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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
Remote working existed before the pandemic.
It saves companies money on office space.
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Originally posted by Whorty View Post
Indeed - I've been doing it since 2007 to varying degrees, with the last 4 years mostly WFH and very rarely going into an office."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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The thing I've noticed is that the management types - delivery manager, product owner and so on - like getting back to the office, even if it's just for one meeting every couple of weeks: not because they want to be able to control everyone (though there will be some like that) but, I think, because those who work in such roles tend to be the kind of people who like being with other people for its own sake.
Developers like myself, on the other hand, tend to be perfectly happy to stay at home sat at the computer and communicate with others over video or chat. No need for actual human contact when you have the InternetComment
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2 months and only 3 days in the office at current.
There is lots of benefit working from home but meeting your colleagues and socialising is useful too.
We do get together for big meetings about future planning.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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London, NY and Bay area firms are not going to continue paying top rates/salaries if the person on the end of an internet connection in (say) Surrey is producing similar quality work to the guy in Warsaw or Sofia.Comment
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Originally posted by TheDude View PostLondon, NY and Bay area firms are not going to continue paying top rates/salaries if the person on the end of an internet connection in (say) Surrey is producing similar quality work to the guy in Warsaw or Sofia.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostThe thing I've noticed is that the management types - delivery manager, product owner and so on - like getting back to the office, even if it's just for one meeting every couple of weeks: not because they want to be able to control everyone (though there will be some like that) but, I think, because those who work in such roles tend to be the kind of people who like being with other people for its own sake.
Developers like myself, on the other hand, tend to be perfectly happy to stay at home sat at the computer and communicate with others over video or chat. No need for actual human contact when you have the Internet
Hence the desire for larger houses I guess, and surges in country living.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by TheDude View PostLondon, NY and Bay area firms are not going to continue paying top rates/salaries if the person on the end of an internet connection in (say) Surrey is producing similar quality work to the guy in Warsaw or Sofia.
So you may as a company want to employ/use someone in Warsaw or Sofia rather than the UK or US, but if you are trying to get someone in a skills shortage area you won't have much of a choice.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
One of the things you have ignored is that there is currently a global shortage in IT professionals in certain areas. Also some companies due to security and regulation requirements can only use staff based in particular countries.
So you may as a company want to employ/use someone in Warsaw or Sofia rather than the UK or US, but if you are trying to get someone in a skills shortage area you won't have much of a choice.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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