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shmmeee · Aug 27, 2020

Grendel said:
we are far more wfh than Europe on this though aren’t we?

What’s that got to do with anything? Why should we care what other countries are doing? And last I checked Sweden started from a base WFH of something ridiculous like 30%

skybluetony176 · Aug 27, 2020

shmmeee said:
What’s that got to do with anything? Why should we care what other countries are doing? And last I checked Sweden started from a base WFH of something ridiculous like 30%

All the Scandinavian countries do. Work life balance is one of the major factors why they always rank top of the UN‘s world happiness table and working from home is a big part of that.

Sick Boy · Aug 27, 2020

Grendel said:
we are far more wfh than Europe on this though aren’t we?

Wow Britain has now become a continent in its own right.

skybluetony176 · Aug 27, 2020

Sick Boy said:
Wow Britain has now become a continent in its own right.

It’s a big assumption either way

Here's how age and region affects working from home in Europe

The Netherlands has the highest share of workers who say they usually work from home.

www.weforum.org

fernandopartridge · Aug 27, 2020

Evo1883 said:
Great opportunity for companies to save money on office space and work from home now in all seriousness, some smaller companies could save a fortune in rent etc

Good for families aswell, positives all round

Good for the environment, good for local economies.
It's bad news for the property speculators hence the big push grim the right wing press. Fuck them.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Aug 28, 2020

fernandopartridge said:
Good for the environment, good for local economies.
It's bad news for the property speculators hence the big push grim the right wing press. Fuck them.

I agree. They're talking about the death of High Streets (which began long before this) but ignoring the local community shops that will have been doing better.

IMO would be far better to reconsider city centre's/CBD's as less as the business hub and more like a new housing development but with a few more visitors for historic bits/museums/entertainment etc. Lose a lot of the retail/office space in exchange for residential development with smaller shops at ground floor level to serve the residents with some larger shops as well as restaurants and cafes for the extra footfall.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Aug 28, 2020

chiefdave said:
This is interesting. About how the different generations earnings compare to their parents. Its the US but I wouldn't be surprised if it was similar here.

The Decline of Upward Mobility in One Chart

Each generation of Americans has historically earned more than their parents, but declining upward mobility is putting this growth at risk.

www.visualcapitalist.com

Some of it in the early years will be due to spending longer in education than their parents but the days of a decent wage for unskilled work are gone.

chiefdave · Aug 28, 2020

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
I agree. They're talking about the death of High Streets (which began long before this) but ignoring the local community shops that will have been doing better.

This is a chance to reset and look for a better way of doing things but the highest priority for the government seems to be ensure landlords can continue to charge for huge city centre rents and the likes of Pret and Costa continue to make a fortune.

Shows once again just how fragile our economic system. Seems like those making the big decisions would rather risk the whole house of cards come crashing down than risk the money not flowing to the top in ever increasing amounts.

Perfectly summed up by two articles, both on the BBC site today.

Coronavirus: Campaign to encourage workers back to offices

It follows warnings that city centres could become "ghost towns" if more staff do not return.

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: 'Nine in 10 would continue working from home'

An academic report suggests the majority of people working from home are as productive, if not more.

www.bbc.co.uk

wingy · Aug 30, 2020

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Deleted member 4439 · Sep 16, 2020

Just picking on some of the earlier posts, I've just been reading a piece around the 50th anniversary of Paranoid's release this Friday.

“In those days, the working person’s mentality went like this,” shared Osbourne in his 2010 memoir I Am Ozzy. “You got what little education you could, you found an apprenticeship, they gave you a shit job, and then you took pride in it even though it was a shit job. And then you did that same shit job for the rest of your life. Your shit job was everything.”

Yup, that seemed to be how it was for me.

Deleted member 4439 · Sep 16, 2020

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
but the days of a decent wage for unskilled work are gone.

It's where my sympathies lie for today's young and middle-aged. Mind you, the pay and security didn't always make up for having a shit job nonetheless!

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