10/10/2017

Report: Why Employees Want More Flexibility

The reasons differ based on demographics

Your schedule may be based around the 9 to 5, but does it make sense for your coworkers? Or your contractors?

A new study from ManpowerGroup, one of the world’s largest staffing firms, makes the case for what it calls “NextGen Work,” the concept of working on demand, in more flexible ways, based on needs rather than schedule.

#GigResponsibly: The Rise of NextGen Work [registration required], a report based on a survey of more than 9,500 people globally, finds that 94 percent of respondents are open to more flexible styles of work, and of those who currently do it, 81 percent say it was something they chose, rather than something they did for lack of an alternative. The approach is most popular in emerging markets like India and Mexico, followed by the U.S., Spain, Australia, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

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