flexi
flexi — noun
1. A system at a workplace that lets employees choose their own start and finish ti
A system at a workplace that lets employees choose their own start and finish times each day, while still working the total number of hours required over a week or month.
Yael's company offers flexi, so she starts at 7 a.m. and leaves early on Fridays.
flexi as an uncountable noun for the system
The school introduced flexi hours for staff with young children.
collocation: flexi hours
Henrik switched to flexi so he could cycle to work after the morning traffic cleared.
Under the new flexi schedule, employees can arrive any time between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.
The HR department set up a flexi policy with core hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- flextime
American English equivalent; refers to the same type of work schedule.
- flexitime
Full form of 'flexi'; slightly more formal and more common in official HR documents.
- flexible working
Broader term that can also include remote work or compressed hours, not just start/finish time choice.
- fixed hours
A schedule where all employees must start and finish at the same time every day.
文法句型
flexi + noun (attributive use)
used without article in generic sense
用法筆記
Common in British English workplace conversations; in American English the equivalent term is usually 'flextime' or 'flexible schedule'. Flexi is nearly always used as an uncountable noun ('have flexi', 'offer flexi') or attributively before another noun ('flexi hours', 'flexi schedule').