{"id":735,"date":"2007-03-08T13:53:41","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/flexible-hours-expected\/"},"modified":"2007-03-08T13:53:42","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T19:53:42","slug":"flexible-hours-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/flexible-hours-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexible Hours Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CareerJournal.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.careerjournal.com\/~r\/wsj\/career_journal\/~3\/100211098\/20070308-hymowitz.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bend Without Breaking: Women Execs Discuss Flex Schedules<\/a> is an interesting take on a woman&#8217;s leadership challenges.&nbsp; This quote is what caught my attention:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Michele Coleman Mayes, senior vice president and general counsel of Pitney Bowes, says one of the main rules she learned early in her career &#8212; to never leave the office at the end of the day before her boss &#8212; is considered outdated by her 20- and 30-something employees. &#8220;We baby boomers were driven by face time, but younger employees say &#8216;what&#8217;s the point of that when everyone is wired and always reachable?'&#8221; says Ms. Mayes, who is 57.<\/p>\n<p>Some women executives Ms. Mayes&#8217;s age glower when younger employees ask for flexible work schedules and complain they aren&#8217;t committed, she says. Ms. Mayes dismisses that view as foolish, saying <strong>it can cost companies talent that they need and, now, with technology, can manage in new ways.<\/strong> She arranged for one attorney on her staff to leave work by 5 p.m. each day to spend time with her young child. The attorney works from home on her laptop later in the evening and never misses deadlines, according to Ms. Mayes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you do not offer flexible work arrangements now, you should definitely prepare to in the near future.&nbsp; This flexibility is expected from more than just the younger generations.&nbsp; We are experiencing flexible hour requests from baby boomer candidates also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CareerJournal.com&#8217;s Bend Without Breaking: Women Execs Discuss Flex Schedules is an interesting take on a woman&#8217;s leadership challenges.&nbsp; This quote is what caught my attention: Michele Coleman Mayes, senior vice president and general counsel of Pitney Bowes, says one of the main rules she learned early in her career &#8212; to never leave the office at the end of the day before her boss &#8212; is considered outdated by her 20- and 30-something employees. &#8220;We baby boomers were driven by face time, but younger employees say &#8216;what&#8217;s the point of that when everyone is wired and always reachable?&#8217;&#8221; says Ms. Mayes, who is 57. Some women executives Ms. Mayes&#8217;s age&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/flexible-hours-expected\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-bR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2416,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/08\/what-employees-want\/","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":0},"title":"What Employees Want","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I am usually a bit cynical regarding these types of articles.\u00a0 My reasoning is this \u2013 each individual is unique in their motivations and rewards.\u00a0 Attempting to place employees into set categories regarding global characterizations is a stretch.\u00a0 Nonetheless, this article from Inc.com presents some excellent points and advice for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1842,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/an-alternative-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":1},"title":"An Alternative Trend","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We get many press releases every day that mainly announce new products.\u00a0 However, I did get one from CareerBuilder.com that was fairly interesting.\u00a0 The topic is sales hiring in 2009 and, not surprisingly, many companies are going to be \"cautious.\" The format is basically a survey of 2009 trends and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring Salespeople&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring Salespeople","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/hiring-salespeople\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":718,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/me-time-is-vital\/","url_meta":{"origin":735,"position":2},"title":"Me Time Is Vital","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Gen Y or Millennial\u00a0candidates take a different approach to their job search.\u00a0 If you weren't sure of this or have yet to experience it, I give you the Pioneer Press' The choosy generation: They want to work for companies that offer nice salaries and clear career paths for advancement. 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