Our vision for the Flex Index

Our vision is to provide a single source of truth on workplace flexibility for every company worldwide.

Every company has a stance on workplace flexibility. But few companies make their office requirements public, and every company describes their flexible work policy differently. There are numerous stakeholders who benefit from bringing these office requirements to light.

The Flex Index today covers 100M employees across 4,425 companies.

Who is the Flex Index for?

Job seekers

that want to know what a company’s office requirements are

Employers

that want to highlight their workplace flexibility to prospective hires

Journalists

that need a reliable data source on trends in company office requirements

Researchers

focused on the “future of work” and how evolving workplace flexibility will impact many parts of how we live and work

Terminology we use

Fully remote

Organization does not have offices; all employees work remotely.

Employee's choice

Each employee can choose how often (or never) to come to the office.

Specific days a week

There are specific days of the week employees must come to the office.

Minimum days per week

There is a minimum number of days employees must come to the office each week.

Minimum % of the time

There is a minimum % of time that employees must be in the office.

Full time in office

Employees are expected to be in the office full time.

METHODOLOGY

Company office requirements are generated through a combination of online surveys and manual entry of publicly available information. All surveys must be submitted by an employee of the company with an accompanying work email address to verify their employment.

Once a company is posted, we reach out to executives at the company informing them that their company has been added and giving an opportunity to add or edit information.

The topline office requirements (the ones listed when searching for the company or as the headline on a company page) reflect the most common office requirements for corporate employees.

Companies can add detail to their company page to reflect job functions, roles, or geographies where there are different office requirements from the corporate policy. This includes opportunities for fully remote work, roles that are required to be fully on site, or other hybrid work arrangements.

HOW THE FLEX INDEX WORKS

We offer a number of different ways to filter search results:

By office requirements
By industry
By company size

Adding your company to the Flex Index takes 60 seconds. There are two ways to add your company depending on your role:

Short survey - For any company employee. This survey asks for only the most basic information about your company’s office requirements and takes one minute to complete.
Detailed survey - For company representatives that are familiar with more detailed aspects of the company’s policy. Company representatives will be asked for a work email address and Linkedin profile to verify each submission.

Company representatives can edit or verify their existing listing on their company page. We use the work email address and LinkedIn profile to verify each submission. Once a submission has been verified, the company's listing on the Flex Index will be updated to include a verified check mark.

PRESS / RESOURCES

When referencing the Flex Index, please do the following:

Cite data as “Flex Index ([Month], [Year])
Hyperlink to the Flex Index at flex.scoopforwork.com

Please email Rob@takescoop.com.

You can find the latest Flex Index research and insights here.

You can also subscribe to the Flex Index here for new research and insights as we publish.

If you are interested in conducting your own analysis please contact us at: Rob@takescoop.com.

What is Scoop?

Scoop is the fastest way to plan your next great office day. With Scoop, employees get more out of going in, with easily scheduled in-office days and invites. For HR and workplace leaders, Scoop provides insights on work location trends, office usage, and additional workplace solutions to get the most out of hybrid work.

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