57 employees reported this benefit
Fully flexible working hours and good work-life balance
Gives me freedom to work like I want
The university offers this as standard for most roles, but how flexible your role is depends entirely on your boss. My head of group was not very flexible and so it's worth getting everything in writing before signing a work contract for there.
Working hours depend on the lab. Quite often in the academic setting the hours are very flexible.
I was able to work remotely for a year.
Pros Research position generally have flexible working hour
Very flexible working in some departments, much less in others!
Very open to the particular needs of their employees
Flexi start and finish upon agreement with my line manager. Always worked great!
It all depends who you are working for but the option is there for you to apply.
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