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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I presently work in-person two days a week.  If I’m asked to work in person three days a week I’ll accept it.  If I’m asked to work four days then I’ll look for another job.[/quote]

Same. Does anyone have an arrangement where on one of their days they can leave early and resume teleworking at home? My main issue is the 3-5pm timeframe where kids need rides to various activities, etc., which became so easy when we were all working from home and could hop off quickly to drop kids off or whatever. The third day a week will be tough to manage unless I can leave my office around 4 and finish up at home. I luckily have a very very short commute so I can be home in 10 minutes or less. Going in early is an option but realistically not before 7:30am.[/quote]

I’m the poster presently working two days that you responded to.  More specifically I work 16 hours per week in-person, which I spread over three days — so, 8:15 to about 1:15 pm.  I drive home during my lunch break so that I can be home for the kids, dog, etc.  I check and respond to emails at night, too, so govt definitely gets its money.  But 16 hours of in-person time allows me to balance my life.  24 hours would be a pain but I could manage.  More than that would make me seek out another office.  [/quote]

DP.  This is how I’d like things to work for me but so far, management is noncommittal about flexing hours like this.  They want -days- not hours.  Which is stupid and causes all of the issues that people hate WRT commuting (traffic, childcare trouble, no family time, staggered schedules with spouse so you never see each other).

I would gladly come in three times per week if I could do a five hour day in the office, and work a few hours at home.  I did this today because I had a terrible night—slept in until 7 and realized I’d be sitting in an hour of traffic if I left.  So I worked at home until 9:30 and got to the office at 10.

I have to request ad hoc hours every time I do this and it’s such a hassle.  I’m not union and my office typically has a lot of flexibility, so we will see what happens, but ideally I’d like max flex with a floor for in-office hours.  They can even specify which days and what core hours are, but give people a break and let them work around their lives a little.

It’s the rigidity that people hate.[/quote]

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