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@heyheni not necessarily. Leaving office at 17 is equal to being stuck in fatal traffic. I had option to shift for earlier or later hours, chose later, but plenty of people choose earlier. It's common for those people to live far away from the office and spending like 2h traveling by public transport. The odd hours reduce their traveling time greatly, because roads are empty in the morning.
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That's not exactly flexible working, but it seems to me like he's protecting you guys from upper management while still letting you come in when you prefer to start working. If they come to him asking why people aren't showing up, he can give them a structured schedule that you have all agreed to follow. Without that, they have ammo for a clear shot at your team's practices and at your manager. My guess would be that he detected some kind of flack from them and is preemptively thwarting it.
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@heyheni i go in at Five in the Morning on 1-2 days in the week and work until like 16:00-17:00 so fridays can be very relaxed.
So when I joined the company 2 months ago I was told they offered flexible working, today I received this email. (I can't help but think it is aimed at me given I often arrive between 9 and 10....I'm always the last to go home)
Oh and yes they have named some of the team DevOps and others just Developers, they haven't quite grasped the concept!
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Morning All,
I have been noticing the start time for all the team members. Some like to start early while some likes the late start. So before Senior management raises any questions below is the shift pattern I would like everyone to stick to it.
I have assigned name against each of the shift which I am aware of. If you would like to change it please let me know. We need at least one Developer between 08:00- 17:30 and at least one Devops between 07:00 – 17:30.
If we have any emergency issues and takes longer to fix it , I would appreciate if you guys can work after your shift. We can adjust this overtime by leaving early next day or whenever possible.
7:00 – 15:30 - @Michael Smith
7:30 – 16:00 - @Sarah Twist @Jim Bob
8:00 – 16:30 - @Lesley Matthews
8:30 – 17:00 - @Bill Best
9:00 – 17:30- @Jennifer Rowe @me!
9:30 – 18:00
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