The Case for a Flexible Workplace

THE CASE FOR A FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE

If your company instituted a compressed workweek, what impact do you think it would have on staff productivity?

39% Increase somewhat

30% No change

17% Decrease somewhat

11% Increase significantly

2% Decrease significantly

Is it OK for employees to engage in non-work-related activities during business hours in order to boost productivity?

76% Yes

24% No

Whose responsibility is it to see that workers have a healthy work-life balance?

6% Company’s responsibility only

18% Primarily the company’s but with some help from the employee

52% Equally the company’s and employee’s responsibility

21% Primarily the employee’s but with some help from the company

3% Employee’s responsibility only

Source: The Creative Group survey of more than 400 advertising and marketing hiring decision makers in the United States

Some responses do not total 100 percent due to rounding.