I manage a small team and for various reasons it is likely that I will be getting flexible working requests in to work from home.
Technically much of the work we do can be done from home, so that part isn't an issue. However some of the team have heavy family commitments and I would suspect, though I would find it hard to prove, that if they were to work from home they probably wouldn't be doing a full week. Don't flame me on this please, I have good reasons for having suspicions, which I don't want to go into here.
I also feel that as I work p/t I have made a financial sacrifice to achieve work/life balance and working from home is slightly cheating because getting more time, without taking a cut in salary.
The other side of me feels that people can work more productively when they are supported in their working arrangements and are more likely to go the extra mile when required.
What do others think ?
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Managers/HR types or indeed anyone what are your thoughts on requests to work from home ?
rookiemater · 03/12/2008 11:03
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