Published on 12, July, 2020
The government wants to help companies in city centres which have suffered during lockdown because they rely on office workers. It wants to get people back in the office, but 90% of people would like to continue working from home. I'm not sure what the answer to this is. It's already cost the country more than £100bn to pay furloughed staff, and so the government wants to get everyone back working in the towns and cities. I've been working from home during 2020/2021 but I would actually prefer to get off Zoom for good! But most people seem to prefer to want to be at home. I can totally understand that and I think they are right to not want to sped their entire lives commuting, which causes so many other problems. But what does that mean for our bustling towns and cities in the future and the local economy?
I'm not sure about other people on here but I worked in London everyday for a few years and now I think people are realising that there is no need to start commuting in and out of London all the time, especially if you live just outside of london because there aren't really any decent jobs unless you go into the city.
But now that all the companies have set up the infrastructure for remote working people aren't going to want to give that up especially of they have kids because now they have a better work/life balance, also commuting into london is very expensive if you don't live near an underground station, it cost me 5k a year just in train fairs. So people are saving a lot of money from that too, I could see people maybe going into the office once or twice a week but I think the majority of people are happier and more productive at home
I think you're spot on, O. To someone who lives in another part of the country, it can sound romantic when people say they work in London. But that's because they don't have to do it!
Fabianism - Socialist Implementation by Stealth rather than by Revolution.
Sounds perfect to me that's one of the reasons why I'm pursuing this
God bless Autism and impaired social interaction !
Bloody hell!
O said:To a ridiculous amount too in time if I can I will do contract work and work remotely and live somewhere else in the uk or even in a different country I can earn london wages with spanish cost of living
Yeah - I think you need the right mentality to work in London - but if you can earn nearly as much sitting on a beach - do it!
I have a software-engineer friend - he's off to Portugal.
u will then be competing with other online contractors who will undercut you unless you do a "blended" contract.
Desmond79 said:It's Class War by stealth.
What?
To a ridiculous amount too in time if I can I will do contract work and work remotely and live somewhere else in the uk or even in a different country I can earn london wages with spanish cost of living
It's Class War by stealth.
Yes - EVERYTHING is cranked up in London.
It's called Modern Monetary Theory.
Easily, it's not that you can't go out cheaply but you'll be in a sh!t part of town eating sh!t food drinking sh!t drinks.
I went out with my mum once just me and her and i bought her a cocktail and the ONE drink was £30 before we say down
£400 in drinks and food!??
I'm from London. I've lived in London, I've lived in Essex and in the midlands I can tell you that London is overrated and overpriced and that's from a londoner.
You can get the same 5 bed house in london for half the price in the east midlands and there are some nice places up there too and the jobs when you get into some more bigger cities are paying just slightly less than in London.
The cost of living in London is reserved only for those who make AT LEAST 100K a year and that's without a family if you have partner and ONE kid you really need 150k minimum