Impact of flexible working hours on employee performance
Employees are the asset of any company and help to thrive
business in global platform. Therefore, employee satisfaction, talent retention
and their management are prime responsibilities of firms to stay competitive in
marketplace.
Flexible working is recognized as a successful factor to
accomplish a better work-life balance. Huge number of employees conveyed that
flexible working help them in lessening and managing stress levels. There is
strong correlation between the flexible working and performance benefits. In
flexible working environment, employees give their best and it enhances
productivity of organization.
There are numerous ways by which employees can do work in
flexibly such as part time working, term time working, job-shares,
home-working, compressed hours and flexitime.
There are many benefits of flexible working hours:
The advantages of flexible working hours to businesses
include being able to hold onto valuable staff, retain great talent pool, decrease
absenteeism, increasing commitment from employees and improving output. A business might also be able to extend
opening hours due to the wider availability of the workforce.
Flexible working ease employees to make good work life
balance so that they have more time to spend with their families or undertake
hobbies. With employer permission, they can travel to work in odd hours to avoid
rush hour traffic. This helps in arriving to work more refreshed. For those employees who are allowed to work
at home all or part of the week, there are the benefits of reduced fuel and
motor maintenance costs.
Besides benefits, there are some drawbacks also.
If employees are working in flexible hours in office
without a supervisor, they may face some work obstacles as they may be unable
to take the initiative or need direction with their duties. Employees who are not personally inspired may
struggle to complete task. It may directly impact on output of organization. Another
disadvantage is that there is not effective communication and team working which
may adversely effect on performance of employee as well as production of
company.
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