How to flex the job-share market. Managers now expected to be Renaissance men and women. Skills they require expand by the year. Basic and whole host of other skills now demanded of managers. As complexities of senior management have increased, managers have simply worked more hours.
Every single survey suggests that managers work ridiculous hours.
Flexible working is reality but many managers imply use technology to work in unlikely places or at times when they previously relaxed. Instead of working flexibly, they have simply allowed work to spread, virus-like, through their lives. Technology has allowed work to expand to fill every hour in the day. The Times, Management Executive Section, page 6, Thursday 25 January 2001. Adverts for homeworking schemes feature in many local freesheets, newsagents' notice boards and flyers.