Employees and supervisors should consider the following reflection questions prior to conversations about flexible work arrangements:

Flexible Work Arrangement Reflection Questions:

1. As you think about working remotely over the past year, what has worked well and what has been a challenge? 
2. What impact has the team’s remote status had on productivity? Customer service? Commitment to the mission of UT and the college? Other outcomes?
3. What processes or routines in your department/unit would benefit from on-campus work? 
   • i.e., financial closes, events, mailings, weekly check-ins, building community and relationships, etc.
4. What are the essential functions of your specific position? 
5. Which of these functions require an employee’s presence on campus on a daily or routine basis? Why or why not? 
6. How, if at all, does working from home compromise each essential function?  
7. Do you have the necessary equipment and technology support to optimally complete essential functions within a hybrid model?  
8. Does your position allow for effective supervision analogous to on-campus work?   
9. Does your position have a minimal or flexible need for specialized materials or equipment available only on campus?
10. Put yourself in your supervisor’s role. What concerns can you imagine they have about a remote/ hybrid work schedule? 
11. Put yourself in your teammate’s role. What concerns can you imagine they have about a remote/ hybrid work schedule? 
12. What does success looks like under a new FWA agreement?
13. If planning to work remotely on a routine basis, how can impromptu meetings be handled on off-campus days?
14. If planning to work remotely on a routine basis, how can occasional in-person meeting needs on off-campus days be handled? 
15. If approved for hybrid work, what would a M-F schedule look like to meet the needs of the position and/or the needs of the team at large? 
16. Describe your daily routine and work processes for off-campus days.
17. Which applications will be used for communication, such as: chat, messaging, teleconference, and/or video conference.
18. How and when will you check-in and give/receive candid feedback on flexible work arrangements?