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CAREER
BEFORE
Employees were
required to report
for duty on a fixed
work arrangement or
at least eight hours
a day, five to six
days a week and were
paid a fixed monthly
salary.
Work usually started
at 8:00 AM and ended
at 5:00 PM.

Attendance was
strictly monitored
and recorded.
Unauthorized absence
or accumulated
tardiness had a
corresponding salary
deduction and
considered as a
demerit in the
performance
appraisal.
 21st

Centur
y
Some establishments
have extended their
hours of operation
and are accessible
anytime to cater to
the needs of their
customers who lives
in a 24/7, well-
connected
environment.
Almost all banking
institutions are open
for business beyond
the usual 9:00AM to
3:00 PM banking hours
from Monday to Friday
up to 6:00 PM and on
weekends.
Online banking
services are also
available.

Food can be ordered

and delivered anytime
of the day.
Shopping experience
has breached
geographical and time
zone boundaries.

Government services
are also made
accessible to the
public.
Traffic congestion in
major cities in the
Philippines has
caused so much stress
among employees.
Changing weather
conditions and
calamities hamper the
operations of public
and private firms and
adversely affect the
mobility of
employees.
Technological
advances raised
competition and
collaboration to
several notches
higher.
Traveling within and
outside the country
has become more
efficient and
affordable.
Customers can now
freely access goods,
services, and
information worldwide
because of
technological
breakthroughs.
Transformati
on of the
Work
Environment
(John Morgan, 2014)
 From hierarchical
to flatter
organizational
structures
 From fixed to
flexible work
arrangements
 From hoarded to
shared information
 From fear-based to
inspiring
leadership
 From on-premise to
cloud computing
 Email as primary to
secondary form of
communication
 From climbing to
creating the
corporate ladder
 From siloed and
fragmented to
connected and
engaged employees
 From working in the
office to anywhere
 Flattened
Organization
Structure
Organizations
adopting the flat
structure are:
 Decentralized and
more decisions are
made at the middle
levels
 Less bureaucratic,
less structured,
and have wider
 Upholds
interdependence
among departments,
with less attention
to formal
procedures
 Organizations are
more responsive to
the external
environment
 It encourages more
participation across
organizational
boundaries which
enhances a closer
working environment
enabling open
communication and
creativity among
employees
 Flexible
Work
Arrangements
Employees can set their
own work schedule
provided that they
fulfill their duties and
responsibilities and
they produce the
expected outputs, and,
in some cases, meet the
total number of hours
required by their
employer.
Flexible work programs
include:

A. Compressed Work Week

Program
The standard number of
working days is less than five
days a week. Some companies
implement 12-hour days or
schedules of 9 or 10 hours work
over two weeks and are paid
with an extra day or two of
time off during that period.
B. Expanded Leave
Provides employees more
flexibility in terms of
requesting extended periods of
time away from the office but
still enjoy the same rights and
privileges as employees. This
type of flexi program can be
granted either paid or unpaid
and can be applied for a
variety of reasons like further
studies, sabbaticals, seeking
medical care, attending to
domestic issues, among other
C. Flextime
A system wherein employees
choose their time to start and
end working from a range of
available hours.

D. Job Sharing
An arrangement wherein two
people voluntarily share the
duties and responsibility of a
full-time job, with
compensation and benefits are
prorated between the two
employees.
E. Partial Retirement
Program that allows older
employees to continue working
on a part-time basis, with no
established end date

F. Phased Retirement
Both employer and employee
agree to a schedule wherein the
employee can enjoy a gradual
reduction of full-time work
commitment over a period of
months or years.
G. Work and Family
Programs
Provide assistance to
employees and their dependents
such as childcare and
eldercare. Some multinational
companies are providing in-
house facilities to cater the
needs of the dependents.
Breastfeeding stations and play
areas for kids are also present
in some offices.
H. Work Sharing
Allows organizations to
cut the number of work schedule
and salaries for a portion of
the work force while keeping
the existing number of
employees for the time being.
It is practiced by companies
avoiding mass layoffs.
 The Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE)
issued Guidelines on the
Adoption of Flexible Work
Arrangements (Department
Advisory No. 2, s. 2009).
Companies are allowed to
enter into any of the
following arrangements with
their employees:
1.Compressed Workweek
The normal workweek
is reduced to less than
6 days but the total
number of hours per week
is still 48 hours. Each
day may have more than 8
hours but not more than
12 hours with no
overtime pay.
2. Reduction of
Workdays
Employees may be
required only to report
for a few days each week
for a maximum of 6
months.

3. Job Rotation
Employees are
rotated or allowed to
4. Forced Leave

Employees may be
required to go on leave
for several days or
weeks consuming their
leave credits.
5. Broken-Time Schedule

The work schedule is

not continuous but the
total work hours within
the week is just the
same.
6. Flexi Holidays

Employees agree to
avail of the holidays at
some other days as long
as this arrangement does
not result in diminution
of benefits.