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Childcare and spending quality time with my child doing activities, reduced cost of living on travel costs, more flexibility in when I work and more time working rather than commuting.

Childcare and spending quality time with my child doing activities, reduced cost of living on travel costs, more flexibility in when I work and more time working rather than commuting.

Bought a house, volunteer for RNLI, less money spent on commuting and fuel

Better work/life balance

Balance life, save time and money

Saves about 2 a day travel times on days I work from home so much better. I think zio-nonce Nazi paedos like Nigel Farage should shut his whole.

I am able to be available for my SEN child if they ever need to come home from school. It also helps that I don't have to find childcare as I am always home with them.

I'm able to care for my elderly mother.

Better work life balance. Less time wasted commuting and save more on travel costs

Flexible working is the reason I was able to work for nearly 40 years. Flexible working helps me able to raise my children, while remaining employed. Flexible working is extremely important supporting families to be able to raise family, and contributing in the society.

I work flexible gig contract hours, traveling to and from various venues, which suits my health condition.

I am disabled so it’s not easy to always get in yo work

I am disabled so it’s not easy to always get in yo work

At the end of the working day, I am more relaxed and not stressed. For me the most stressful part of my working day, is the commute. As a person with physical disabilities the journey on crowded trains really does take it’s toll, both physically and mentally.

I don't feel I have enough time or words to do it justice but I wouldn't be able to work with out flexible working. I have multiple chronic health conditions and working from home means I can focus on working in my own space with everything I need without having to be consumed with anxiety about the impact on my health. Flexible working means that there is no where near as much pressure on me, my body and my health. I have very little energy, so what I do have can be spent on what's important.

I couldn’t do any work if I had to go to an office due to long term chronic sickness

Childcare - I don’t have anyone that can help so even with wraparound school care I couldn’t do full days in the office when my husband is also in the office. .

I work in London but live in a small town outside of London and have a 2 hour commute. By working flexibly and going into the office every other week, I am able to do a job I love that I would otherwise be forced to leave. I cannot relocate because of my husband's job. Flexible working benefits my small town because I earn a London salary which I spend in our local shops and family-owned businesses in our town.

•Saved money on commuter expenses •More time and less tired through not having to commute every day •Better life work balance •Improved productivity and performance and concentration •I can maintain work relationships and relation ships with clients by meeting face to face •and use work resources

It has helped me to feel more comfortable and to enjoy the benefits and flexibility provided.

I’m an early riser and work 7 am - 3 pm working 1 day per week from home aids my work / life balance. This 1 day saves my commute and I am able to spend valuable time with my family after work. Am already in the office 4 days per week (don’t really need to be) as I am more than efficient, productive working from home.

I haven’t had to retire and be financially worse off, I can keep working. I am so much more productive and do more work at home than colleagues do at work because I have no distractions. I love not having to commute and I’m less tired because of it.

It has helped my mental health and given me greater satisfaction, in addition to offering a whole new experience that I highly recommend to others.

Work/Life balance wellbeing especially working a shift pattern in the NHS, I'm front line, Healthcare Security services in house dealing with violence & aggression on a daily basis, from patients, visitors, staff & members of the public.. which the media neglect to mention recently a healthcare security officer was murdered by a scrott.. But, does anyone care NO, not a jott, not even wes streeting or Kier himself what an utter disgraceful country this has become! .

Flexible working means I can stay in the profession I love and have worked so hard to develop in. Without it I’d be forced to stop working or to take lower paid positions.

Childcare is easier as I only have to do wraparound care for 3 days a week vs 5, it also means I actually get to see my kids a little (!) and it brings my stress levels down so that that time is quality and not just running from pillar to post. I don't think it is fair that they have to start at 8am and go through to 6pm just so I can spend 2 hours travelling to do a job I can easily do at home. It has significant benefits for my mental health as my WFH days are less stressed and allows me to cover some domestic chores more easily.

a positive work life balance. I am able to sort child care out without having to rush everywhere in a panic, caught in traffic. Not as much pressure.

Able to get back to work more quickly following a hip replacement op. Work unable to pay me in full if not working at all.

It has allowed me to stay employed and be a mother, it has allowed me to not reach burnout and be mentally unwell (like I have previously when having to work full time and in an office). If I was unable to work I wouldn’t be able to afford my home and my children’s lives would be adversely impacted. Children deserve parents who are able to take them to school and work to provide for them. My current flexible working request has been declined because of a ‘planned structural change to the business’ - extremely unsupportive and incredible stressful time

I’m a single parent and flexibility is essential for me to work.

I can manage childcare which I otherwise wouldn’t be able to do.

child care less travel - more work able to concentrate much better at home better mental health

Childcare, more time with family

I can drop my children off at school and still start work on time at 9am without travelling for an hour to the office. I work in an open plan office and find concentrating with everyone around me making noise very difficult. I get all of my difficult work done while working from home. One day a week in the office allows me to catch up with colleagues and complete any team work. Flexible working allows me to work to the best of my ability and also be a mum.

I am able to pick up my child from school and do drop offs. It helps with the finances as well as I don’t have to commute everyday. Helps enormously with work life balance. I am able to eat dinner with my children the days I’m working from home.

Less commuting time, more willing to work past working hours as I’m already at home, saving on commuting costs, reduced stress, saving money on work clothes, increased productivity

Collecting and dropping off my babies

Caring responsibilities for other disabled family members and being able to manage my own medical appointments

The ability to work for a company not at a commutable distance, I could remain in an industry I work well in and have a talent for.

Having two young children with very little help, flexible working has made it possible to stay at work as it would it be impossible otherwise!

Principally flexible working allows people from all walks of life to be able to work . It means that they can,with the support of their employer, do the hours most suited to both parties. My teams were all remote & there was no one I could work with in an office. On the very rare occasions I was in the office I found it very noisy especially as I was always on phone calls. Saves money on travelling, the environment benefits from less cars on the road . Much easier to concentrate at home whereas it can be noisy & distracting in an office . There will always be those that prefer office working & of course those that cannot ever work from home e.g. NHS staff, bin men , gardeners etc, etc.

it has ensured I get to have days off with my 3 year old and watch him grow, I am able to make more time for appointments, school plays,make time for family events take time for self care and improving my own well being which reduces burnout and stress making me function better as a mum and wife

It has taken a massive amount of anxiety out of the working day

I am an AuDHD Mum with ME/CFS - I literally couldn’t work if I couldn’t work remote. It has kept me in the workforce following the birth of my daughter 8 years ago and therefore kept me contributing to the public purse both in taxes and in what I spend. I mean, white apart from it allowing me to continue with a career I’d worked hard to build in the first 10 years of my working life and my identify, but the very, very basic maths is that it makes sense to the country. I question the brain cells and fitness for public office of anyone who can’t do this maths 🤷‍♀️ They’re not stupid, so using productivity and GDP as a justifier for pulling people back to the office is absolutely a calculated manipulation and it assumes we’re all stupid - insulting. We’re not. We see you. We’re disgusted by you. And we will come for you.

It fits around childcare and my chronic health condition. It means I can work even on my worst health days where going into an office would be extremely difficult. It has also cut down my sick leave. I haven't had any sick leave in the last year at all as I work from home.

I’m more productive, I can manage school drop off and pick ups and I have a better work life balance

Being ill at the present time adjustments have been made so as I can continue to do this

I have limited mobility and work a late evening shift weekly, the office I work from closes at 5pm. Without hybrid working the therapy I deliver would not be available.

I have limited mobility and work a late evening shift weekly, the office I work from closes at 5pm. Without hybrid working the therapy I deliver would not be available.

Health and finances. I have been able to manage my condition by working from home. I get more done than in the office. Less stress and distractions.