Comments on: How I negotiated my flexible schedule

By: May

May — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:57:42 +0000

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By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:34:14 +0000

I didn’t negotiate my working from home status, my boss did. Originally the deal was similar to yours, I would work from home two to three days a week and go to the office the remaining time. Shortly after my son was born, my boss called me and told me that he didn’t want me to come back to the office and that I could work from home permanently. It opened up a new region for him so it was really a win, win situation. Working from home has been tough but it has been well worth it.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:31:57 +0000

I did when I first returned to work. I had also considered working from home two days a week, however we were not able to figure out the system to allow me to get into the network from home. Instead I was allowed to work 4 10hour days. I liked this a lot. I went in early, then got home at the regular time, so did not miss much time with my little one. And I got a full day off to just have me and baby time.

As my daughter is about to start preschool I am in a new job, and now working on a plan again to change my work hours, so I can pick her up at preschool. I am also considering presenting a plan to my employer for a few hours a day at home during a couple weeks in August, between daycare and preschool.

I agree, you need to approach it with a plan, and show the company how the end product will be the same and how it could even possibly help the employer!

By: Audrey

Audrey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:36:27 +0000

I don’t have experience with this yet, but my employer does seem to be pretty flexible with new moms. Maternity leave is all un-paid, which is sucky, but they are at least willing to work with new moms in finding the schedule that works best. There are good and bad sides to working for a small company!

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:42:02 +0000

I didn’t negotiate a work from home option, but I did negotiate a reduced-hours return to work under FMLA.

For $$$ reasons, I came back to work when my son was 9 weeks old. But I came back 4 days/week for the first 3 months I was back — until I’d used up the equivalent of the 12 weeks I was entitled to under FMLA.

The law explicitly allows arrangements like that, subject to the employer’s approval. Lucky for me, mine was flexible.

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