Working Hours at Services Australia

Good flexibility

Very flexible

Very flexible, I currently WFH 2 days in the week so I can help take care of my elderly mother. Last week she was unwell so I went home early and continued to work from home on a normal 'office' day, because they understood I wanted to be home for mum.

Good flexibility. Able to choose own hours and build/use flex

In my own position I can work 7.5 hours anytime between 7 am and 7pm. Whilst I have regular set hours (9-5), my team doesn't mind me altering those slightly, just require knowing if I'm running late. I also have the ability to build up flex by working 15-30 minutes extra some days, and then using that extra time to take time off later. However I am, once again, the exception. Most places have very strict start and end times, and service officers are not allowed to build up leave without express permission.

Very flexible when it comes to hours.

Depending on what area you work in.

I would like the option to WFH as other colleagues do. I would also like to only work 4 days but as the newest member of my team I have been advised working FT hrs in 4 days as other colleagues do is not an option.

Can access WFH arrangements if requested, generally 2-3 days per week but can access more on ad-hoc basis if needed

Good flexibility in current role to WFH when needed (regularly 2 days a week WFH)

Work is not as flexible as I would like, making me go into the office where none of my team work 3 days a week

There are as stubborn as possible when it comes to WFH, even tho I have only one other person in my team in my office. Every day when I am in the office, I just think about the time wasted during the commute.

My employer is extremely flexible with my working arrangements.

I enjoy being able to accrue and utilise flex time where possible. The hours are acceptable at 37.5 a week. It would be nice to be able to utilise part-time and/or flexible working arrangements more easily and work from home more often than not.

I'm not too sure how flexible we are because I've never asked to change hours, but I think that I would like to decrease the amount I am working.

Very flexible within reason

my team is flexible, but other areas within the agency are not

Depends entirely upon who you get as boss. My boss is an angel and I work in an area when I can come in whenever so long as I work 7.5 hours a day and give notice, but it's entirely dependent on your line manager to give you that luxury. Overtime at least at my level isn't expected.

Very flexible. We accumulate flex-time when we work more than our usual hours. These can then be used for days off/half days/sleep ins etc. As long as you let your manager know and they are supportive you can take time off very flexibly. We can also take annual leave at half pay, and potentially buy additional annual leave days.

Although there is mandatory office attendance within my business stream, I have been supported and recognized for not only coming into the office frequently (especially starting out), but also in WFH. As someone that works 2 jobs, a lack of a hardline on office attendance increases my overall motivation to work. These means that I want to work every day that I can and have worked hard to ensure my overall outputs does not differ either working from home or the office. I'm also probably more introverted than most and make a concerted effort to ask for help when I unequivocally cannot find the answer somewhere else. Again, this has been recognized by the Data Exchange stream and I have felt because of this, I have been managing myself in my initial time with the agency.