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Is it the end of the 9 to 5 working day?
Traditional workplace hours of 9am to 5pm are now only the norm for a minority of workers, research suggests. Just 6% of people in the UK now work such hours, a YouGov survey found. Almost half of people worked flexibly with arrangements such as job sharing or compressed hours, allowing them to juggle other commitments, it found.
Anna Whitehouse, a campaigner whose own flexible working request was refused by her employer, said there were still misconceptions about such arrangements. In her case, her employer refused her request for 15 minutes flexibility at the start and end of each day to enable her to drop off and pick up her children from nursery. "They denied it because they said it would open the floodgates for other people to request the same thing." [...] Since then she has started the Flex Appeal, aimed at convincing firms to trial flexible working and also to make people aware of their right to request flexible working.
[...] Polling firm YouGov surveyed over 4,000 adults for the survey, which was commissioned by fast-food chain McDonald's.
(Score: 1) by MindEscapes on Wednesday August 22 2018, @01:37PM (1 child)
Yeah, I have not attempted the self employment route myself but I have heard the same thing you are talking about.
Forget 40 hour work weeks, you'll likely be doing 60-80 hours easily on your own business but being your own boss is often worth it I hear. Also, many times the extra time is spent on something your heart is in anyway so is more pleasant for that reason too.
Need a break? mindescapes.net may be for you!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 22 2018, @06:02PM
My family is in my heart. Not some coding job. Just out of curiosity, are you single?
I know I might sound like a dick by stating my preference like that, but do ANY of these workaholics have children?