Flexible Work Schedule

[bassbity]

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.

[Silberman]

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.

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.

[Gyfts]

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.

[Kittygalore]

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.

[iamsheikhadil]

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.

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.

[matchi2011]

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.

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.

[uelque]

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.

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.

[Wind_FURY]

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.

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.

[Saisher]

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. 

[ultrloa]

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.

[MCobian]

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.

[Jating]

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.

[bryant.coleman]

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.

[DrBeer]

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.

[nightxglow]

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.

[Karartma1]

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.

[bitgolden]

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.

[angrynerd88]

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.

[Gozie51]

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.

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?  

[pankowri]

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.