Working Hours at Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C)

Very flexible. At the APS level, you build flex time, which makes it easy to keep track of the hours you do & to take short amounts leave without having to apply.

Flexibility depends on team leaders/directors and current projects/workload. Grads are generally working overtime and accruing a lot of flex time. This can be great if you want to put this kind of "effort" in, but can be difficult to manage/navigate if you have other responsibilities and have to leave on time.

Allowed to start a bit late but with I could work through the night as that is my chronotype - After grad program will discuss later work

Very flexible - recognises that sometimes I will need to work from home. Facilitates working from home from interstate when necessary and taking flex days.

Not flexible enough for the work that I do. Could easily be 100% remote but limited to 1 day a week WFH

There is a real focus on work/life balance and I am regularly encouraged to take holidays.

I am able to work whatever hours suit myself and my team between 7am and 7pm. I have the flexibility to work from home, start early and finish early, or start later and finish later. I get a 1:1 flex balance for any hours I work over my standard hours which I can use as leave as it works for myself and the team.

The work hours depend on what Division you are in. The teams I have worked in have been respectful of my boundaries in terms of work hours. I know this isn't the case for all.

While there is often flexibility on paper, in practice, meetings will happen between 9 and 5 and it's in your interest to attend them, which does limit flexibility to an extent. Still, most managers I know tend to be as accommodative as they can.