January 28, 2007 10:29 PM

To flex or not to flex
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 10:29 PM

This week's BostonWorks section of the Globe looks at flextime that didn't break the bank or end anyone's career.

For a long time, having a flexible work schedule hasn't been much of a career booster. You did it to grapple with life needs, and then contended with the raised eyebrows, wage penalties, and other downsides as best you could. Full time, full tilt was the norm.

But little by little, that bleak picture is changing. Flexibility is becoming more workable, and can even be part of a model of long-term career success. That's the clear take-home message from a Simmons College study of 400 professional women released this month that you can read at simmons.edu/som/docs/centers/insights_25.pdf .