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Flexible working biggest perk

Jun 02 2010

Flexible working is considered the best benefit at work. Flexible working is considered the best benefit at work.

Forget flashy company cars and a key to the executive toilet, it seems staff see flexible working as the most valuable benefit at work.

Some 47 per cent of respondents to a survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) say flexible working arrangements are the most important benefit offered by employers. Performance related bonuses came second at 19 per cent.

Michael Rendell, head of human resource services at PwC, says: ‘Two years of recession have changed people’s attitude towards work. With companies mindful of taking on new employees, existing staff have been expected to do more with less.  Our survey indicates that employees may be feeling the pressure, with large numbers hoping for a better work-life balance in the future.’

Of the 1,167 people surveyed, 15 per cent of respondents say a good company pension plan is the best perk an employer can offer.

Some 50 per cent say they would like to work for themselves in the future, while 30 per cent wish to find a company whose values match their own.

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Comment by vanessa stratford
Monday 21st June 2010

In association to this article I urge you to contact > stratfordv@yahoo.co.uk Improving Working arrangements* Improing Economic Development * Making Changes pointing to the Competative Edge in Business Whilst Improving Peoples Lives*


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