The new work schedule When people have had a taste of


flexibility, they’re not going to want to head back into the box. “Over 80% of employees want a hybrid schedule and the sweet spot for coming into the office is merely one to two days a week,” said Lindsay Boccardo, a speaker and consultant who helps companies navigate multi-generational workforces. “It is still helpful to be in person, after all. Just not at the expense of our freedom and productivity.” A desire for work schedule flexibility


isn’t new. Te pandemic just pushed us to jump into a “group experiment” where we questioned our productivity without the office and, for many, the standard 9–5 schedule. “We've known for a decade that millennials wanted flexibility in work life


and location. Now the next generation in the workforce, Gen Z, can't imagine a world without it,” Boccardo said. Gen Z will continue to demand this


flexibility, and the generations behind them are likely to expect it. “Tey grew up with a desk's worth of


work tools in their backpacks,” Boccardo explained. Tey want to work not only where they want—”What does a desk really offer when my laptop can sit with me in my van by the beach?” Boccardo mused—but also when they want.


Schedule flexibility is a driving force of


employee engagement, a crucial area for helping to address talent pipeline concerns. According to a recent Inc. article: “Engaged employees are both more productive and more likely to stay with you for the long term. So giving the people who work for you the flexibility to be good spouses, good


parents, good partners and good friends— as well as good employees—will benefit both you and them.” While Gen Z and millennials, who


are now approaching middle age and more likely to be juggling parenting responsibilities, are quick to embrace this flexibility, it might bring up mixed emotions for others. “Tis can be uncomfortable for those of us who worked from an office for decades believing this was the only way. It can also be frustrating,” Boccardo said, especially when coming to the realization working from home could have been happening for years prior to the pandemic.


Reprinted with permission of the Indiana CPA Society.


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