Norman Same, director of Australia based knp solutions, feels that lay offs are not the best idea during a recession, as it can adversely affect the brand equity of an organization the job market, once the economy comes out of the temporary slump. It was in this context, that Mr. Same thinks that job sharing, has been catching up in the Australian Job market.
What is job sharing?
Job sharing is a concept in which two or more employees share the same job by working a part of the time in a week. In this concept, the total work done by two employees would be equivalent to the work done by an employee in the normal course.
Incidentally, there are companies which are dedicated specifically for providing advisory services to companies on job sharing. Job sharing Resources, a company based in Merrick, New York is one of them.
While job sharing was considered to be an option which comes under the work-life balance policy of a company, of late, this concept is been used by employers to tackle the recession. By using job sharing, the company need not cut down on manpower. Instead they can club two people to do the job of a single person. The challenges in this process involve finding two candidates with same skill set and willingness to share a job. But then many employers are giving an option for candidates to opt this scheme. By using this scheme, employees can keep in touch with their skill, without losing their job, and wait till the economy to come out of slump. Once the economy revives, the employees can resume their normal schedule of work.
But the question to be asked here is that, will job sharing work as a good option in a country like India?
There are various challenges in implementing a job sharing program. The two candidates should be able to coordinate between themselves to complete the work efficiently. The employees should be aware of what part of the job each one is suppose to do and the responsibility matrix should be well defined. Else it leads to chaos and lack of motivation and dissatisfaction.
Another problem is in other employees to be aware of who’s in charge at a particular point of time. This will help them to coordinate with the respective member on schedule.
The benefits like medical benefits can be given as an option to the employees under job share with options. For example, the employee can be given an option to choose between some benefits so that the total cost for the job, remains the same.
More information on job sharing and its nuances are widely available in the public domain. However the scope of this article is to give a brief idea on the concept of job sharing.
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/jobsharing/a/job_sharing.htm
A link about work life balance:
http://www.fordfound.org/archives/item/0299/text/6
What is job sharing?
Job sharing is a concept in which two or more employees share the same job by working a part of the time in a week. In this concept, the total work done by two employees would be equivalent to the work done by an employee in the normal course.
Incidentally, there are companies which are dedicated specifically for providing advisory services to companies on job sharing. Job sharing Resources, a company based in Merrick, New York is one of them.
While job sharing was considered to be an option which comes under the work-life balance policy of a company, of late, this concept is been used by employers to tackle the recession. By using job sharing, the company need not cut down on manpower. Instead they can club two people to do the job of a single person. The challenges in this process involve finding two candidates with same skill set and willingness to share a job. But then many employers are giving an option for candidates to opt this scheme. By using this scheme, employees can keep in touch with their skill, without losing their job, and wait till the economy to come out of slump. Once the economy revives, the employees can resume their normal schedule of work.
But the question to be asked here is that, will job sharing work as a good option in a country like India?
There are various challenges in implementing a job sharing program. The two candidates should be able to coordinate between themselves to complete the work efficiently. The employees should be aware of what part of the job each one is suppose to do and the responsibility matrix should be well defined. Else it leads to chaos and lack of motivation and dissatisfaction.
Another problem is in other employees to be aware of who’s in charge at a particular point of time. This will help them to coordinate with the respective member on schedule.
The benefits like medical benefits can be given as an option to the employees under job share with options. For example, the employee can be given an option to choose between some benefits so that the total cost for the job, remains the same.
More information on job sharing and its nuances are widely available in the public domain. However the scope of this article is to give a brief idea on the concept of job sharing.
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/jobsharing/a/job_sharing.htm
A link about work life balance:
http://www.fordfound.org/archives/item/0299/text/6
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