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james_s:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 17, 2020, 10:09:22 pm ---I think people are more worried about the long term health effects, more than deaths now.

The fertility rate is below the replacement rate in many western countries and it will become that way in many developing countries, in the near future, so we're in for more of a population crash, than overpopulation.

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It will take 60-100 years before that really starts to be noticeable. It is going to be an unpleasant but very necessary adjustment, at over 7 Billion and growing there are way too many humans and nature is going to make some adjustments since we have not. The earth cannot sustain anywhere near that many people at a typical Western standard of living. What we have now is simply not sustainable, with any system that relies on infinite expansion on a finite planet it's ultimately going to be time to pay the piper.

Also a lot could happen between now and then. We could easily have one or more major world wars, nations could collapse or be conquered, there is a non-zero chance of some major world restructuring and/or catastrophic events that could completely change the course.

james_s:

--- Quote from: coppice on July 17, 2020, 11:29:17 pm ---Have you considered paying them well? Recruitment never seems to be a problem when the price is right, as attested by your ability to find contractors.  :)

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Or offer other perks. My employer doesn't pay all that great, but they offered flexible hours, work from home even prior to Covid, "unlimited" PTO which means essentially that as long as your work gets done you can just take time off whenever you need it. All in all it's been a very low stress environment where I'm given a tremendous amount of freedom to manage myself, own my areas and handle them as I see fit. When I first joined it sounded rather chaotic but being generally self motivated it has been a really good fit for me and quite a few other smart people.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 18, 2020, 12:05:28 am ---Or offer other perks. My employer doesn't pay all that great, but they offered flexible hours, work from home even prior to Covid, "unlimited" PTO which means essentially that as long as your work gets done you can just take time off whenever you need it.
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Altium used to have free food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), make your own hours, free gym membership, free car washing, free concierge errand service (i.e. get someone to go to the shop to buy something for you etc) and other stuff. Still couldn't get staff because of the shitty location, probably the worst spot in Sydney for a tech company.

bd139:

--- Quote from: coppice on July 17, 2020, 11:29:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 17, 2020, 09:16:00 pm ---Software (business/financial) market is fine here in UK. In fact we can't get anyone and have had to hire in a shit load of contractors.  :--

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Have you considered paying them well? Recruitment never seems to be a problem when the price is right, as attested by your ability to find contractors.  :)

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Our pay is top notch plus we have the best bonus and pension contribution scheme in the entire industry. The issue is we’re not Facebook or Google and the location isn’t central London and it’s not a trendy startup or big brand name so we have to compete with a lot of companies that tick those boxes.

paulca:
UK sees spike in IT job advertisements as lockdown eases

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53438262

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