Clare works with a lot of organisations in helping them adapt to flexible ways of working and challenging biases about the meaning of flexible working.
Clare works at home and is a fan of it herself as well as helping others to build flexible work cultures.
In this Sunday Times article by Eithne Dunne on flexible working and working from home, Clare shares some of her thoughts such as
“Clare Mulligan, a business psychologist, says social isolation is probably the biggest challenge for homeworkers. Having worked in Dublin for 15 years, she moved back to her native Manchester two years ago.She travels to Dublin two or three times each month but does the bulk of her work from home.”
“For some homeworkers, the biggest draw is the autonomy when it comes to working hours.”
“If you’re an early bird and want to work at 7am, you can. Then you can do something else at noon. Or if you’re a night owl, you can sleep until 9am and then work a bit later,” says Mulligan.”
“That autonomy can be easier for freelancers or the self-employed, because those who work at home as part of an organisation may have to tie their hours in closely with those of their colleagues. Some homeworkers may think their employers or colleagues do not trust them to put in the hours at home.”
“You hear about employers who have tracked the number of keystrokes a homeworker makes over a certain period, or taken random screenshots to see exactly what they’re doing. Yet, with some people in an office, they’re there but not productive,” says Mulligan.”
