Regular attendance and punctuality are essential for the smooth operation of our company. We want you to enjoy coming to work to put in a rewarding full day’s work. Our office hours are from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday, unless otherwise arranged with your manager. We expect that you arrive for work hours at your desk or your work site, remember that early is on time and on time is late!

In Office Work Policy

Pacific West Mechanical values its staff and the contributions they make to the company on a day to day basis. Due to the dynamic nature of in office communication and the complexity of jobs that we deal with it has been determined that an in office work environment is the best fit for the continued development of our team and best outcomes for our clients.

There are a number of reasons in office work is the choice for Pacific West Mechanical, a few of them being:

• Ease of communication and defined structure;
• Access to resources and colleagues to collaborate with;
• Social connections in the workplace facilitates a collaborative work environment and improves workplace culture;
• Work life balance resulting from clarity of when work starts and when it stops. 
• Professional growth and development including more opportunities to learn from others about complex technical, business, or client situations;

Extraordinary or Unusual Circumstances

There may be extraordinary circumstances under which a temporary work from home arrangement may be appropriate. Approval of such circumstances is given on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the employee’s manager.

Procedure – Making a request

If an employee wants to make a request to temporarily work from home, they must make the request via email to their direct manager, giving as much notice as possible. The manager will evaluate the request and let the employee know if their request is approved or denied.

For clarity, employees are not able to work from home without approval, all requests are to be sent in writing and all requests are either approved or denied by their direct manager.