48% Of Canada's Bosses Are Apparently Done With The 9-5 Grind & Let Staff Work When They Want

If you've got a job in Canada, there's a good chance that your boss is fine with you setting your own hours!

That's according to new research from business consulting firm Robert Half, who surveyed hundreds of Canadian workers and employees and found that the traditional ideas of working 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, have gone out of the window.

For instance, nearly half of senior managers interviewed said they let their workers choose when they work. Beyond that, 31% of those respondents said they don't mind if their employees work fewer than 40 hours a week as long as their work gets done.

According to the survey, you're more likely to get job flexibility if you work in a big company (with more than 1,000 employees) or you work remotely.

However, things are slightly different on the worker side! According to the employees who responded to the survey, 61% said that they need at least eight hours a day to get all the work done. And modern work is taking its toll, too — over half of respondents say they're on more video calls now than six months ago, even though employees overall feel like a third of that time is wasted.

Work is changing more plenty of Canadians these days, especially with the introduction of four-day workweeks. According to one township in Ontario — which has been trying it out for six months now — "everyone loves" the shift.