Flexible working conditions attract staff seeking a
healthier work-life balance and can boost productivity, but there
are concerns that employers need to address.
Trying to describe where multinational web-development firm
Automattic is based, or even headquartered, is an impossible task.
The firm has 930 staff in 70 countries but doesn't have a
single office. It ought to be a recipe for confusion, but somehow
it seems to work.
According to 2019 research by PowWowNow, 75 per cent of workers
favour jobs that offer flexibility, up from 70 per cent in 2017.
Ius Laboris's forces for change 2020 survey finds that 86 per
cent of people regard flexible working as a fundamental or
significant consideration when applying for a role.
