#011 Treat Part-Timers Like Full-Timers
Those who work less don’t deserve less.
I promised to give you bite-sized ideas.
And yet, I feel some need a bit more explaining than others.
This doesn’t.
So, what’s the big idea?
Do the benefits your organisation offers apply to everyone in the organisation, or just full-timers?
Think training budgets, team events, learning events, drinks or meals, subsidies, incentives… the list goes on.
If the answer’s full-timers only, consider opening this up to everyone.
Why? Those who need to work flexibly are often those who need more support, not less. Plus it signals that you value everyone equally, no matter how often you see them.
Getting Started
🔍 Step 1: Run an audit of all of your informal and formal organisational benefits.
😉 Step 2: If it’s a short list, maybe consider adding some from our communal ideas list.
💸 Step 3: Check with your money person/people if it’ll break the bank to open up all benefits to all employees, if there’s a monetary cost associated. If it will, you could consider having the benefits accrue at a pro-rata rate.
🧶 Step 4: Roll out the good stuff to everyone. Let them know what they’re entitled to, and how to use it.
Conversation Starters
If you need some ways to open the conversation with peers, seniors or even your own internal dialogue, here are some things you could ask:
- What types of role do you have in your teams, and in what amounts? For example, 50% are full time, 30% part time and 20% casual.
- What impact would opening up team benefits to all have? You could think about this through traditional lenses of finance or time, or more human lenses like team happiness, engagement and health.
- What benefits or ways of providing value to your team already exist?
- Have you asked your team what they might like more / less of?
Going Further
Already have equal benefits for all your employees? Great! If you have some ideas for team benefits that are working well in your organisation, let me know in the comments or via email. I’d love to co-create a list of creative ideas from the Good Work community that go beyond money and time.
Good Work is a collection of bite-sized ideas and resources for organisations wanting to make work, well, more good.
We’re on a mission to catalogue ideas that organisations can use to become more sustainable, healthy and impactful, for both their teams and wider communities.
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