Flexibility is key for boss of new recruitment agency
Tuesday 2nd September 2008, 2:30PM BST.
GUERNSEY could become a pioneer of flexible working practices if the business community were to embrace the concept, according to a recruitment boss.
Andrea Dudley-Owen (pictured), who owns Flexible Working Solutions, said the finance industry should change the way it gauges employee productivity.
‘At the moment, a lot of people measure employees’ output on the hours they’re at their desk, which is totally wrong,’ she said.
‘From my years of working in the finance industry I’ve seen a lot of people with a high presence in the office but with low productivity.
‘Managers must change their approach and embrace flexible working-practices, as there are many long-term advantages.’
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This lady is completely and utterly correct. We have companies here who laud themselves about how forward looking, flexible and modern they are, but as soon as they are confronted with “Flexible working” they draw back into their shells like frightened little mice – what they want is control and the only control they can see is…YOU at your desk! They have not trust – they only have FEAR! The fear that you might not be doing your job when they’re not watching you. I recently proposed that I could do my job remotely – this would have many benefits for the company I work for – they decided to dismiss it out of hand giving me a bunch of issues which were demonstratively wrong…I could have blown their argument right out of the water there and then – but like my wife says – what they say is only for the brochures, their clients and their website. I look forward to seeing which Guernsey company will be the first to embrace this 21st century phenomena – we have the technology – but we don’t have directors/owners who haven’t dragged themselves out of the 1920s. Sad but very, very true. I would say to Partners/Directors/Owners…look at yourselves and ask if you are grasping technology or paying lip-service to it.
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