Flexible Work Arrangements - Approaching Your Employer© Bonny Albo
Feb 1, 1999
If you've been toying with the idea of talking to your employer regarding more flexible work arrangements, you are not alone. Like many parents, you crave to spend more time with your family, but cannot afford to take time off to do so.
Working out a more flexible work arrangement may be just something that you have dreamed about doing. But now, more than ever, employers are willing to adapt to employee needs in order to have a more productive work force. What follows is a step by step guide to plan your proposal, and to get it accepted. Because if you don't try, you'll never know....! ----- 1) Choose the arrangement best suited to your needs.
See other article for a list of options.
2) Find out about your employer's policies.
Read over any policy and procedure manuals that exist; perhaps someone has already done the work for you and there is a set policy as to flexible work hours. If not, talk to a representative from your human resources department (if your company is large enough to warrant one). Or talk to long term employees who may have a better idea as to what is acceptable and what is not within your company's culture.
3) Determine who makes the final decision regarding flexible work options at your workplace.
You will probably already know this, but it does not hurt to double check. This is the person that you will be creating your presentation for. Knowing who this is before you start creating a proposal can really help you to target the issues most important to you and your employer.
4) Learn from others who have already taken the same route.
If you found anyone else who is doing this or who has attempted in the past from questions #2, talk to them. Ask them what worked, and what didn't, and why or why not their proposal was accepted. Once again, if the company that you work for is a large one, talk to your human resources department first so save lots of time and energy.
5) Determine if your job really adaptable.
Some jobs are just not adaptable to certain flexible work schedules, and you need to really think this idea through before going any further. For example, a customer service representative would have a very difficult time working from home, unless their job was spent mostly on the phone. However, more flexible work arrangements (such as working 10 hours a day, four days one, four days off) could be possible.
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