Flexi-time

MoneySavingUser

Does anyone take advantage of this if their employer offers it - what hours do you do?

WeakHeart

Yes, I love flexi-time. I can start later, finish earlier, have longer lunch breaks or have an extra day off a month. Sometimes if it's very busy you just can't get your extra hours back but it's usually fine. It's my favourite benefit.

Callie22

I have flexi-time and it's great - you don't need to worry so much about things like doctor's and dentist's appointments because you're not needing to take time off 'work' as such. Having worked in places with very rigid hours it's really refeshing to work somewhere that treats you like a grown-up! I tend to stick to fairly regular hours generally, but occasionally will take a longer lunch break. Quite often I'll finish an hour or so earlier on a Friday, which is nice.

nearlyrich

I used to have a role with flexitime I got most Friday afternoons off which was great.

arbroath_lass

Flexitime is great as above but do you maybe mean flexible working? I have colleagues who work their full time hours over 4 days instead of 5 or 9 days instead of 10, term time only etc.

Googlewhacker

Callie22 wrote: »

I have flexi-time and it's great - you don't need to worry so much about things like doctor's and dentist's appointments because you're not needing to take time off 'work' as such. Having worked in places with very rigid hours it's really refeshing to work somewhere that treats you like a grown-up! I tend to stick to fairly regular hours generally, but occasionally will take a longer lunch break. Quite often I'll finish an hour or so earlier on a Friday, which is nice.

A very sweeping statement, alot of places need rigid hours...ie retail.

LadyMissA

Googlewhacker wrote: »

A very sweeping statement, alot of places need rigid hours...ie retail.

A lot of offices are rigid or is that old fashioned and wont allow it. We tried at my old place to get it and they said no way as it wasn't how they wanted to run their business.

hcb42

In hospitality, this couldn't work either,we need people there!

Savvy_Sue

I love it too, I helped formalise arrangements where I work now after having had it at my previous job.

In my previous job it was fairly rigid in its own way: you couldn't take more than 2 days in any 4 week period, and you couldn't have more than 13 days over the whole year, so no taking every Friday afternoon.

There were also strict limits on how much debit you could build up, and the core hours were 9.30 am to 4 pm.

Where I work now it's not been as rigidly applied, which has caused problems: we haven't made a clear distinction between taking Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) and flexitime, and sometimes people have to work evenings / weekends which should be taken as TOIL the following week, only they build up a week's worth and try to take it. So there's talk of taking flexi away and just having TOIL.

However I don't think we'll ever have fixed hours: I hope not, we've just introduced a 9 am start for Monday staff meetings, and a couple of us are traumatised! :rotfl:

Mara69

I love flexi time and would hate to be without it. I generally manage one extra day off a month thanks to flexi time - and it is soooo lovely being able to turn up to work at 10am, take a 2 hour lunch break and leave at 4pm. Of course, you have to put in the hours but it really is a fantastic benefit.

Our core hours are 10 to 12. 12 - 2 lunch and then earliest finish is 4pm.

getmore4less

Flexi time is a bit of an open ask, it means different things to different people/places.