Match Each of the Following Scenarios with the Flexible Work

question 82

Multiple Choice

Match each of the following scenarios with the flexible work arrangement it illustrates.
-​telecommuting

• A)Diego, an accountant, doesn't mind working long days and really likes 3-day weekends.He works Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, so that he has every Friday off yet still works 40 hours a week.
• B)Svetlana, an electrician, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, every odd week, and Monday through Thursday, 10 hours a day, every even week.
• C)​Gustav, an Alaskan crab fisherman, is paid a premium salary to work 5 weeks straight without a day off, followed by 2 weeks of paid vacation.
• D)George and Jerry work as bellboys at a fancy hotel.George works from 8 am to noon Monday through Friday, and as soon as he leaves, Jerry arrives and works at the same position from noon to 4, such that each of them works a 20-hour week.
• E)​Liza, a journalist, works Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day, like at a normal job.However, she works from 8 am to noon, takes four hours off, then finishes her work day by working 4 pm to 8pm.
• F)​Boris, a content developer, can do the entirety of his job from any place that has an internet connection.He does not come into the office at all and does all of his work from home.

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