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THE FUTURE OF WORK THE FUTURE OF WORK THE FUTURE OF WORK IS INDIVIDUALIZED IS INDIVIDUALIZED IS INDIVIDUALIZED
As an HR Consultant, I have been talking a lot lately about the struggles of turnover & restaffing. In a recent McKinsey study, 53% of employers said that they are experiencing greater voluntary turnover than they had in previous years (De Smet, 'Great Attrition' or "Great Attraction" The choice is yours , 2021)
One way that Employers can protect their workforce from this ‘great resignation’ is by becoming an Employer of Choice What exactly is that? An Employer of Choice is simply a company where people want to work. Existing employees stay and new employees come because it is an awesome place to be.
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So, how do you become an Employer of Choice? Many ways! But today we are focusing on one method I like to call ‘Individual Flexible Scheduling’.
Let’s be honest, the ‘Monday to Friday, 8-5’ work schedule is going the way of the gasoline car- old school and approaching ‘obsolete’ status. The work week as we know it is a made-up structure, mostly made popular by Henry Ford (speaking of cars) in the 1920’s. Like I said, Old School.
Employers of Choice are recognizing this and making changes They are trading in policies like ‘disciplinary action for lates’ in favour of ‘work an 8hour day but pick for yourself which hours those will be’
To really become an Employer of Choice, I want you to embrace Individual Flexible Scheduling. This can mean tailoring an individual’s hours of work to their needs, the needs of the team, and the needs of the business (instead of solely considering the needs of the business) It can mean discussing schedules with employees to find out how they operate, if they prefer home or office work, what their most productive time of day is, and what constraints they have on their schedule; then build their hours with them, not for them
I want you to think of Individual Flexible Scheduling and as an attraction tool for great talent, a tool that sets you apart and helps you to become an Employer of Choice.
Lyndsay Seafoot Human Resource Professional, Curbridge Consulting
