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andrewducker) wrote2003-04-04 10:15 am
andrewducker) wrote2003-04-04 10:15 am
My flexible friend
I love the fact that Standard Life has flex-time.
Let me restate that: I adore the fact that Standard Life has flex-time.
My core hours are 9:30-11:45 and 2:30-4:00 (3:45 on Fridays). I have to be in during those hours. Other than that, I'm free to do my work at any point during working hours (8:00-5:30) so long as I get my 35 hours a week done. I have to take a half hour lunch (it's a legal requirement) and the system knocks off 30 minutes if I don't remember to sign out, so there's no point working then anyway.
Standardly I work 9:00-5:00 with a half hour lunch. This means that I build up half an hour of flex a day, 2 and a half hours a week, a (working)day every three weeks. I'm allowed to take 3 flex days every 2 months, so every time my flex hits 7 hours, I can take a day off.
I like this, but it's not really something I can get that excited about. What I find makes my life that little bit smoother is the fact that if I'm ten minutes late for work, it doesn't matter - clocking in at 9:10 just means I have to pick up 10 minutes elswhere. Similarly, arriving 10 minutes early, I don't feel like I'm working for free - it just means I have an extra 10 minutes in hand for use elsewhere.
The last few weeks Erin's been working as an audio-typist on Wednesday afternoons, Thursdays and Fridays. She needs to get to the Meadows by 9am, which means leaving the house at 8:00 rather than the 8:30 I'm used to. I've been leaving with her (because trying to go back to sleep at 7:30 is pointless for me), giving me an extra half hour of flex for each of thse days. If it wasn't for the flex-system I'd be stuck with half an hour I didn't know what to do with.
It's the little things that make life seem smoother here - it feels like being I'm being treated as an adult, able to set my hours and get the work done, rather than having every moment analysed and tutted over.
Let me restate that: I adore the fact that Standard Life has flex-time.
My core hours are 9:30-11:45 and 2:30-4:00 (3:45 on Fridays). I have to be in during those hours. Other than that, I'm free to do my work at any point during working hours (8:00-5:30) so long as I get my 35 hours a week done. I have to take a half hour lunch (it's a legal requirement) and the system knocks off 30 minutes if I don't remember to sign out, so there's no point working then anyway.
Standardly I work 9:00-5:00 with a half hour lunch. This means that I build up half an hour of flex a day, 2 and a half hours a week, a (working)day every three weeks. I'm allowed to take 3 flex days every 2 months, so every time my flex hits 7 hours, I can take a day off.
I like this, but it's not really something I can get that excited about. What I find makes my life that little bit smoother is the fact that if I'm ten minutes late for work, it doesn't matter - clocking in at 9:10 just means I have to pick up 10 minutes elswhere. Similarly, arriving 10 minutes early, I don't feel like I'm working for free - it just means I have an extra 10 minutes in hand for use elsewhere.
The last few weeks Erin's been working as an audio-typist on Wednesday afternoons, Thursdays and Fridays. She needs to get to the Meadows by 9am, which means leaving the house at 8:00 rather than the 8:30 I'm used to. I've been leaving with her (because trying to go back to sleep at 7:30 is pointless for me), giving me an extra half hour of flex for each of thse days. If it wasn't for the flex-system I'd be stuck with half an hour I didn't know what to do with.
It's the little things that make life seem smoother here - it feels like being I'm being treated as an adult, able to set my hours and get the work done, rather than having every moment analysed and tutted over.
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I'd love to be able to save up time. We aren't really flexitime here, but they don't bother if you are late or have a long lunch or come in an hour early so that you can leave early occassionally. very cool.