Traveling to an office five days a week, sitting at a desk all day，and then going home. Office work is not always like that. It doesn't have to be such routine—the usual, fixed way of doing things—it is much (flexible) these days.
During the pandemic, we've all had to have a flexible approach to work. And it has, perhaps, changed our attitude to (work) flexibly. Actually，different countries have different laws about working flexibly. In the UK, for the last 14 years, employees (have) the right to request flexible working. But what does it (exact) mean to work flexibly?
"Because of the pandemic, now everybody thinks flexible working means working from home, but it doesn't. It's about common sense—using your (judge) to make sensible decisions. does the job need in terms of when, where, how long, and what do you need and what does your family need一and how do the two match? So, flexibility really means having choice and control over when, where and how long you work, and (negotiate) that with your manager," said Sarah Jackson, a workplace consultant at Cranfield University School of Management.
So, requesting to work for two hours a day is not sensible, being able to work from 12 until 8 instead of 9 to 5 might be. Of course, this (depend) on the needs of the business.
