flexible working

Non-rigid job arrangements

Flexible working refers to employment arrangements that deviate from the traditional fixed schedule and location.

This includes remote work, compressed workweeks, job sharing, flextime, and part-time hours.

The term gained currency as technology enabled work outside conventional offices: The company offers flexible working to all employees after six months.

In British usage, employees may have a legal right to request flexible working arrangements.

Opposites
schedule rigidity

flexible workingnine-to-five

Regular office schedule

shift work · mandatory overtime

location freedom

flexible workingpresenteeism

Working while too sick

face time

Family

working, flexible, flexitime, telework, remote work

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G