Yes, it’s fine to ask about flexible hours during the interview as long as you go about it in the right way. However, it hasn’t always been this way! In the past, unless the company had a well-known reputation for flexible working, it was risky to bring up the topic during the interview process.
Recruiters could have interpreted a flexible working request as a sign that the prospective employee was not going to be as ‘productive’ or ‘committed’ to the organisation. There was a prominent stigma attached to flexible working, primarily that it led to a drop in work being done.
Luckily, thanks to the shifting priorities of the workforce, flexible working is a must.
Nine out of ten millennials would like a flexible working week and almost four out of five remote workers with inflexible schedules want to quit! Companies that plan on winning and retaining the best talent have had no choice but to embrace flexible working, making it a fair topic to bring up in an interview.