With news of COVID-19 sweeping the nation and the world, many organizations have sent their employees home to work remotely to help prevent the spread of the illness. Leaders who previously weren’t comfortable with allowing flexibility in hours and location of work have been forced into these arrangements out of sheer necessity.
Before COVID-19, many businesses easily incorporated flexible work schedules into their cultures. Allowing employees to flex their hours around children’s schedules and accepting work-from-home arrangements as necessary are key examples of the flexibility some offer. Younger generations, such as millennials and Generation Z, especially appreciate this and often value it above key attributes of a job such as salary or benefits.