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Chapter 3: Why Flexible Work Arrangements Are Not the Answer

Chapter 3 discusses today’s corporate response to these converging social forces, flexible work arrangements (FWAs), and examines why these point solutions are not delivering as expected—and, as a result, are not the solution we all hoped they would be.

“Instead of offering one-off flexible [work] arrangements geared towards working mothers, companies will recognize that all employees have times in their careers when they might want to decelerate — or accelerate — along the career track.”

—Barry Salzberg, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP