http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/2009/09/24/is-workplace-flexibility-good-for-the-business-or-another-recession-casualty/ Liz Kofman & Astri von Arbin Ahlander Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:11:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/2009/09/24/is-workplace-flexibility-good-for-the-business-or-another-recession-casualty/comment-page-1/#comment-122 What a week for work life discussion | Families and Work Institute Blog Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:53:19 +0000 http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/?p=596#comment-122 [...] “100 Best Companies” For How Long? Liz Kofman criticizes Working Mother Magazine’s list of 100 Best Companies, arguing that the list of employers is “hardly comprehensive…[but] it does give us an idea of what’s out there in terms of flexibility and benefits at top companies.” Kofman points out statistics from FWI’s Impact of the Recession on Employers to show that “the vast majority of employers are not cutting back on flexibility: 81% are maintaining flexibility, 13% increasing it, and 6% cutting back.” However, she adds, “the same study, however, found that almost a third of employers instituted involuntary reductions in hours—not exactly award-worthy flexibility.” [...] [...] “100 Best Companies” For How Long? Liz Kofman criticizes Working Mother Magazine’s list of 100 Best Companies, arguing that the list of employers is “hardly comprehensive…[but] it does give us an idea of what’s out there in terms of flexibility and benefits at top companies.” Kofman points out statistics from FWI’s Impact of the Recession on Employers to show that “the vast majority of employers are not cutting back on flexibility: 81% are maintaining flexibility, 13% increasing it, and 6% cutting back.” However, she adds, “the same study, however, found that almost a third of employers instituted involuntary reductions in hours—not exactly award-worthy flexibility.” [...]

]]> http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/2009/09/24/is-workplace-flexibility-good-for-the-business-or-another-recession-casualty/comment-page-1/#comment-121 News on work-life balance this week | Connecting Career and Life Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:08:08 +0000 http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/?p=596#comment-121 [...] “100 Best Companies” for how long? (True/Slant Work.Life blog) [...] [...] “100 Best Companies” for how long? (True/Slant Work.Life blog) [...]

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]]> http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/2009/09/24/is-workplace-flexibility-good-for-the-business-or-another-recession-casualty/comment-page-1/#comment-119 hidflect Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:02:50 +0000 http://trueslant.com/lizandastri/?p=596#comment-119 At Citi I was always free to stay as long as I liked until the work was done... in fact, they insisted on it. 14 hr days, 6 days a week was the norm. Then they started pressuring me not to claim all the hours and I left. At Citi I was always free to stay as long as I liked until the work was done… in fact, they insisted on it. 14 hr days, 6 days a week was the norm. Then they started pressuring me not to claim all the hours and I left.

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