CHAPTER 4

How to Negotiate a Remote Arrangement with Your Boss

by Ruchi Sinha and Carol T. Kulik

More businesses and companies have adopted flexible work arrangements on a grand scale. Employees who never thought of working from home before are experiencing a newfound love for the flexibility that remote work can offer.

Have you been considering making the ask and negotiating a remote and flexible work arrangement with your boss? If so, how should you go about it?

First, let’s look at two myths about negotiating flexible work arrangements.

Myth 1: Negotiating flexibility is mainly about when and where you do your work

There is a tendency to view flexibility negotiations as revolving around only the hours you work and the location from which you ...

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