Northeners should move South

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Have you raised this?

Yep, so one week in four I work at home, I'll push it more and try to get 2.

[Viney]

So this means that house prices will fall even further up north, great news for when i move up there in a few years

Originally Posted by Grinch

A lot of the problem is companies insisting that you working in the office, like my job. I could do it anywhere in the world, but for some reason they need me in the office to man the phone... its a friggin IP phone, I could be in Japan for all they know. All the machines I look after are in France and Belgium, so why do I need to be here? I never go to meetings, maybe once a month. I could easy travel in for that... but no, I need to be in the office.
The silly thing is, as I work for a 'bank' one bomb could wipe us out, where as us all working at home means nothing could touch us.

This is exactly the situation in my job. It took 4 years and nearly the whole dept. seriously threatening to leave before they sorted it out. I now go to the office about 6 days a year, which suits me fine. The customers aren't even aware I'm at home most of the time and I get more done as I don't have people interrupting me every 5 minutes like I would in the office.

Ohh great, and theres me trying to persuade Treacle id be best to move down there with him, and he wants to move up here-we finally get it all agreed and then they bring this out! siigghhh, let the arguing commence again lol

Originally Posted by Grinch

Yep, so one week in four I work at home, I'll push it more and try to get 2.

Good stuff

[Luckypants]

Moving south is a nonsensical idea. I note that the think tank in question is claiming they never said 'move south' and are backpeddling rapidly!

My office is in Hursley (bit of a give-away who I work for ) and I have NEVER been there! I WFH 100% of the time, earn decent money and so enjoy a good life in N. Wales. My team has members across the globe and my customers are also global. It matters not where you sit, it matters what you can do!

For any think tank to suggest migrating to where 'knowledge jobs' are obviously do not understand the modern 'internet' age. The key is to have skills in country that are not available cheaper elsewhere. If these people are located in the cheaper north, they can afford to be paid slightly less and so be more competitive in a global job market.

[Biker Biggles]

But its grim oop north.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

But its grim oop north.

Not this North!

The only good thing bout up north is its further away from france.

I kind of struggle to see why they call Liverpool/Bradford NORTH, when they are about 2 hours to the SOUTH of here.

So quality of life is housing that you can't afford, beer that you can't afford, roads that you can't ride cos they're too busy coupled with almost daily stabbings.

Nah, I'll keep my 3 bedroomed house with MASSIVE garden (big enough to fit yet another house on), roads that are empty enough to ride on "properly", and oh yes not to forget my £1.25 per pint of John Smith's smooth in my local working mens club that costs me £6 per year membership. (At that price it pays for itself in one Sunday afternoon session).