The need for research arose due to the rapid development of information technologies, robotization, digitization of business, economic, health (Covid-19), energy and other crises, as well as changes in the demographic structure of the workforce. These changes have led to the increasing application of various forms of flexible work arrangements, and special emphasis is placed on employees in the IT sector who, due to the nature of their work, have a greater possibility of application. The work aims to examine the level of application of different types of flexible work arrangements according to Cranet research methodology and perceptions according to Startit research on a sample of 146 highly educated millennials who belong to the private IT sector in the Republic of Serbia. The results indicate that flexi-time records the highest level of application, that teleworking during the Covid-19 pandemic records the highest level of application by comparing before, during and after the pandemic, as well as that employees are comfortable with this way of working, but there are also certain problems when applying such that loneliness occurs while working from home, more precisely that they miss their colleagues, that employees have to take care of children and work more than before. To solve the mentioned problems, IT companies must adapt various forms of flexible work arrangements to establish a balance between work and private life and positively influence on attitudes and behaviors of young employees.

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