Flexitime

Willows123

My company are considering introducing extended hours (to be decided but something like 7.30am to 6.30pm) with core hours that must be worked of 10am to 4pm. with a 39 hour working week, Monday to Friday. My boss has asked me to find out what hours employees with similar flexitime arrangements actually work each week. His assumption is that everyone will want to come in as early as possible and be out the door at 4pm. If those of you who have flexitime could let me know what hours you choose to do I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance.

WestonDave

Big part of the question is going to be whether you can work and bank "overtime" as additional time off. Haven't done it for years but when I worked for the council some time back we used to work long days (8am to 6pm with the minimum lunch break) for most of the week and then take Fridays off. I would imagine that would be a preferred option if available.


To be honest if its just a hour shift thing I'd personally probably work 10am to 6:30 (to get my 7.5 hours in) because that way I duck the traffic - and no chance of me getting in early enough to miss it that way.

WJN222

we have full flexi on times but cannot bank hours. I don't get in early, I get in a little later and that way the cummute is much easier both coming in and going home

FBaby

My experience is that as a whole, people prefer early/early, but that very much depends on people's circumstances, ie. some can't do early/early because of children, and others feel that coming at 7:30 is the equivalent of having to wake up in the middle of the night!

A friend of mine does 4 days 7:30 to 6pm, so covers all but one day, which two people are able to cover, so again, it works out well.

april87

We work flexi time, with people being allowed to bank time to take 1 day or 2 half days off every 4 weeks. Core hours are 10-12 and 2-4, and you must be in during those times. Opening hours are between 730-6, I tend to work 730-4 most days and take 1 day off every 4 weeks.

Lil_Me_2

We have the ability to come in from 07:30-19:30, with core hours of 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-15:30. We can bank any extra hours and take the time at another point. Generally we have a few people who come in early, and others who come in around 9-9:30.

Our biggest issue is covering the 'office hours' which have been set at 09:00-17:00. We don't generally have an issue with the early starts, but we have a 5pm rota that we're expected to sign up to so we can guarantee that someone will still be around at 5. Mostly the later ones in are happy to do the lions share, but there are a couple earlies who will never stay to 5 which is a bit contentious. Not so much of an issue when we're busy as there is work to be done and we quite often will do more than our 37 hours, but when it's our quiet time it's a bit annoying having to hang around until 5pm when you get in at 8am and don't have enough work to do!

warby68

This might be stating the obvious but why is your boss not polling the staff themselves to determine preferred patterns?

I work in a city centre with c 100 staff - over many years the largest demand has been for early starts/early finishes. Probably about a 90% preference. We struggle for cover sometimes between 4-5pm.

TELLIT01

I've retired from the Civil Service and we had flexitime. I was actually surprised at how many people did want to come in later and we happy to stay late. I'd much rather get in early and have more free time after work.
The only day a 'late working' rota was implemented was on Fridays as the vast majority wanted to get away early then.

Andy_L

How do people get to work? Would later or earlier starts be better for those who use public transport?

TELLIT01

Andy_L wrote: »

How do people get to work? Would later or earlier starts be better for those who use public transport?

That's just one of many factors involved when looking to change peoples working hours or pattern. For example, at one of my previous jobs we had a guy who came in by bus from a rural location. His last bus was at 6pm, so obviously a system such as the one outlined by the OP would be impossible if he was expected to work beyond about 5:45 pm.
You will also get some who 'must' be at xyz by a certain time and refuse to be flexible. Flexi is a great system if it's planned and implemented well.

eamon

I can work flexi (37hr week) and it has its uses when I need some time of work. But my experience is similar to others above. Most of my collegues tend to start/finish early. This can & does leave a potential hole for the last hour. Management seem reluctant to change things but the rumour mill is rife with plans to extend the working day even longer yet no indication has to how this time can be filled. Goodwill is rapidly disappearing I think. I would think if your clients/customers are used to current arrangements why change. The big supermarkets tried the 24hr opening thing and its only management pig headedness thats prevents them admitting that the market/business just isn't there.