Just curious to hear about flexible working practices in other companies particularly where roles require working outside 9-5 hours and there are long commutes involved (eg if you work in the city). It’s hard to find much information online and most of my friends are in totally different careers eg medicine, teaching. I have three friends who work in similar jobs who work flexibly but I often wonder if they are just super lucky- one is in Legal for tech company, one in Banking and one works for the Big Four.
Do you have working from home options or flexi time and if so what’s your arrangement? Is it common in your workplace for people to choose when and where they work? Do you work for a large or small employer? Did you change your job in order to get more flexibility? Were you with your employer for a long time before you requested flexible working? Did you find it a challenge to convince management? Is it a company culture thing or down to who you get as a boss?
At the moment I’m trying to figure out whether to stay in my current role where my employer doesn’t seem to be very keen on flexible working (is this still common or are most companies progressive about flexible working?) or take a role closer to me (these are very rare, would involve a 30%pay cut and involve establishing my reputation as a newbie).
I would love to get a feel for what it’s like out there with different companies.