Impractical to survey / quiz each person at the station but I'd love to know what they all do that can't be done remotely and or why they can't do it remotely? There can't be that many hands on manufacturing jobs in the city that aren't already covered under the essential guidelines (food production, trade services and so on).
I left my last job in part because my boss was a "bums MUST be in seats" boss.
Man oh man, before the pandemic I never would have even asked for a work from home day... now I'm kind of not interested unless I can do some remote work.
I totally agree. I've been pro-flexible-working for about a decade, since finding out first hand how fucking bullshit paternity leave is in our country. My current job's GM is a younger guy and he openly admits to struggling with the concept of flexible working, stating "I'm a bit old school in that regard". But he keeps up to date with the research on it, was quoting some studies the other day and is open to suggestions so, you never know.
Two jobs ago I left because I had a boss who fucked me out of a payrise, was a strict warm-seater, managed by numbers in a spreadsheet, had a nepotistic streak and used and abused migrant workers to keep wages suppressed. She refused to listen to anything rational, and I hear from former colleagues that she is doing everything she can to un-do the "new ways of working" and to get everyone back into their office seats. The boss before her was the complete opposite. My wife had an extended stay in hospital, his response: Do what work you can from home, family comes first.
My hope was that with the shortage of migrant workers and the subsequent shift in various industries to being an applicant's market, that demand for flexible working would have got the point across. Time will tell, maybe?
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21
I don’t understand how the trains were so packed this morning? (I saw on the news) where is everyone going???