Topic: Managing Flexible Work Arrangements

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has placed flexible work arrangements, especially telework, in the spotlight. With many states issuing stay-at-home orders and allowing only essential businesses to keep their physical locations open, unprepared employers were forced to implement flexible work options on the fly. Eventually, social distancing orders will be lifted, and businesses will reopen; however, employee requests for flexible hours and remote-work arrangements may be part of the new normal.

Question 1: Do you think employee personality plays any role while they try to adjust with this pandemic work pattern? Which personality types are favorable and which are going to create challenge?Explain.