Working Hours at Department of Education

The department is very flexible with the hours that I work, I am able to start early and end early if I wish and that works well for me. I love that I work a regular schedule, unlike many legal graduates in private practice who work extremely long hours. As long as you communicate with your manager, it is fairly easy to take time off or use a study day.

I usually work 9-5. Supervisors are very flexible with working hours and leaving early.

Very flexible. We have flex timesheets, so can change our hours according to current workload/out-of-work responsibilities. We get strong leave entitlements. My team in particular is very positive towards work-life balance measures. For example, everyone is allowed to WFH regularly/one-off depending on their needs. Many also work 4-days a week, or different hours to allow them to pick their kids up from school. As I'm still on probation, I don't get some of these entitlements yet, but am keen to make the most of them.

Very flexible - there is a strong enterprise agreement in place that allows flexible work hours and gives employees the ability to request reduced work hours.

The department is very supportive with flexible work arrangements and understanding if you need to change work hours. take leave or use flex.

Flexibility very much depends on the manager, this has been a positive experience for me, but speaking to others around the department including some directors has indicated that not everyone has as much flexibility as they need/want.

wouldn't know as never really asked for flexibility.

Managers are cognisant of working hours and support team members to work the hours that best align with their preferences.

My department is very flexible when it come to working hours. I can choose my starting time within the bandwidth and have to complete 7.30 hours each day but if I go above and below this time duration, I can adjust this on any other day by working less or more than 7.30 hours.

Flex-time is great, we can start whenever we want before 9.30, have flexible lunch breaks and leaving times. We log our hours at 37.5 hr per week but can go into negative and positive hours.

Reasonable hours. Very flexible and supportive attitude on the part of management.

7.5 hours per day, some flexibility, although everything is recorded

The company supports flexible working and encourages staff to speak to their managers to organise working arrangements that work for all parties involved.

I am required to work a total of 7.5 hours in a day with a mandatory 30 minute break after 5 hours of work. My department is very flexible when it comes to hours.

Flexible - whenever I do work long hours I accrue flex time.

Occasionally have to stay back during busy periods but generally work a standard 40 hour week. Good work life balance.

We have flexible work arrangement.

The expected work hours per week are 37.5 but I tend to work 40. I sometimes work longer hours if there is a lot of work on or if something needs to be set up early in the morning. I don't mind this though because we get flex time and it means I can take extra days off. The department is quite flexible with this.

While the department's policies are flexible, some teams and directors are definitely more flexible than others when it comes to hours. However, I have found in my team in two teams that they are reasonably open to negotiations.

7.5 hour days, can work any hours between 7am-7pm. Any overtime is accrued as 'flex' and can be taken at a later time. Never work weekends.