Whilst I like home working, it definitely benefits the middle classes and those in traditionally “professional jobs” more than it does the working class.
It’s equally resulted in house price inflation in poorer areas, as middle manager types escape the cities into the countryside.
So whilst in think remote working is overall a benefit to society, let’s not pretend it’s some great equaliser.
And that’s why he sneers. Mogg, Johnson and the rest of the Tory overlords don’t want equality, they want feudalism.
First he wanted people to go to offices to prop up his property and hospitality empire, then he wants to fire civil servants, so they can be replaced by contractors from one of his corporations he invested in? Am I getting this right?
I’m not going back to the fucking office. End of story.
I think Australia is another country desperate to get people back into the cities.. sorry.. the offices.
Fact is for everyone who can work from home, there’s simply no reason to ever work in an office again except by personal choice. It’s just not needed.
I’ve seen this first hand in Edinburgh, as a Software Engineer. My company was benchmarking to Edinburgh salaries, and were doing pretty well. But recruiters kept pitching me “UK-remote” roles from London based offices, so I got myself a nice 43% raise with extra holidays for the same level role.
Truth be told, I prefer working in the office, I like the work/life seperation. But the remote-friendly companies are offering too much for me to stay working for any company that isn’t competing for the national talent pool, including London.
It’s great for me personally, but I worry about housing prices being driven up, pricing out the lower-income workers. If too many yuppies move to cheap towns, we’ll screw over the locals unintentionally.
It also helps us meet environment targets. Wasting energy moving from one place to another to do the exact same job that could have been done without moving is a total waste of time and energy.
Does JRM have any noteable skills or experience that lend credence to his opinion anyway?
I know nothing of him to suggest he’s worth listening to.
I’m never stepping foot in an office again. This government is composed of thieving, selfish dinosaurs. I wish only the worst upon them.
That is why he is looking to cut civil servant jobs following his tantrum on them home working.
It will change the social make-up of some Tory constituencies. Adding a lot more working people basically.
I’m sure the working class people in poorer areas with cheap housing will be thrilled to be as equally as expensive as London.
I think the logic in the article is completely wrong. WFH makes the country MORE unequal as those on generally higher salaries are now benefiting from not having the time/cost expense of commuting. In turn, public transport which those on lower incomes are likely to be more dependent on, will suffer from fewer travellers are could in turn suffer from cuts to services.
Finally, fewer people in offices means fewer jobs in retail, food service, cleaning etc. which again are generally performed by those on lower incomes.
Don’t get me wrong, there are huge benefits from WFH, but tackling inequality isn’t one of them.
I’ve got health issues and autism/adhd. I’ve not been able to work for 20 years. I now have a remote full time job I love. My daughter who is also agoraphobic and asd has also got a job there too. This just wouldn’t have been possible without remote working.
A lot of the older generation just can’t get their heads around it being a good thing, annoyingly. I had the displeasure of watching the Richard Madeley ghoul interview an MP yesterday morning and he just went off on a rant about “When are we going to make civil servants get back to work? In my day if we asked for two days working from home you’d get a P45!”. Like his experience working as a journalist is at all relevant to jobs that 100% can be done from home. Utter troglodyte.
I work with someone who has mobility issues, autism and photosensitivity. Them being able to work from home has greatly improved their life.
Making it equal? Is that why house prices have shot up in my little village thanks to all the remote workers moving here? The locals have been priced out. People tell me I should be happy because I own my house so I’ve benefited from it. I don’t see it that way.
Let adults be adults and do what works best for them. If JRM wants to work in an office then he should be free to do so, as should those who wish to work fully from home or those who want a hybrid approach. I do not understand why we are still having this argument when the solution is so basic.
My work is trying to reduce WFH to one day a week, yeah mate I’m going to take 3 hours out of my day to work in a room full if noisy man children and get nothing done. Brilliant plan boomers.
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Whilst I like home working, it definitely benefits the middle classes and those in traditionally “professional jobs” more than it does the working class.
It’s equally resulted in house price inflation in poorer areas, as middle manager types escape the cities into the countryside.
So whilst in think remote working is overall a benefit to society, let’s not pretend it’s some great equaliser.
And that’s why he sneers. Mogg, Johnson and the rest of the Tory overlords don’t want equality, they want feudalism.
First he wanted people to go to offices to prop up his property and hospitality empire, then he wants to fire civil servants, so they can be replaced by contractors from one of his corporations he invested in? Am I getting this right?
I’m not going back to the fucking office. End of story.
I think Australia is another country desperate to get people back into the cities.. sorry.. the offices.
Fact is for everyone who can work from home, there’s simply no reason to ever work in an office again except by personal choice. It’s just not needed.
I’ve seen this first hand in Edinburgh, as a Software Engineer. My company was benchmarking to Edinburgh salaries, and were doing pretty well. But recruiters kept pitching me “UK-remote” roles from London based offices, so I got myself a nice 43% raise with extra holidays for the same level role.
Truth be told, I prefer working in the office, I like the work/life seperation. But the remote-friendly companies are offering too much for me to stay working for any company that isn’t competing for the national talent pool, including London.
It’s great for me personally, but I worry about housing prices being driven up, pricing out the lower-income workers. If too many yuppies move to cheap towns, we’ll screw over the locals unintentionally.
It also helps us meet environment targets. Wasting energy moving from one place to another to do the exact same job that could have been done without moving is a total waste of time and energy.
Does JRM have any noteable skills or experience that lend credence to his opinion anyway?
I know nothing of him to suggest he’s worth listening to.
I’m never stepping foot in an office again. This government is composed of thieving, selfish dinosaurs. I wish only the worst upon them.
That is why he is looking to cut civil servant jobs following his tantrum on them home working.
It will change the social make-up of some Tory constituencies. Adding a lot more working people basically.
I’m sure the working class people in poorer areas with cheap housing will be thrilled to be as equally as expensive as London.
I think the logic in the article is completely wrong. WFH makes the country MORE unequal as those on generally higher salaries are now benefiting from not having the time/cost expense of commuting. In turn, public transport which those on lower incomes are likely to be more dependent on, will suffer from fewer travellers are could in turn suffer from cuts to services.
Finally, fewer people in offices means fewer jobs in retail, food service, cleaning etc. which again are generally performed by those on lower incomes.
Don’t get me wrong, there are huge benefits from WFH, but tackling inequality isn’t one of them.
I’ve got health issues and autism/adhd. I’ve not been able to work for 20 years. I now have a remote full time job I love. My daughter who is also agoraphobic and asd has also got a job there too. This just wouldn’t have been possible without remote working.
A lot of the older generation just can’t get their heads around it being a good thing, annoyingly. I had the displeasure of watching the Richard Madeley ghoul interview an MP yesterday morning and he just went off on a rant about “When are we going to make civil servants get back to work? In my day if we asked for two days working from home you’d get a P45!”. Like his experience working as a journalist is at all relevant to jobs that 100% can be done from home. Utter troglodyte.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQjw0m40f4 The latter half of this interview
I work with someone who has mobility issues, autism and photosensitivity. Them being able to work from home has greatly improved their life.
Making it equal? Is that why house prices have shot up in my little village thanks to all the remote workers moving here? The locals have been priced out. People tell me I should be happy because I own my house so I’ve benefited from it. I don’t see it that way.
Let adults be adults and do what works best for them. If JRM wants to work in an office then he should be free to do so, as should those who wish to work fully from home or those who want a hybrid approach. I do not understand why we are still having this argument when the solution is so basic.
My work is trying to reduce WFH to one day a week, yeah mate I’m going to take 3 hours out of my day to work in a room full if noisy man children and get nothing done. Brilliant plan boomers.