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I've been assigned with a project for an academic course to express my opinion about flexible work schedules. Before I get started on my assignment, I'd like to start a discussion and read others' opinions too.

Flexible work can have a variety of forms, it could be either working flexible working hours, working from home, work by objectives, compressed days (The option to work more hours per day, that way your work week is compressed to fewer days). There are probably more to add to the list.

From my point of view, in some cases it can be quite beneficial, especially working from home can save you both time and money. You won't have to commute, nor pay fuel or tickets if you're using the public transportation. If you combine that with flexible working hours and/or with work by objective, you'll have the ability to work from anywhere, anytime you want!

In my case, I currently have an internship in which I'm working from home, using the technique of objectives. I'll have several assignments  that I'd have to complete throughout the week, and let me tell you, it's one of the best options I could have ever made.

What are your thoughts on this subject? It would be great if we could have some of your personal views here, it would be of great assistance for my course's assignment.

Flexible work schedule in my opinion doesn't solve the fact that people should be working less amount of time for the same wages because there are machines and flexibility should come from having more workers that are working less time for example but considering that this will not make people become a slave to their work, nobody is willing to do it. To me, I like the idea of reducing the amount of work hours and increasing the wages because that kind of thing can help boost morale and it is already proven that when you put a good salary for a worker, their productivity increases.

Obviously if a company is paying you they wont want that you work less hours and therefore be less productive but keep getting the same wages. When the employee hired by the company will work, only then the company will grow, and wages can be made out of the profit.
However, Flexible Work hours gives the employee the flexibility to work at their own feasible time but they still have to complete the 8 or 9 working hours quota.

That's how it should be when capitalism was first introduced, when the machines starts taking over and helping with the job, the people that are working should be getting less hours, this wasn't a very popular idea for many companies because they will have to pay more workers this way, working for 8 to 9 hours is not a flexible work schedule no matter how much you divide it in a day because in the end and 8 and 9 hours is 8 and 9 hours which takes a lot of your time for the day, imagine a job that slowly kills you, it doesn't matter if the schedule is flexible if you don't have any time to do anything out of work and pursue your other passions.

I have just free shedule (some tasks and deadline) and this really makes my life better

Whether we are liking it or not the world is going towards more relaxed work schedule with the internet and highly growing digital economy. Op's topic is really hanging on the current matter and I think he should find very good information to support his/her work.
A good example is the covid-19 year. That expose the world to working at home which was to protect people and to avoid the spread of the virus. IMO, that worked fine and till now, working at home has become the new normal for executives. Working from home definitely gives time for flexible time, you can go to occasions and do other things with same pay or more because you have time for other business engagement.

It depends on the nature of the work. Some work are not suitable for this method especially for those production work such as Manufacturing, Construction and other industries that requires physical work most of the time. Flexible working schedules is indeed convenient considering all the apps and gadget that we can use to meet our communication needs. The cons on this kind of working setup was weak coordination. It's hard to express what you really want to say via online only.

To me flexible working, is not about how easy the work can be made to the owners leisure or fittings, but it allows the owner to add few/more works to it, flexible work is one thats subjected to only the owner, and not other factors, and the tools for a flexible work, are go about with tools that can follow the owner at any point even to the very closest of the owner, also complex work can be made flexible, if some tailoring is made in it by the owner.

If it can be allowed to work from home, then it is much better even you spend a lot of time on it. It is really okay to make OT as we never have to travel, take a ride and etc... Most of some businesses are run through this way, they usually hire people to work from home and have a good salary. Working from Monday to Friday, and have two rest days Saturday and Sunday, I think that was a fair schedule. But that also depends on the nature of our work and some bosses may require more time at work that sometimes we just use one day to take the rest.

Work from home can be economical but letting the employees to work with friendly workspace can increase the productivity of them for sure, lets take a look at what Google is doing.

Increasing the working hours a day to work fewer days a week is not beneficial to the company because more hours a human work means they will be less productive.

Unfortunately, working from home isn't always the best solution, people tend to have lower productivity when they are unsupervised, and there can be a lot of distractions when working from home. And videocalls aren't a perfect replacement for live meetings and face-to-face talking, which is also important in work. I already saw a few software companies delaying their products last year because of the drop in productivity caused by switching to remote work.

in any case, a certain Attitude for work, as well as a certain Atmosphere, is present only in the workplace. Of course, there are quite a few professions where a person takes his job home, but he still spends the bulk of his work at the workplace. I believe that such work is more effective. As an example, we can cite the current schooling of schoolchildren at home due to the pandemic, and many experts express their opinion that student performance has decreased because in the classroom they are more focused and more accepting of new knowledge than in online lessons. The situation is the same with adults when it comes to their work and their respective schedules.

As an introvert, nothing attracts me more than working/studying from home, but the brutal truth is, home is mostly luxury, we got bedrooms with nice beds, and as time progresses we become lazy and then we start to ignore important points because no one can see us, and hence we will do activities like drinking coffee while listening to a lecture or play games by putting the lecture in minimize mode. But I do value my freedom a lot as well, I like offline works because it adds pressure on us which makes us ignited and energizes us by making the laziness go away but yeah I would never prefer to study/work in an environment where there is complete authority of someone else and my freedom isn't respected.

Comparing work and online class is not perfect because not every children has the same kind of interest in the studying so they tends to focus on other things where there is a chance but work is not the same, its the responsibility given to the individual so they will surely complete it more sooner than the workplace to get more leisure time. :D

Its a complicated topic, It obviously doesnt suit all industries but IMO
I really like the idea of having a choice of how to structure my working
week and balancing my work life and personal life.

At the moment it doesnt feel balanced

Work: 9am to 5.30pm
Commute: 8.15am to 9am and 5.30pm to 6.15pm
Lunch: 1 hour

My time away from the house and in work mode per day is 10 hours
[including commute and lunch]
Sleep 8 hours leaves 6 hours of the day where I get to choose what
to do.

I would happily work longer days to get a full day off either Friday or
Monday and have a 3 day block to myself.

Working from home is a new discussion brought in by COVID-19, it has
its advantages and disadvantages. he introverts love it and the
extraverts are struggling. There is in most cases no choice, it is imposed
by COVID restrictions and employers.

I would like to think that employees would have a choice how and when
to work from home, work very early from early morning to early afternoon
for example so long as the tasks get completed and help employees
stay motivated.

Just a few thoughts.

There's always a difference because we arent really get used to it since from the start when everything is still normal or before this pandemic came.Nothing beats out when
someone do work up into a real working place and have some face to face interactions or simply you do your job on a operational kind of point not just on sitting in front
of your pc and you are right that when it comes to productivity then its totally different when its unsupervised or no one do watch you but somehow we do need
to deal with the new normal and this is why we do have this kind of set-up or arrangement, yes, its odd but better to deal with it.

This has been the best solution during pandemic, but I also believe for that its not that productive compare to the normal work schedule but those companies who are doing this right now are just trying to survive, and doing everything they can to remain in-operation. There are some jobs that requires less supervision, and that can work on flexible schedule, but I think those in critical working station, they still need to put extra effort on going work as much as possible.

Flexible working schedule is fine for me as long as the company have the strong implementation, a proper planning on everything so people can work and follow all the guidelines. In my place, a work from home schedule seems to be more possible during these time of pandemic, though we are slowly getting back into a face to face meetings and work schedule.

Working with flexible time is one of the best things that someone can ever meet as they work whether it's work from home or work on site. But mostly, this is being applied on a work from home setup.
Many companies are starting to have this setup and they're making their employees do as it eases them and make them more productive.

Working from home and for objectives is the best suited to my lifestyle. Although I work in Marketing in Social Media I have a lot of work at home in this time of pandemic such as shopping for groceries and other jobs at home. I must make a schedule of weekly activities to accomplish my tasks. I share your idea that there is a saving in transport but the commitment is great. Sometimes I am exhausted but happy to comply with "Home and work" in a good operation.

Compared to the past situation of the 9-5 man, the coronavirus pandemic introducing different working modalities offered more humane work life for us salarymen. I believe this is a good step towards a much more ethical working society. It offers more benefits to the employee with little to no drawbacks on the employer's end, which is really good.

For me, to make our time feel less does not mean that we have to make our work quickly finish. but what we need to do is consider all work as a form of a favorite hobby or in other words love your job, wherever and under any conditions.

a cup of hot coffee, and a cigarette to start work in front of a computer screen. that's what makes everything feel comfortable and flexible. whatever the pandemic conditions are getting more and more unclear, we are still fine with doing every day job from home.

I have always been in favour of a flexible work schedule, at the end of the day the one that is paying you cares only about two things, that you do the work that you have been hired to do and that you do it in time, as long as you can do both of those two things then you should be able to do your work whenever it suits you, this is great because if you have a family emergency you can attend it knowing that you are not going to be fired or anything as long as you finish your job, also you can work as fast as you can, finish everything you could need to do during the week and then rest for the remainder of the week.

Working from home killed productivity tbh.

I get that it's great working from home and not having to commute, but if I owned any office related business, in what way can you verify that work is actually getting done without literally having to babysit employees and monitor their every move? I know companies will install tracking software on business computers, and I would hate to be using something like that at home.

Exactly, the expenses that are mostly covered by the company that you are working on is being shouldered by you, especially that one too, tracking software is just a legitimate malware. I think the only time that a flexible work schedule will work is when you are a business owner or a freelancer.

Not really, that hot cup of coffee actually made me dizzy and sleepy af while listening to a lecture, we recently had online exams and everyone just cheated getting cent percent marks and assignments are all same etc. It feels heavenly to be on bed and doing all the stuffs but it is also devaluing the leisure time, if you are in leisure all the time, how will you go back to normal mode when it's time?! That will be really hard for a lot of people.

Treating your work as your hobby that will bring more enjoyment to you, whatever setup you have the desire of completing
your task will always a priority for you.

It's nice even you are working inside your house and the atmosphere is not the same but the work to accomplished is the
same from what it's needed. Try to keep your mindsets positively it helps a lot.

I quite disagree on the last two sentences. Its not that hard to communicate, coordinate and express our ideas or statement via online, now us having almost all the suitable resouces provided by the famous internet. It is not that hard to make a presentation or report if we want to express anything. I once work from home during this pandemic, (actually I want to resign but they didn't allow me) so they suggested work at home but I still need to visit the company at least once a week. So I can say it is not totally work from home, but I did work at home still.

I worked in a manufacturing industry and every meeting I always prepare a report regarding our topic so  for them to easily understand my concern. So, it is not that hard, you just need to be prepared. And I can say, working from home having flexible schdule is the best, simply because you are in control of everything. And also less time consuming especially if your workplace is far from your apartment, no traffic that would cost you 4 hrs (yah, it's Philippines).

And so the main advantage of having flexible schedule is you will become more productive. I even studied a certain course online back then I remember (not related to crypto) 12 hrs. a week, 3 hrs every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday every night.

What’s “beneficial” for you, the employee, might not be beneficial for your employer, and it also depends on what kind of work you do. But, your employer should find out how to measure productivity for his/her workers weekly, and compare those weeks per month by month basis.

For your course assignment, talk to small companies, and ask for their data on employee productivity before the lockdown, and during the lockdown. Compare data of the most productive employees across different levels from top to bottom.

I consider participation in bounty campaign as flexible work schedule, I can post anytime I want anywhere I want, you can give a maximum output because you are working on your pace, working at the comfort of your home at this time of pandemic, is such a blessing, but of course you have to also beat the deadline and you have to motivate yourself, even if it's relaxing to work at home. 

So you will rely your livelihood for it? And what if there's no paying bounty campaign at the moment as almost all of them are not paying right now? Can you afford not to eat? Its so hard to rely on that option so id rather find another alternative and maybe I will just skip bounty and look for bettee opportunity.

I am sure that flexible work must be realized in a pandemic situation like now. So workers can do work at home, and get optimal working hours,
because there is no need to waste time on the road where usually several people are quite far from home and work place. Flexible work can not
only save time, but can save money on transportation costs. Therefore, in a pandemic situation, work should be done at home, because in addition
to preventing the spread of the virus, Flexible work schedule has many benefits.

I've experienced to work regular hours, WFH and compressed work week. But I would say that I love compressed work week more. I don't know, but I can take off like 3 days or even 4 days when I have that kind of schedule.

Sometimes I have to work 50 hours or more per week, then there are days that I just log 30 hours ++. Unlike the repetitive 9-5 hours and then WFH which I got distracted before obviously you are working from the comfort of your home and sometimes you can't focus 100% on what you are doing. This is just my opinion.

For me, working from home is the best thing that happened ever since I started working. Previously I used to spend at least 2 hours every day on commute, and even more time on getting myself ready (need to wear formal dress, as I am working in the insurance sector). Also, I will be exhausted once I reach home after all that travel and need some time to recuperate. Now for the last 12 months, I am working from home and my manager has told me that my productivity has increased. I just hope that they will continue with this setup for the rest of the year.

About flexible hours, some personal thoughts, sometimes based on personal experience :)

First, let's define - most likely we are discussing the current situation. Most likely, it will leave a very serious imprint, and will actually lead to a change in the labor market and the organization of the work process as a whole. And "flexible hours" will be one of the consequences of the pandemic.

Flexible schedule, remote workplaces - this is the first part, the second is the automation and virtualization of many standard and familiar processes for us, which will also affect some positions and processes by itself.
Now about the most "flexible schedule". I am from the IT field, and, for example, in my project group, there is a rule that has been working for a long time, much earlier than the pandemic began - the main goal, the process is not so important. No, this does not mean that everyone can do anything, it means that everyone achieves the goal in the most convenient way, but without violating the rules, principles and laws :) I do not see the need for a person to work in an office "from 9 to 18 o'clock leaving the office ", it is important for me that it is comfortable for him and that he does his job well. Of course, in compliance with the terms and quality. At the same time, a free schedule is an additional motivation for staff - they feel freer, they feel trust, they feel responsibility! Therefore, the "flexible schedule", in my area, is quite effective. But most likely it is not acceptable in some areas - surgical medicine, the police, the operator at a nuclear power plant or hazardous production, and many others - where the presence at the workplace is necessary and caused by high risks from the actions or inaction of personnel.

Flexible work hours seems like a great dream, if only it's implemented well.
I know that it might work for some people, but there are still many cases as well where flexible work hours mean 24/7 hours without stopping. I see a lot of those during this pandemic. Just because they're asked to work from home, the boss seems like forget their normal work hour. Telling them to work whenever and wherever without any limitation again. I feel bad for my friends because of that. But of course i think flexible work hours is great and will make people more productive as well, lessen the burden and also stress, since people can't always work 24/7, and still expect them to function and be productive. A flexible yet effective working hours will be great, rather than countless working hours without any productivity.

Personally I believe that for every job there can be some average working conditions. Let me explain, if you are bus driver you cannot even think to work from home and hence you must have shifts in which you do your task whereas if you do software development it's really up to you on how to determine the effort needed to complete a task.
For all the jobs the fall in the second category, working by objectives with flexibility is the way to go.
To put it simply, we should be starting valuing time more in terms of what can be done in certain time-frame rather then thinking that a certain task can be done in one hour.

I think it is obvious that flexible work hours would make people a lot more productive, give them their home comfort and give them a task and they will do it a lot better. However rich people wouldn't want that, why would they want a world where people have a lot of free time, there would be time to change things, arrange organizations to go against them, make meetings, and it will be easier to ask for more as well.

If you make people wake up at early hours, work until 6, commute to wherever a meeting is done and come back home that will be at least 22:00 by the time they get home. Many people spend those times to live within the comforts of their home but if they are always at home they wouldn't be able to do that.

Make sure to write about this part of work force, hours are not important because back in the day when 8 hours a day 5 days a week thing was wanted, almost all business owners said it would bankrupt every business and create insane amount of unemployment, we did it and nothing changed for the business' at all.

I am another person who believe in to work from home,As you mentioned that fuel expense and time can be saved if work from home but i think rather than both traffic and noise pollution produce anxiety and can kill anxiety to work from home.I am thankful BitcoinTalk forum and its respectable members i learn how to trade and how to be own boss.I am honoured that i also invited many from my circle to this forum and now they are independent and earning handsome to support their families.

Your points may be valid if looked at the real life situation that it may lead people to be lazy or inefficient  but what about giving them goals and target to deliver if working from home?  You see that they will perform and deliver.

On virtual meetings, is it not better than not having any at all?  

Really, online platforms are very flexible for workers and users. It saves lot of time, energy, money etc. It increases the output of work and allow people to do multi purpose at a time. One can handle his important work in his free time and so on. So I like most the time we passing in home with work.

Of course, flexible work will increase productivity and be able to manage our own time, because we will know whether the body is in prime condition or not.
and when the body is in prime condition we can choose the time to get the job done well no matter how much work is done because the body is in top condition.
and flexible work which I mean can be at home or at the office depending on the job, and there is an advantage of working flexibly at home is that it can save expenses and so on.

It's definitely not a panacea, although Covid-19 taught us that some activities, can actually be done from the comfort of our own house, having several advantages in the process. What is also frustrating me is what you just mentioned, after the current crisis, how are we going to return to our daily habits?
I highly believe that some things will remain the same, even after the pandemic.

Many though about the latest process will remain but since majority of employer want to see their guys physically and same as you I believe when we get things back to normal we will get things in the same form but what good thing here is we learn something new which gives us oportunity to earn side incomes and for starting up they shouldn't exchange their main to their side income not unless this gives them a good true potential and give them long term stability.

It is quite important that we realized it's a personal preference thing if we want to, and it could not be something that business should force us to do. If a person does his job at home and he does his job without any problems, he could stay at home and do whatever he wants without a problem.

If there is a person who wants to go to office, that means he could go to office, there won't be any problems with neither of them as long as people do their job. I have seen plenty of people who got fired at office which means they were a bad employee and I have seen a lot of projects where people from all over the world got together and built something great at the comforts of their home. It shows you that some things could be done from home as long as workers are willing to do their part. Of course that is not going to mean that we should all stay at home, some jobs require you to go, like how can you be a chef at home? You have to go to restaurant, but the ones that can stay should have that option.

With this new setup, if you are a family man you'll be loving this as you are able to watch on your kids while you are working, if the compensations are just the same surely you'll be able to save a lot.

Online job really brings comfort you'll just need to work on it and along the way you'll see all the benefits physically and mentally
plus financial aspect as well.

Flexible work is wonderful. As you say, we can work at any time, any place, and on any day. Everything is apparently up to our own decision. It makes you become more creative, gives you freedom and joy. However, it also has side effects. If you are a lazy person who only expects people to give you work and yell at you all the time, flexible work will make you less productive

Thus, in order to effectively utilize flexible work, you need to be disciplined and consistent. Make your own rule and try not to violate it. The less violation you make, the more successful you become. Being disciplined actually the key to achieving almost everything in your life. It has led many people become millionaires or even billionaires

A flexible work schedule is really good but it still depends on your work, I have a friend who has a flexible work schedule because his work needs only a quota for one week and if he already reached that one for only 2-3 days then he doesn't need to work anymore and the payments would cover the 7 days and all those who work from how can also have the flexible hours because they can still do something at their home while working as long as it won't affect their job.

In order not to deviate from your target accomplishments, before the start of your work schedule, the objectives should be very clear. So you know, you will be working on those particular objectives. It is easy to lose your focus if you don't know what you are trying to achieve. But if you know where you are heading, you can strategize how to achieve those targets. So even if you take a break during that time period, you still have your goals in mind. This is really good for those people who can work from home. But this is not for people who need to do their job in the laboratories, or construction sites. They need their actual expertise to do the job.

I also think that we should be given the option to choose, pandemic or not. For me particularly, my internship is currently conducted remotely, which I adore, it's a 20-minute drive to get there, working from home is saving me time and money. When the lockdown measures are eased, I'll have the option to either continue from home, or work with physical presence. I'll choose the first option.

That's a better coverage of working schedule. I hope that someday that most of the corporation will adopt that kind of working schedule. Because most of the companies today are looking at the day to day progress of every employee. While the task that can be done for the whole day can be done by a few hours, they want to spend the whole remaining 8-9 hours of that employee staying on the office hours. I've also heard a company that you have mentioned about your friend's working schedule and most of the employees are very productive and happy, that's real work and life balance.

Flexible working schedule can be a good one but still that depends on the type of work you are up to for the reason that not all works can be suitable on working just by staying home due to the reason that productions and other essential things do need work force being carried out personally and in need to allot time and effort to finish the task. Now in the situation we are currently up to, flexible working schedule are being established and implemented on some field amid with the presence of current situation of the pandemic. We are already in a year within the situation and what I can say that this works on just doing fine for we have survived a year of pandemic dealing with flexible working schedule because what the important thing is that we can still work into our jobs to be able to earn money through it.

I've seen them all, Lol, but I can't say what I prefer though. Of course we always wanted more free time from work and more time for our family. But I'm everyone here can adjust to any schedule, that's human nature. So there's a lot of positive and negative from working from home, same as working in the office. So for me, there is no best time, it's about being productive in the end.

We would all like to have more free time of course, I think that the common working schedules do not offer that, unless you're working 5 days a week. I wouldn't actually mind to work 4 days a week, 10± hours daily. It would lead to a lot of free time for activities, trips and so on. Flexible work arrangements are the best if we're talking about leisure time.

The way we work is going to have to be reimagined if we want this model to work out, however I think that is relatively easy instead of the current jobs in which your functions are kind of nebulous we're going to have very specific responsibilities for each person and if something is not being done in time then you are going to know who is exactly failing, you don't really need tracking software for that, but if that were the case as long as you only have that software in a computer that is given to you by the company then I will not care because I will use the computer given to me only for work and I will use my own computer for my own entertainment.

It is beneficial to have an option where users might be able to choose their working patter like, some of them are ready to stretch for 4 days and take a 3-day holidays. Some would like to have a light workday and ready to work few hours each day and even can work on Saturday for few hours. Work from home is now the norm and coming years many things would be revolving around it.

I think that both working models may face issues with productivity, one way or another, you can also get distracted with co-workers and so on, if you're working in an office. Same goes to working from home, your surroundings may distract you, but as I've already mentioned, that can even occur while working in person.

I agree that a flexible work schedule must be carried out, because it can prevent the spread of the corona virus. Because not all workers need
to come to the office, only certain positions must stay in the office. In my opinion, all jobs that can be done at home, it is better for the worker
not to go to the office. Moreover, after working at home for a few months, I found out that I got more benefits from running a flexible work schedule.
Such as saving time, saving costs, having quality time with family, reducing stress and having maximum rest time.

I think we should work flexibly and arrange easy things first and foremost and spare time. Important tasks take more time. It is necessary to arrange them in a sequence depending on the level of importance and time required. To be effective you need to write down your notebooks and stick to them so that you can finish the progress faster.

We should have flexible work schedule and even working from home even after corona virus is over. What's the point of being at the job if you could do it at home? I am not saying that everyone should be at home, like many said there are jobs that has to be carried out at work, you can't expect the whole world to be at home, even during a pandemic period we had grocery store workers who were hard at work every single day.

However one thing is for sure, if your job could be carried at home, if you are a professional whose job is also done like freelancer, a coder, a designer, a marketing person, whatever it can be that's doable at home, you should be given that choice easily. If not, people are making their own home business and working there, there are more people working at home these days than any time in history and it will get bigger over time if we do not let them.

Honestly, I would absolutely hate the idea of this. But I also know people who would absolutely love it.

I just feel like this will eat into more of your off-time even though theoretically you shouldn't be disadvantaged from such an arrangement. It's essentially the same story as work-from-home. It supposedly gives you more flexibility and saves travel time, but workers including the GS analysts who came out with the slide deck are just being overworked to death instead.

To each their own I guess, but I would say it's a bit gimmicky and practically it'll just lead to more tasks to be done.

With the shift to Digital Space, it is inevitable that the pandemic caused flexibility in accessibility and of course, work schedules. Meetings in the past that you've had to attend in person were soon found out to be doable through Zoom or Google Meet. Workloads can now be emailed, and most of all, a lot of people who work 9-5 found out they don't need to walk, or run, or drive in order to get to their desks. As long as they have a working internet, and a powerful PC, they are good to go.

Thank you for completing the points I want to explain, it is not possible to expect everyone to work at home. Indeed, there are jobs that must be
done outside the home, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals, public services, and so on. Therefore, a flexible work schedule must be
enforced, so that it can provide opportunities for workers who can work at home not to be  forced to enter the office every day. And it is very wise
to provide opportunities to work at home for those whose work can be done at home. Actually, this does not have to be a pandemic, because like
I said before, working at home has many benefits. So even after the pandemic ends, there is nothing wrong with implementing a flexible work schedule.

If you have a lot of free time then of course to apply flexible working hours will be fine for you. But if it's a flexible part-time job I'm not sure you'll be able to divide your time well, because when you have a full-time job and a part-time job that still doesn't have a fixed schedule it will get annoying. So yeah, I guess it just depends on what kind of activity you have, if a full time job could be cut back and put flexible hours on I'm sure it would still be fine.

The benefactors are those who are working into an office types who work at 9-5 regular basis.

With this new setup they don't need to report to their physical desk but instead a work at home setup already fits them, they can do the same workloads without rushing to their offices.

Pandemic changes the way how people/employee's work setup, adding more part-time is now more possible
as they have more time now exploring / browsing in the internet.

Personally, I think this is going to be a very subjective industry-by-industry move. In my profession this is perfect. However, it doesn't take much to realize the benefits not had by in person team work in other industries.

I actually prefer working in an environment I designed my myself. There are certain conditions that I need in order to work effectively in such environment: Conditions like gentle/quiet environment where I'm alone or where everyone is always minding his/her business (unless there is something really important to talk about), it has to have the right chair/table or I'll end up working while lying down or I'll be constantly moving from one end of the room to another in order to think, etc.   You can easily design such environment at home, probably not so easy at the main work location. So my working place will need to be like a second home to me.
 I wouldn't care too much how long I work as long as I'm in the right environment doing what interests me.

well most of us now had been scheduled for Work From home because of the pandemic effect but now that all comes back to normal then i think flexibility is not needed anymore and we can do our works in no issue.

though flexible in work is needed for us to have more improvement and of course increase of compensation .,

Working for objectives and meeting goals is much better than having a flexible schedule, but it is not for everyone and the offer is not very large either, there are a variety of jobs with different conditions, in reality the "flexible" schedule is a condition to your type of experience and work to be done.

The pandemic has allowed overcoming paradigms with certain professions that were believed could not be developed from environments other than those strictly working, but they have been able to adapt.

Working for objectives is quite useful if you are efficient/productive enough to complete the tasks you are given in less time than expected. If it's based on something you are expert in, it can save you loads of time, since your workload is based on how quick you can complete these objectives.

The most important thing nowadays is to guarantee a job without worrying if it's a flexible work from home or in loco, because it's really hard to find opportunities and we shouldn't waste them when we find. But for those who aren't able to find a traditional job opportunity, the internet becomes the final salvation, being possible to work online from home.
It's a confortable situation, but the payrates usually aren't that good and you need to dig with a lot of effort in order to have a decent income in the end of the month. It's an interesting challenge, anyway.

But that flexibility comes with more responsibility added to the employee, they are burned out at their own home and if they not lucky they have to make do with trying to comply with the right time to work. And not to mention that the employees has to shoulder the expenses for the things that the work should be responsible of like the Internet and the food allowances.

I agree, but sometimes when we work only to meet objectives and goals, somewhere down the line, we make our life "particular" instead of common. It's like we have to continuously create new goals to keep it ongoing rather than being a part of something greater than us and doing a work consistently with more or less flexibility in schedules to meet the larger good/vision. I think there is much mental comfort in the latter.

As long as the work is being done on time I do not see why some bosses care about it, it seems to me this is just a matter of trying to control their employees when there are many instances in which working from your home can be more effective, I can understand some people wanting to be in the office if the place where they live is full of chaos with their family and kids, but for those that live on their own working from home has less distractions than most offices.

It definitely increases the challenge for us employees and it might also increase the workload, but during home office it is just so much more useful. The pandemic changed so much of the average workday. Telefon conferences are so much more common now and take away a lot of time during the day where we aren't productive. On the other side, having a 1 hour lunch break seems wrong if you are just at home anyway. I like the new flexible work schedule.

Agreed, as long as work is being carried out, I don't see a reason for employers to not persuade their staff to work from home. Some can be offered the benefit of remote working, as long as they can prove that they are actually productive. That way, money can be saved from both sides, thus increasing both parties satisfaction levels.

Flexible work is indeed a good thing to have, because you'll not be stress because of due date or whatsoever while a lot of paperwork piled up in your desk. However, sometimes it has a kickback, like you're getting confident that you don't to do it soon since you have all day to do it, which makes you lazy and becomes your habit, and not a professional thing to do in my opinion.

Work from home right now in this time of pandemic is kind a thing since we can't go all outside to do our jobs, and sometimes work from home is much boring and depressing since you don't have anyone to talk to or to ask help of you don't know what you're doing anymore.

I think that jobs should not require a schedule first, what should be set is undoubtedly the fulfillment of goals and that people set their hours or way of working, what matters is that they meet the goals.

If people work every day fulfilling a schedule for a salary, it is not bad, but their work lengthens or shortens, but what can a person do when they finish their work in 1 day and have to go the other 30 days to what ? For me it does not make sense unless I work in the Plant and I am aware of a production level where I have to be supervising every hour, in general, it is an engineering job, or perhaps the work that a Doctor does in a Hospital or clinic.

Now there are more restrictions, due to the pandemic it is best to work from home, the logic always says, "If you work more, you must earn more" but it does not make sense, of course it is my way of thinking.

Flexible working schedule is a bit tricky. It has its pros and cons in working industry. Flexible working schedule isn't suitable for everyone. Not every work can be adjusted to have a flexible working schedule like those industries such as manufacturing, tourism, and the likes. The industries that most benefit from this are the e-commerce side, freelancers, and the office-based works.

With flexible working schedule, majority almost always assume that the workers have more free time since they're at home and can do their task on their own preferred time. However, it isn't always the case. As a matter of fact, the contrary often happens. The workers can't distinguish what is the exact time allotted for work, since it is said to be flexible. Some can't figure out where to draw the boundary line, hence, their work eats up a larger portion of their personal time.

One best example would be the instructors, now that we have a blended learning program to bridge the gap from being quarantined while learning. Here in our country, these instructors are exerting much effort for the students' welfare. Some are extending their working hours until past midnight just to finish the modules and other learning materials.

It may be an advantage to some, but is also a nightmare for some. I think it really depends on what field and situation you belong to.

In my entire life, I have never worked in a real office job since graduation. Before I graduated in college, I already had a couple of online gigs where each of them paid me $50/month part time. This tells me that I should be doing more online work rather than the traditional office job (in which my parents didn’t like my direction back then). Although that my career is mostly working at home (until now, this time with crypto companies), I did have a job back then that gives me flexible 8-hour work and earned around $600/month as a customer relations manager (sometimes 16 hours due to the absence and tardiness of others who should take over my place in a specific hour shift).

I didn’t last long there due to stress, so I moved on to other gigs until I finally pursued into crypto and the rest is history. I would rather choose to have a free schedule where I can work anytime instead of flexible working hours daily.

I wish you good luck, don't worry about your parents, they can't interpret what they cannot understand. Likewise, I've had the same issue when I was younger and was dealing with crypto, some online gigs and mining. They've stopped now that they've learned about Bitcoin and how much it's worth. From what you've said, you're a freelancer, the negative on this is that you may not always have steady work flowing. Other than that, you are a boss of yourself, which is excellent.

Most of us prefer independent working environ ment and they perform well then are independent and they select the field where they become own boss no working schedule restrictions and currently cryptoworld become choice of every one who want to live their life independently.
Crypto offer opportunities like trading,holding,investing and offering services to crypto projects to earn as you want,But its all about possible when you are expert in your field so basic education is necessary.

At the start of the pandemic it was pretty nice to be able to work from home and felt like quite a privilege. Personally I started to find it really hard to keep concentration, after a couple months the novelty started to wear off and it became quite unproductive. However I think it is definitely dependent upon the person or even their state of mind at the time - like some people are extroverts while others are introverts. It might work for some people and it might be hell for others. I quite like being able to go back into the office now and the social side is very beneficial, maybe even therapeutic to get out of the house.

I thought of similar advantages when the pandemic actually started. Work from home seemed like a great thing but I think it's not about the cost saving. At the end of the day you will use the resources at your place which will be equal to what you spent at office also at the same time the lines between work and home are now gone off. People often end up overworking thinking that they are free only. This would actually hamper our personal lives and most importantly the physical touch and relationships between colleagues have been finished. They are pretty important for good teamwork so ideally I don't think it's really a great thing. I have read a few other answers and I think most of the people are having similar problems like me.

The last part of your statement is where the weight is. Being your own boss gives you privileges to aim for more.

There are people who will choose to work in this kind of settings knowing that they always have time for themselves, you don't need to stress yourself seeing your boss at a regular office base employee but more on achieving your online targets and have a  lots of time for yourself.


Indeed, there are still people who are looking forward to continue working inside their office, people who are not ready or not willing to adjust,

we can't generalized since there are different position in this kind of settings.

Work from home is very effective as you can manage other things especially me who's a trader, you can monitor the current trend of each asset by using the dual monitor. But not all of the things that benefit you has a great advantage for the company. Of course, it's important to have a physical closure with your team or co-workers because you'll also learn from their experiences about the work especially if you've applied for an entry-level job or starter job. You would also miss the free coffee at the business where you work.

The very important of a digitalize world is to fasten and stabilize the hard work that should have been done, most of these period, more companies are developing a system where staff and other usual workers are prepared to be doing some flexible work at home in maintaining the company annual goals. In other for you op to flexibilities your internship from home, it'd be important to know exactly the type of work which ymwoild be reliable for you to do, "oh that's seem to me that I'm testing your intelligence"

Like I said earlier, in the mean time, most companies in the world would implement several rules regarding flexible work from home and I believe it gonna creates more team work within workers.

Flexible hours at work is a really good thing as it allows workers the chance to be able to do whatever they want to do at anytime, and work whenever they want to work. I also have a job that I’m working from home and it’s really much better than having to work in an office as I don’t have to be keeping time and running all the way through the traffic to get to work place every working days, as long as I am working from home I can wake up and do whatever other things that I want to do and later I can decide to focus on my job and still deliver before the end of the day.

Though one thing I think about flexible working hours, which is kind of a disadvantage, is that you’re going to be having distractions, because it’s not like the normal office jobs where you will be in the office and focus.

Was away for a few days and didn't keep track of the topic. I'm also a strong supporter of world digitalization, it saves money not having to go somewhere to get tasks done. Everything from taxes, personal banking, requesting documentation and so on can now (or is at least in development) be requested online. I pay for insurance, my credit card, utility and phone bills online, while any tax documents I may need can be requested and downloaded in no time.

being a big advantage to currently use digital technology, it all helps make our lives easier. especially in an era like this, the time seems not enough to carry out our daily activities. but keep in mind we must use it wisely, must be able to sort out the needs and desires, so that we can use them properly

World digitalization isn't a panacea though, the elderly and a percentage of people who are illiterate (and have no knowledge of internet usage) will be unable to perform in such a system. For instance, a few years ago, banks shut down smaller branches in an effort to cut down costs and encourage the usage of e-banking. As a result, older generations would face issues handling basic requests.

A flexible schedule is having work without a fixed time of attending, those who don't require you to go with this exact time. Having a flexible work schedule is such a good thing for you, it only means that you can manage your time. It is like something you need to do first the priority then do it is up to you what will you do to your other time. A lot of people are looking for a flexible working schedule as it makes them have free time for doing other things. For example your friends are planning to have an outing on Sunday but that is supposed to be your work time but then you have a flexible working schedule so you can do your work for some other day, that is what we called a flexible working schedule but it doesn't mean that it lessens the time of your work.

Indeed, working flexibly makes it easier for workers and is also more efficient.  Jobs that can be flexibled are the types of back office jobs.  However, there is a fact that I have read from a research journal that 50% of the existing jobs will be lost in the future, especially back office jobs.  They are replaced from permanent employees to freelancers who can be paid and worked anywhere.  This is both a challenge and a threat that not everyone is prepared to face.  This generation of z lives with full of obstacles that sometimes require their z character to be not humanist.

Being a person who can manage to work flexible should be very common nowadays. A lot of people were forced to stay indoors to prevent getting the virus that is the main issue in the world right now which ended up making the employees to commit their work inside their houses. There are different kind of being a flexible worker, it can be in terms of schedule, workplace or habits. It would be best if you can be flexible in all aspects because that just simply mean you can easily adapt to changes regardless of how inconvinient it may seem and it may lead you to promotion or better pay check. Also we should take consideration of the continuous innovation of technology in the world which helps us become more flexible in doing our jobs.

I personally admire flexible work schedules and think that they result in much higher productivity. With the ongoing quarantine and all the limitations, which led to constant work from home I realized how convenient that is and how much time can be saved with this schedule. Usually, I spend about 2 hours on the road to work and drive back home. Not only it is time-consuming, but also exhausting.
But what can be said from personal experience is that the "compressed days" option isn't productive. When I added working hours to my day I ended up being very slow by the end of the day. In addition, with such a schedule I felt very exhausted and I needed more time to rest and recover. As a result, those days I gained just flew by very quickly and I still didn't feel refreshed. So this is a bad strategy, IMO.

It would really be having its pro's and con's and people should really be prepared for that thing to happen even though it would be soon but still the time will come.
When it comes to flexibility then we arent blind for us not to notice on how these things do make out those works efficient. I agree that on era like this on where
technology does improve over time then there would really be benefits unto that but sadly there would be ones whom get replaced.

That is true to be honest, seeing it from my perspective I can actually tell that it might require even more effort than usually. I'm currently working remotely for my internship, and it's been a struggle to keep focus to complete any work I have to do. At the same time, I have to manage my time completely differently, since working from home doesn't give me the "work" vibe.

When I see people currently living in a house in the Canaries or Thailand and working from there, that's a dream.

A big part of my job I can do any time, from anywhere, but some of it I can't. Currently I'm full time at home due to the pandemic, but when it's over my boss wants me at my office at least 3 days a week.

Still, 2 days home is enough for me to look at a bigger house, farther from my office, because commuting longer for 3 days is OK.

And I will enjoy the bigger house, I can have a good home office there, and plenty other stuff.

Here in India, the managers can't force anyone to come to the office (although a lot of them still ask their reportees to do that, which is against the law). For my part, I am working from home for the last 13 months. And I have to say that this is the best time of my career, since I started working a decade ago. Obviously I feel bad for those who are not given the freedom of working from home. But they need to think whether to continue working under such exploitative conditions or not. My advice is not to work for a company that doesn't respect you.

Yes we can save time and money when it comes to work from home but not everyone suits that kind of set up like me. In our province particularly in our area we have a poor signal of any kind of telecommunication so the result is that we do not have fast internet. I tried to buy an antenna for my modem then I installed. For two months I have observe if this kind of thing will work, but it only gives me stress, depress due to delays in task, lack of sleep because of lots of OTY.
Sad but true. I really want a work from home setup but looks like it is not for me and I will be more productive, more flexible, no more overtime and OTYs if I will work from office. Well, having a shuttle for everyday transportation from house to office and vice versa helps me save time and money too.

Crypto firstly makes us independent and we are our own boss. We do not have to rely on others or to work under anyone. We can based on our own research and skills can do multiple things in the crypto world itself and easily can earn our livelihood from different ways and make money.

It is true that working at home will make you comfortable. At home but can still make money only need a computer or smartphone. You can run and handle good jobs remotely without going to the company. What I care about is the quality of work, not interested in what you do. It is not necessary to go to the company and work on 8 hours, it is effective. As long as you flexible handling good jobs don't need you to spend a lot of time but no quality.

The pandemic that has not ended has yet to make several adjustments, one of which is regarding the work schedule which must be more flexible.
This means that if the work you do can be done at home, you don't need to come to the office every day. Because besides being able t
o prevent transmission of the virus, it can also save on transportation costs. If a flexible work schedule is not carried out, several negative effects
can occur, one of which is the spread of the virus to become uncontrollable. In my country there are many companies that run flexible work schedules,
and it is proven that the company can save a lot of expenses and employees are also more productive.

Couldn't agree more, I was assigned to build a basic website from scratch for my internship, was provided plenty of days for the deadline. Guess what, I build it within a few hours, in a single day. Now I only have to finish the little details, and it will be good to go. If I wasn't working by objectives, I'd have to be at work for 8 hours every day, for something that was accomplished in less than two.

Not everyone can work from home and there are some cases or situation doesn't suitable for people working. Here in our country, one thing that will prevent you for doing what you do and make the best thing you can do in the project is the poor internet connection. I agree with your point; I think people need to go to work if they think that it's the best option for them. In other point of view, if you're done with the task you can do other things, save time and money for transportation and you can avoid getting the virus.

Internet quality is really very poor in many countries and therefore hinders the effectiveness of work. If a person works within the city center, while in the office, then the results will be excellent, but if you get home from the city, then the Internet speed is 2-3G

In my opinion, the application of flexible working hours is great because it allows you to reduce stress and provide the best flexibility and working time. So that it makes you enthusiastic and more motivated to produce the best output to increase work productivity.

I haven't thought about this but I'd guess that's a minority. With such advanced technology I find it difficult to believe that poor internet connection is a thing, to a point that it could be limiting basic functionalities.

Unless we're talking about 3rd world countries, in which I find it hard to believe that the option of flexibility is provided.

err. USA here. shitty internet is the norm unless youre in/near a city. i cannot stream movies, zoom or dl large games (steam) for shit like 80% of the time. it takes literally days to a week for a steam game update. and btc node? i can only sync at night as it kills my inet dead.

so i couldnt work from home even if i wanted to, unless the company paid for starlink or something.

the internet in the USA is all greed and profit, companies could care less if internet is actually now a necessity for work and education nowadays.

A flexible work schedule can give freedom to the worker to have control on their own time. This will make them decide on how they will manage their work schedule because we all have our own personal matters so it is okay if we as a worker can manage our own work schedule .

there is no denying that working flexibly is great...
in my country, the average housewife who works at home is very little. really helps me with this forum because I can generate income from Bitcoin by just being at home and can watching my two children. Many housewives in my country find it difficult to take care of their children because they have to work outside, but with Bitcoin, I don't have to feel what they feel.

Haven't realized that such a basic service is of low quality in countries (Or parts) of the USA too. That must be an extreme issue if other activities such as school, work and so on are conducted online. I've rarely had any issues with the internet in the past years in Greece, which was frustrating when others mentioned that something so basic in terms of technology is lacking in many countries.