Flexible Hours

[countrygirl12]

I always thought that flexible hours means the Employer is willing to discuss work schedule with someone to create a win/win scenario.

An example is if a person has small children they might be willing to consider a day care schedule so the parent can come in after dropping kids off at day care.   

See that is what I thought but apparently I was wrong.  There was a job posted recently and it says "flexible hours".  But when you inquire about the job the hours are 7:00-3:30 Monday - Thursday and you also need to be available any other extra hours they want you when they have special events and meetings.  That is not flexible hours.  Unless you say it means they want YOU to be flexible to come in every time they have a whim.

[countrygirl12]

I am lucky to have "flexible" hours on all four of my jobs. My main job is the least flexible but pays the best. I have to put in eight hours per day and am required to be there between nine and three. I usually work six until three or four (Wednesdays from eight till four) because I am salaried and forty hours does not cover the work load. My second job requires ten hours per week and I must provide the hours I will be working the following week. I usually put eight till ten every day and end up working forty hours. My third job is completely flexible and I usually four till eight and six to eight hours on Saturday's and Sundays. My fourth job is only four hours per week and I set my times at six till eight in the mornings on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

I do more than one thing right now.  I do have one job that is flexible hours.  I can go and do the job when ever I want to as long as it is done before a specific time each week.  But I pick the hours.  I usually do it the same times every week but I can do it when ever "I" want to.  To me THAT is flexible hours.  Or like others have said it is saying we will work with you if you have another job or need to be off certain times for certain things in your life.

In today's world people take care of parents, grandparents, have kids, and other stuff going on.  And it is hard to make it on a what they call 9-5 so people have other things they do to make some extra money.  I have a couple of those little gigs going on.