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When flexibility is advertised in a job position, it usually bends in the employers favor. Finishing at 11pm? Gotta be flexible to meet the deadline. Leaving b
by EZ-E 9y ago
When flexibility is advertised in a job position, it usually bends in the employers favor.
Finishing at 11pm? Gotta be flexible to meet the deadline. Leaving before normal time? Be ready to be silently judged
- ehnto 9y agoI imagine I get ribbed about my butt in seat time and how it appears tardy, but I hope that my logged hours and work produced shows I work what is expected and then am happy to buckle down for a long day when required. If I have worked "Overtime" it is balanced out when the project is finished, and that is communicated to my PMs and comforms to the natural ebb and flow of company workload. I think it works well for everyone.
- praneshp 9y agoI will argue that anyone that a manager that automatically looks at work produced (or slightly worse, logged hours) is not one to worry about. One that worries about butt in seat time will be difficult to convince with the other two.
- theprotocol 9y agoExactly. I'd argue that "flexibility" is a keyword bad managers tend to use a lot. I noticed many of them insist on "you will need to be flexible" (and seem to repeat that a lot) and what it really means is that by default you drew the short straw, and you can expect to get screwed over.
- fernandotakai 9y agofeels a lot like "unlimited vacations" -- sure you can take a week off, but are you ready to be judged?
- distances 9y agoI'm really against the "unlimited vacations" policy, I much prefer the European style compulsory vacation. Yes, I really think employees should be forced to take time off if need be.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoThis varies hugely by employer. We have two coworkers off for long vacations right now, during a semi-crunch. My boss and another coworker took Monday off to see the eclipse. Nobody's judging anyone, and my boss leads by example.