Why ‘Flexible Work’ Still Feels Rigid to Your Employees

“Work whenever, wherever.”
Sounds freeing, right?

Except for many employees, flexible work still feels like the same old 9-to-5—with a slightly better background.

We’ve rebranded remote work as “flexible,” but what we’ve really done is transplant office expectations into people’s living rooms. And employees are noticing.

💻 You're Monitoring, Not Trusting
From mouse-trackers to daily check-ins, the message is clear: we don’t trust you to work unless we can see you. Flexibility becomes surveillance, and that’s not empowering—it’s exhausting.

🕘 Meetings Still Run the Day
If your “asynchronous” culture still demands everyone be online 9 to 6, jump into every Zoom, and reply to Slack messages instantly, it’s not flexibility. It’s digital presenteeism.