"You know," said my friend, "It's not just the remote employees that are a problem. It's the on site people too. They see the off site employees coming and going, sometimes here, often not, and yet the on site people have to be here everyday. They know that off site employees don't work to a strict time table. They know that off site employees can structure their work and personal lives to suit their own needs. They know that on site people can't do that."
Hmmmm, I thought. Is this really a new phenomenon? As far back as I can remember, employees with set schedules have looked at employees with flex time and wondered "Why can't I have flex time?"
My answer has always been quite clear. "Any employee who works in a job that allows flex time can have it as long as business conditions allow it. But many of our jobs don't have flex time because of job conditions and/or customer requirements. If you work for me in a job that doesn't allow flex time then I encourage you to put your name in for consideration when we do have a flex time job open up. If you are the best person for that flex time job we will be happy to give it to you. If not, we encourage you to apply in the future when other flex time jobs open up. But in the meantime, since your job does not allow for flex time, we expect you to work your hours as scheduled, with reasonable adjustments for personal needs granted if and when business conditions allow it."
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