Labor flexibility, or job sharing: Would you redistribute your responsibility and income?

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

Job sharing is already a reality. The current Spanish labor market is in full transformation, the recent tech boom has completely revolutionized the way we work, and there's a new generation of workers who are embracing it. However, among the disparity of existing profiles in companies, there is a generalized need among all of them: labor flexibility. This has caused companies to reinvent their models, in fact, about 6 out of 10 Spanish companies already allow flexible hours, although according to the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and Directors of Navarra, they recognize that only 17% have implemented it for all their employees.

This labor flexibility has given rise to new jobs that were not even imagined only a few years ago, such as crowd employment; it is about the use of an online platform by companies or workers where they contact other companies or workers to provide specific services or products in exchange for remuneration; casual work, which is not governed by schedules and are only hired to meet specific needs; and now job sharing.

The characteristics of 'job sharing'

The latter is the model that has revolutionized the European labor market. And, according to a study by the German consultancy Robert Half, 1 in 4 companies in Europe already offer this type of position, a figure that increases to 48% in the case of the United Kingdom. However, in Spain it is difficult to find companies that are already implementing it. Aware of this, IMF Business School has analyzed the characteristics that define this new way of working:

A team made up of two. So is. This new way of working requires two employees. Both will work side by side in all the tasks to be carried out.

One place In this new way of working the two employees share a single position with all that this entails: schedule, tasks, responsibilities ...

What happens to the salary? It is also shared. This distribution significantly increases the flexibility of employees, who can more easily reconcile their work and family life. As a negative counterpart, dividing the schedule can cause the salary to be reduced.

Two well differentiated modalities. Shared responsibility, they are equal and share all job responsibilities. Divided responsibility, those cases are the ones that are easiest to divide the project into specific tasks.

Good vibes, the key to success: this type of position only works when the two workers get along and there is an equal relationship, as well as an effective and regular communication.

For Carlos Martínez, President of IMF Business School, "The labor market is undergoing a transformation in all aspects and both companies and schools and universities are obliged to adapt to it and train employees capable of responding to these new demands For this reason, from IMF Business School we work and develop our programs with leading companies in each of the sectors."

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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