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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus

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paulca:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 18, 2020, 08:43:39 am ---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.

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Our company has resorted to "Shortage of skills Visas" and importing entire families from India.  Not something I fully support.  It artificially increases the labour force during the boom which can lead to problems when the inevitable bust comes.

bd139:
I dealt with Indian outsources for a few years. Yup. No thanks. Not to say there aren’t skilled folk out there but it’s difficult to get through the layers to find them.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 18, 2020, 09:16:15 am ---UK sees spike in IT job advertisements as lockdown eases

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

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That's hardly surprising, given more people shopping and working from home. There are always winners and losers. The government wants people to return to work by the start of August, but I suspect many employers will still want to keep remote working in place. It suits many people and social distancing will still be in force, which will mean it's illegal to cram as many people in an office, as it was before and many companies simply don't have enough space for everyone.


--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 18, 2020, 07:05:24 am ---
--- 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.

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Did they consider working from home, when possible?

coppice:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 18, 2020, 08:43:39 am ---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.

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A job being in Central London is a huge disadvantage. Nobody wants to work there, with all the commuting hassle. If you are out of London you have real advanatages. You seem to be making excuses.

coppice:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 18, 2020, 09:18:24 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 18, 2020, 08:43:39 am ---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.

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Our company has resorted to "Shortage of skills Visas" and importing entire families from India.  Not something I fully support.  It artificially increases the labour force during the boom which can lead to problems when the inevitable bust comes.

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Shortage of skills visas, and similar things like H1Bs in the US, are a fraud, unless they are used to deal with short term issues. The only thing there is a long term shortage of is rewards big enough to attract capable people into a field and keep them there.

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