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flexecutive (flecks.EK.yoo.tiv) n. An executive or professional whose hours and place of work are flexible.

Example Citation:
"Against the Panglossian declarations of Third Wave theorists, who promise the empowerment as we all become telecommuting 'flexecutives' with virtual offices, a 'new class of migratory brain workers' with unchecked total quality entrepreneurial gusto, Meyer offers a sobering dose of reality."
—Tom Vanderbilt, "An Outplacement In the Sun," Voice Literary Supplement, October 10, 1995

Earliest Citation:
The pundits call them "flexecutives" because, with the widespread use of faxes and computers in the '80s, they are flexible enough to live where they choose and remain hooked into the economic mainstream.
—Corrie M. Anders, "Aging baby boomers tempt real estate investors," The San Francisco Examiner, October 23, 1994

Related Words:
clockless worker
flex place
flexicurity
ghost work
homepreneur
hot desk
hotelling
job spill
off-the-clock
office-free
sunlighting
telework
teleworkaholic syndrome
undertime
virtual manager
zero drag

Subject Category:
Business - Employees

Posted on August 16, 2000 at 4:19 PM
Updated on July 29, 2002 at 4:19 PM


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