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+ PROS / – CONS

IS FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE MODELING RIGHT FOR YOU ?

+ Avoids the skills gap or having to find talent with a broad range of skills .
Flexible workplace models – an emerging method of employee engagement that seeks to maximize productivity and reduce labor costs through flexibility and variability — are helping companies to align workers for their greatest effectiveness while offering employees improved work-life balance . Might it make sense for your business ?
+ Companies can rapidly ramp capacity up and down .
– Talent is harder to observe and locate if workers ( or employees ) are working remotely .
+ Workers choose hours and tasks .
+ Offers the opportunity to diversify a workforce quickly .
– Contract workers might feel disconnected from company culture .
– Worker focus could become scattered if they are not locked into an org chart .
– The inspirational benefits of working in an innovative environment can be lost .
+ Workers in developing countries get virtual mobility and access to prime opportunities .
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