The seasonality of the workload in our industry can be challenging – so naturally we’re concerned about burnout among employees.

During our busy season, our people put in long hours. To keep productivity and morale high, we need to take care of our staff.

Case-by-case basis

The solution: Flex time.

But since treating employees fairly doesn’t mean treating everyone the same, we’ve decided to take flex-time requests on a case-by-case basis.

For each request, we take into account:

• department needs
• level of experience and
• tenur with the firm.

Some flex-time employees put in the same amount of hours, with options about when the work gets done. Others work fewer hours each day, or fewer days each week.

Yes, it’s a little more work for us to manage the individual arrangements. But the benefit – staffers with high levels of job satisfaction – makes it worthwhile.

So far, the program’s been a huge success. How do we know? We have about 30 employees taking advantage of our flex-time scheduling – and we’ve heard nothing but good things from those employees.