Flexible working request and job issue

TELLIT01

My wife is currently in the process of requesting reduced hours and one of the options she looked at was compressed hours, where she would have worked 4 x 8 hours days rather than 5 x 7 hour. Net effect would have been the company only losing 3 hours work but her having a longer weekend. She decided not to pursue that for purely personal reasons i.e. she's already tired at the end of the day so an extra hour really didn't appeal. If she'd been younger that's the route she would have gone for. It would also be the option with lowest impact on the company.
You say your Analyst work doesn't get done if you're not there so this type of solution may be one which appeals more to your employer.
The 'one request in 12 months' is more open to question in your situation as you withdrew the request, you didn't have it refused. You may be able to argue that as no action was taken on the request it shouldn't be counted.
Where my wife works they are hot on that. One woman changed hours in September last year and asked to change again from July this year. That was met with a flat refusal.

daytona0

TELLIT01 wrote: »

My wife is currently in the process of requesting reduced hours and one of the options she looked at was compressed hours, where she would have worked 4 x 8 hours days rather than 5 x 7 hour. Net effect would have been the company only losing 3 hours work but her having a longer weekend. She decided not to pursue that for purely personal reasons i.e. she's already tired at the end of the day so an extra hour really didn't appeal. If she'd been younger that's the route she would have gone for. It would also be the option with lowest impact on the company.
You say your Analyst work doesn't get done if you're not there so this type of solution may be one which appeals more to your employer.
The 'one request in 12 months' is more open to question in your situation as you withdrew the request, you didn't have it refused. You may be able to argue that as no action was taken on the request it shouldn't be counted.
Where my wife works they are hot on that. One woman changed hours in September last year and asked to change again from July this year. That was met with a flat refusal.

Many thanks I'll discuss this with my boss.

Ironically, I handle flexible work request forms occasionally! And I occasionally have to recommend that one gets declined because it is a 2nd request etc. Not very comforting knowing what I know

Ah well, I like the compressed hours idea and I'll have a look today to see if that could work.

getmore4less

daytona0 wrote: »

Many thanks! Read all of your post and helpful information.

Just to clarify, I'm doing like an Analyst role so I manage the resources and take on some of the manager duties (rotas, planning the day etc). If I'm absent then the normal managers take over some of the duties, but there is nobody to take over my role. If I'm not there then nobody is there and the things don't get done.

They also don't want Saturday cover at present.

They want to grow the team so that I have someone helping me out, but this is about a year off and dependent on whether I meet the targets! Bit of a two-edged sword!
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if this resource management needs to have someone there all the time seems the solution is to resolve that.

Are things really that dynamic that it needs to be planned in real time.

Seems Sat is OK why not other days of the week.

Cheeky_Monkey

daytona0 wrote: »

Many thanks! Read all of your post and helpful information.

Just to clarify, I'm doing like an Analyst role so I manage the resources and take on some of the manager duties (rotas, planning the day etc). If I'm absent then the normal managers take over some of the duties, but there is nobody to take over my role. If I'm not there then nobody is there and the things don't get done.

They also don't want Saturday cover at present.

They want to grow the team so that I have someone helping me out, but this is about a year off and dependent on whether I meet the targets! Bit of a two-edged sword!



Aye!! But at the time I wasn't to know. I don't think that they offered promotion to appease me because I was staying on anyway, but it is quite convenient how the timings align!

Effectively, the company is over-stretching the resources massively and have no contingency plan for my role.

So what will they do when you are off on holiday or sick?

Guest101

daytona0 wrote: »

Hey all,

I'm currently working in a managerial role after being promoted internally about 7 months ago (let's say October 25th at a guess).

Just prior to the promotion I lodged a flexible working request to reduce weekdays by 1. As my role was not crucial to the business at the time, it seemed like it was going to be approved, but I cancelled it as soon as the promotion was offered.

I'm now seeking to put in the very same flexible working request and/or take a demotion. The problem is that the company is heavily reliant on me working Monday-Friday and I need one weekday off (don't mind which one). Half of the problem is that they have nobody else trained up, are unwilling to pay for a second person (unless I shine; which I have done but it is at least a year off) and will really see their !!!! if I put this request in. - So what happens when you go on holiday?

Questions:

- Can I legally put in a flexible working request? As in is there a time limit or max number of requests you can put in?

- How should I approach this with bosses? They like me there because I work hard and do the job well, and they are short staffed, but there is nothing stopping them from going to town on me if they so feel inclined....

- Would it be wise to ask for a demotion? - I don't think you're entitled to this

They are open Saturdays and I could ask them to work this day, but that's not part of the contract at present and they will probably see their !!!! about that as well. To be honest but this promotion has been a bit of a poisoned chalice...

Is it more money?