Working
at a company with no flexible work arrangements at all, I presented a
proposal which was well-tailored to meet my needs as
well as my employer's. I am the first to have a
part-time schedule. The proposal received high praises from my Director
and VP. Thank you so very much for being there!
Normalee Sirota, Senior
Tax Accountant, Burlington, NJ FIRST at her
workplace to work part-time
Pat - I found
your information to be IMMENSELY helpful...not
only did it provide a format, but also clear and convincing statements which
I could easily adapt to suit my needs. Flex Success was well worth the money...it saved me HOURS of drafts and redrafts...
Tina O'Brien,
Associate Director, Alumni Relations,
Seattle University,
Seattle, WA
FIRST in
her department to telecommute
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Thank you for developing the Telecommuting Flex Success template. Although I
had thought about most of the info you outlined in your template, it provided me
with the ability to organize my proposal, offered some additional ideas, provided me with info for a great strategy and also
with responses for any objections.
My proposal to work from home (in another state!) was accepted on a trial basis
in part because the proposal was so complete and comprehensive and because my
job is perfect for telecommuting. This was new territory for my organization
and has not ever been done before.
Elaine Guanci,
Applications Development Project Manager,
Buford, GA
FIRST to telecommute
where she works
Hi
Pat, I have to say you have an excellent product...your Flex Success Program
helped me put together a detailed, inclusive document that was successful
in helping to convince my employer that a 4-day work week would not only
benefit me, but also the company...
It was very helpful in
quickly pulling together the necessary justifications and covering all the bases... The day after I briefly mentioned
my plans, my boss told me that it was unlikely that he would “do without”
me one day a week. However, following the review of my [Flex Success] proposal, he completely
changed his story...
I knew I had an uphill battle, but Flex Success made my proposal
much more manageable and comprehensive and more importantly, helped to be
convincingly logical (to my boss!) Thanks!
Danielle Ouendag,
Environmental Affairs Manager,
Grand Rapids, MI
FIRST in the facilities engineering department to propose a flex schedule and
one of the FIRST in her division of 3,000 employees to formally
propose a four day work week
Thanks
so much...We just received approval for our job share arrangement! We are the first at our company to try this arrangement. I know that we wouldn't have
received approval without our written proposal. My boss and my boss's boss were
so impressed. They
raved about how comprehensive our proposal was and how they knew we were
serious based on the amount of work that went into our proposal. Little did they
know that we had some help from you [meaning, Flex Success]. Laurie
Graham,
Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting,
Troy, MI
FIRST in her company to
get job sharing approved. Laurie's Flex Success
story was followed up by Parents magazine and featured in the October
2003 issue.
Pat: We were
successful in setting up a job share arrangement at our company, a Fortune
500 printing company based in Chicago. It is the first such arrangement in
the company's 130 year history for sales representatives...Thank you for
the job share ideas and proposal outline.
Sara Keese,
Sales Representative, RR Donnelley & Sons,
Chicago
FIRST in her job category to get job sharing
approved
Pat, Your
Flex Success program definitely was instrumental in helping me attain a
compressed work week...I had been turned down twice before...Thank
you very much for your help—it
was well worth the cost! Karel Jacobs, Ph.D.,
Plant Pathologist, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL
FIRST at her workplace to get a flexible schedule
Flex Success
worked great for me. I went from a five day, 40+ hour work week to a four
day, 35 hour work week. Your outline and information allowed me to construct
a comprehensive plan which was well received by my employer. I was the first in our company
of 200 employees to ask for this flexible arrangement. Barbara Bumblis
Documentation Manager,
Santa Ana, CA
FIRST to
get a compressed workweek
After I had my baby, I knew I would be happier returning
to work on a part time basis. So I downloaded your [Job
Sharing Flex Success] template. It was easy to use and
looked so professional. The proposal was accepted.
I
would highly recommend the template...It worked for me—this is the
first position to be shared here!
Dianne S. Hull, Assistant Director, Career Development,
Saint Joseph's University,
Philadelphia, PA
FIRST to
get a job sharing arrangement
