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September
11, 2006:
The Changing Work Environment
Interview
with Lisa Mainiero, author of The
Opt-Out Revolt
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Mike
Carruthers:
Because technology now allows us to do any jobs from almost
anywhere, the whole idea of the nine-to-five workday is changing;
and companies are now allowing more and more people flexible work
schedules.
Lisa Mainiero:
Not just flexible schedules in name only - but flexible schedules
where you have the option of working any time you want. And the
idea here is to pay people not for face time in the office, but
to pay people for productivity.
Lisa Mainiero,
co-author of the book The
Opt-Out Revolt…
So if you start
thinking about work in terms of less face time and more in terms
of is the work actually getting done? it doesn't really matter
if the person is working in their office or if they're working
elsewhere - what matters is the bottom line.
But it's not
just the technology that's making flexible work time more popular;
a lot of workers today are demanding it because although they
want to work, they also want a life.
People were saying,
"I'd like less travel and I don't have to be at the top
of this company and I'll even take a little less money as long
as I can work from home. I want to meet my kids at the end of
the school day, I want to be able to go to a soccer game, I
don't want to have to work this hard."
Lisa's research
shows this trend is gathering a lot of momentum, and companies
that have what she calls "family-friendly benefits"
are the ones that will attract and keep good workers.
You don't want
to leave a company that is doing things for your family and
that lets you have more flexible hours - that's a company you're
going to stay with.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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