tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post2420809388592812047..comments2024-03-14T02:48:06.409-07:00Comments on A Few Good Eggs: You'll never know unless you ask!A Few Good Eggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13654170259337486983noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-10046662599590228902015-05-21T11:59:03.539-07:002015-05-21T11:59:03.539-07:00Thanks, Krystal. Me, too...Thanks, Krystal. Me, too...A Few Good Eggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654170259337486983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-27311186684412713832015-05-21T11:58:53.571-07:002015-05-21T11:58:53.571-07:00This sounds like a great approach and seems like i...This sounds like a great approach and seems like it worked out really well for you. I don't manage people and people here travel a fair bit, so not being at my desk isn't that odd. I need to figure out what I want and ask!A Few Good Eggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654170259337486983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-4414555538132255842015-05-21T11:57:48.313-07:002015-05-21T11:57:48.313-07:00It is SO department-specific, isn't it? Sound...It is SO department-specific, isn't it? Sounds like a terrible process in your department. A Few Good Eggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654170259337486983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-36042869666503084442015-05-21T11:57:10.354-07:002015-05-21T11:57:10.354-07:00Thanks, Julia. It's been 6 weeks and I have so...Thanks, Julia. It's been 6 weeks and I have some ideas... post to come!A Few Good Eggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654170259337486983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-73079935606333597642015-05-12T12:00:08.405-07:002015-05-12T12:00:08.405-07:00I wish I had some kind of advice, but I dont. I j...I wish I had some kind of advice, but I dont. I just want to wish you luck with approaching this topic at work. I hope that you get the time that you and your daughter deserve. Jordan110https://www.blogger.com/profile/05457484006981450544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-25157649753251296622015-05-06T16:18:20.192-07:002015-05-06T16:18:20.192-07:00I feel like a lot of the type of work you do comes... I feel like a lot of the type of work you do comes into play when asking for work/schedule changes. For example, people who manage others seem to have a much more difficult time in my company asking for these types of things, as well as people that serve IT roles, communications, roles, etc. For me? A lot of my role is VERY individualized to just ME. I get my piece of the puzzle done with very little input from others, and then off it goes to someone else. All of it can be accomplished by email. So when I had the conversation with my manager about my plan, it wasn't that far of a stretch. I suppose it also helps that my company preaches personal well-being as an initiative, and when I told him that truthfully, my two-hour-a-day commute makes me ANGRY, and once my baby arrives? It's only gonna piss me off more. My well-being? It wouldn't be good.<br /><br />So I basically told him that I'd like to work from home two days a week--so that I wouldn't have to rot in traffic for nothing at least twice a week, and I could maybe spend those 4 extra hours with my baby. So far almost 18 months in, it's been fine. Granted, I work in a workplace where people do things like this all the time (they go to school, there's client travel, etc.), so it's not a stretch. It's not like I'm the only one who's not in the office twice a week. But I think coming at it from a well-being perspective might also help?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635247963030386492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-35624110392746551772015-05-02T10:10:52.283-07:002015-05-02T10:10:52.283-07:00Where I work, we do have a "Flexible Work Sch...Where I work, we do have a "Flexible Work Schedule" Policy but in my department (Finance) it is like an act of Congress to get a major schedule overhaul approved. Small changes, for instance if you want to modify your work schedule from 8 to 4:30 to 8:30 to 5 are easy. But friends of mine who have proposed changes like working a day from home, or working longer hours during the week for a half day on Fridays, have had to write up proposals and get them approved through everyone in their chain (Manager, Director, CFO) and HR. The proposals had to include how they would handle managing their direct reports, how they would manage month end, how they could call in for meetings, etc. And the approval process was SLOW. But we have other departments, such as Customer Service, that can get these changes approved easily. So in my company it really just depends on which department you are in and how the Senior VP of that department views modified work schedules. Some are more open to it than others. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581100331552936070.post-2294439679342619202015-04-30T18:00:07.989-07:002015-04-30T18:00:07.989-07:00That is heart wrenching.
Looking forward to seei...That is heart wrenching. <br /><br />Looking forward to seeing what ypu decide about the job. I think it's smart to give it a month before deciding. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557861103469077524noreply@blogger.com