Editing Flextime (section)

== From practitioners' viewpoint ==
The industrial perspective of flexible working emphasizes the practical definition of flexibility. Employees being allowed to work from many different places as long as their level of production is maintained, if not increased.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Peter |date=2013-04-15 |title=How flexible working can benefit you and your employees |url=http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2013/apr/15/top-tips-to-allow-flexible-working |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Moreover, research reports<ref>Institute of Leadership & Management, 2012. Flexible working: Goodbye nine to five, Institute of Leadership & Management website. [Online]. Available at: https://www.i-l-m.com/About-ILM/Research-programme/Research-reports/Flexible-working {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023447/https://www.i-l-m.com/About-ILM/Research-programme/Research-reports/Flexible-working |date=2015-11-17 }}. Accessed 7 February 2015</ref> gave quantitative interpretation backed by statistical evidence showing the changing attitude of organizations in different countries (especially the UK) toward flexible working. An estimate of 50% of the companies in the UK started to consider flexible working as a common practice and 73% of the managers in the survey showed an ultimate support to it. On the other hand, employees showed great preference to flexible working to the point that 40% of workers in the UK choose it over their salary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Attitudes towards working from home – Cezanne HR survey results {{!}} Onrec |url=https://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/attitudes-towards-working-from-home-%E2%80%93-cezanne-hr-survey-results |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.onrec.com}}</ref> Also, greater focus was put<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flexible working better than bonuses |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/7786741/Flexible-working-better-than-bonuses.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=31 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>Hemsley, S., 2014. Flexible working: dads want choice. HR Magazine. [Online]. Available at: http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/features/1143166/flexible-dads-choice {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402010745/http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/features/1143166/flexible-dads-choice |date=2015-04-02 }}. Accessed 8 February 2015</ref> to explain the increased demand for such arrangements by both stakeholders by which it was clarified by their advantages of contributing to the high quality of output results while creating the "perfect" working conditions for workers.

Additionally, as seen recently, most business organizations have started to introduce flexible working patterns for their employees as a way to increase their productivity level, increasing profitability. Flexible working is also seen as a family-friendly policy, which leads to a "good [[work–life balance]]" for employees. Some examples of organizations with flexible working arrangement include Agilent technologies, NetApp and Qualcomm Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanger |first=Melissa |title=Companies That Offer Flexible Schedules Get More Out Of Their Employees |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-flexible-employers-according-to-payscale-2013-1 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

Flexible working arrangements is a way for organizations to expand and increase their operations nationally and internationally at lower cost compared to permanent or non-flexible working arrangements.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-25 |title=Top 10 Benefits of Flexible Work Policies for Companies |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/top-10-benefits-of-flexib_b_4158603 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> While both employees and employers acknowledge the benefits of flexible working, drawbacks might include extra expenses and responsibilities the organization could incur in order to provide these arrangements and the decreased benefits offered to employees in accordance with their reduced working hours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Negatives of Flexible Work Schedules |url=https://smallbusiness.chron.com/negatives-flexible-work-schedules-1236.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Small Business - Chron.com |date=20 June 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref>