” on their workplace software that shows they're online and working. Subramanian said that when she talks to executives about schedule flexibility, they often get alarmed . Yet having scheduling flexibility doesn't mean working at all hours or that employees will never get together in person, she said. On the contrary, many people want clearer boundaries around when they're expected to respond to messages. “Organizations can create flexibility within a framework,” she said. “They can set expectations and be intentional.
Crunchbase Inc., a software firm that specializes in private company data, established a core working-hours policy when it went remote last year. Since the company was hiring employees across time zones, it set aside 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. New York time for meetings and synchronous work.
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