You Work in the Air Filter Manufacturing Business

question 28

Multiple Choice

You work in the air filter manufacturing business. Your division is made up of three other people with very different biographical characteristics. Gina is 27 years old, single and female. She has been with the company only six months. Jonathan is 63 years old and a widower who has been with the company for thirty years. Sally is a single mother with four children who has been with the company for five years.
-Based on the information given, which employee would you expect to most desire the option to telecommute or arrange a more flexible work schedule?

• A) All these employees would have the same desire for these options.
• B) Jonathan
• C) Sally
• D) Gina
• E) Gina and Sally

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