I'm not a financial advisor, but that
loan sounds like a lot better option.
More employers are pushing for
workers to return to the office,
but experts say that doesn't mean that
flexibility is off the table necessarily.
Here with tips to help you negoe
a flexible working environment is our
money and business expert, Derek, Kenny.
Derek, thanks for being here.
My pleasure, Matt. Great to see you. Awesome,
man. Yeah. So why are so many
employers requiring their
employees to return to the offi?
Because, you know,
the tight job market, you know,
I'm not sure you know exactly wt
we learned a lot in COVID is.
What I'm saying is some people have learned
that they can do their job from home.
So why do you think they're coming back?
Well, the bottom line is so many
companies have a lot of rental l
estate that they're on the hookr
and they want people to fill it.
And they've done some surveys
that show that when people come
back to the office, Matt,
there's there's more collaborat,
they tend to be more productive,
they tend to have more ideas,
strategies and so forth.
People like to be in that environment.
But also one of the things,
interestingly enough,
more employers simply distrust r
employees when they work from h.
So when they can see them at the office,
it makes them feel better and
like they're more productive.
But we know actually when
people work at home,
they're actually equally or
sometimes even more productive.
And what do you say to your bos,
I don't know, convince them to
let you keep a flexible schedul?
Because essentially we all like
working from home, I think then,
you know, toting into the offic,
yeah. And it's cheaper to wear pajamas
than it is to get dry cleaning .
So there's a way to save money as well.
But one of the things we know ip
to 90% of people would prefer to work
partly from home, whether it's l
from home or a couple days a we.
And we know now that up to 50% f
people would say, I would actuay
change jobs if I can't work from home.
So what you want to do is positn
this as a negotiation, Matt,
and think about, look,
if you have a specific set of skills,
as Liam Neeson famously said in the movies,
or you have a a unique skill set
that maybe it's in software or s
in computer programming or plan,
whatever it may be, you can say,
look, I've been working here
successfully for quite a while.
Let's test this out for three months or six
months and and see how it goes that way.
You're not saying, look,
I want you to commit to long
term me working from home,
but I want to work from home
for a certain amount of time.
They're more likely to try it if you can say,
let's test it,
and what advice would you have o
somebody if they just want to go
ahead and shift directions, move out,
you know, say to themselves,
you know, maybe this isn't for .
If I can't work on my own terms,
Well, the
bottom line is identify
what it is you really want.
Is it pay? Is it flexibility?
Is it a better job title?
Know exactly what you want so ye
not leaving one job moving to another
thinking you're getting more flexibility,
but you're really not.
You want to be very specific on look,
if I change jobs, I want 100% hybrid.
I want to work from home X number of days.
Here's the amount of money I wa,
here's the flexibility I want.
Because right now the power
has shifted to the employees.
And if you have a good skill se,
a good track record of solving
problems for companies,
they're likely to give you the
flexibility because they can't d
someone that has your same set of skills.
So it sounds like the power is
in the hand of the employee.
If you want to kind of nudge the
old boss and say, I don't know,
let me just stick around here,
Maybe do half one week, a hybrid week,
something around those lines.
That's exactly
right, Madam. And think of it a.
This is up to you to set the te.
They could always say no,
and if they say no,
make sure you recognize that ok.
If they say no,
I probably need to look for another job.
But make sure when you do that,
be very clear on what you want.
So you're not in another job and recognizing
I really liked it better back h,
and you're in a bad situation,
So know what you want to be cle.
And when you do that,
you're likely to get the job you want,
either somewhere else or where
you're at now by telling
them exactly what you want.
And who doesn't love a high stas
negotiation like that? OK. Derek Kenny,
the CEO of Good Money Framework,
thanks again for joining us tod.
My pleasure. Thank you, Matt. All right.