Transurban boss says workers will leave companies without flexible hours

The boss of toll road giant Transurban has warned that employers will lose talented staff if they refuse to maintain some flexible working conditions after the pandemic passes.

He said governments and businesses offering workers flexible hours and the ability to work from home would not only ease the peak hour crush, but would be necessary to attract staff who faced spending even more of their lives in gridlock.“We’re saying that to retain top talent and get the best productivity going forward, we think that a level of flexibility is important,” Mr Charlton said.

A recent Transurban survey of 3000 people across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane found that 87 per cent expected to do most of their work in the office, but 70 per cent wanted to do so with flexible working hours. However, 41 per cent said either their employer was not intending to offer flexible hours or they did not know if it would be possible.

Transurban’s result was below market expectations, sending the group’s ASX-listed shares 2.7 per cent lower in early trade before recovering most of its losses to close 0.7 percent lower at $13.27.

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pwhatch Transurban is a giant leach on Australian productivity and a far bigger drag on the future prosperity of Australians

pwhatch This will be the case across the board in many companies where it is now clear that flexible working is actually just as productive if not more so (I.e. hire people you trust) and will save $ in premises in the process. They are going to be hard pressed to revive the CBD

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