The issue for the employer is productivity; will their organisation will be as productive with everyone working from home and if it drops can they restructure/invest/train to get it back to where it was. While rent and rates etc are high they probably don't outweigh a well structured business model.
I completely agree that it's not sustainable for a couple in a one-bed apartment and if small children are in the mix it's a disaster.
The Irish Times: Bought a desk or a chair? Revenue rules out tax relief for home workers.
Bought a desk or a chair? Revenue rules out tax relief for home workers
Tax authority says laptops, desks and chairs not eligible for reliefwww.irishtimes.com
well if you are a technology company innovation is their bread and butter, innovation happens when you have teams of people working together and also people need to travel from one team to another in different countries. Innovation does not happen when everyone is sitting at home in isolation at a screen. There is not a neat compartmentalization of work into screen based and physical even more so in technology.I can't speak for Pharma (particularly where they may have physical plant) but this doesn't make any sense for US tech. I wonder what the primary source is.
well if you are a technology company innovation is their bread and butter, innovation happens when you have teams of people working together and also people need to travel from one team to another in different countries. Innovation does not happen when everyone is sitting at home in isolation at a screen. There is not a neat compartmentalization of work into screen based and physical even more so in technology.
Maybe for people who are merely consumers of technology WFH is not such a big issue.
Because I dont think it is the nirvana that alot of people think it is, it doesn't affect me personally either I am just expressing an opinion and giving the other side of the argument. I am highlighting the disadvantages to WFH but more specifically the enforced working from home, I know it is somewhat necessary now with the corona virus. However I think there is a danger in extrapolating forward this enforced WFH into the future and not giving proper consideration to the disadvantages. The disadvantages and costs are by and large being borne by the businesses themselves and not by workers therefore they are not adequately considering the problems down the road.So I'm just wondering, what it is that is bothering you? If you don't like it for yourself, fair enough - make a case to your employer as to why you should be an exception. But why are you so active trying to change other people's views yet not providing evidence for your own view? Is it the sector that you work in, or a personal experience, or a family member or friends? It would be interesting to know the background for your views.
PS it was discussed on Newstalk show at 10pm "Down to Business" with Bobby Kerr
Because I dont think it is the nirvana that alot of people think it is, it doesn't affect me personally either I am just expressing an opinion and giving the other side of the argument. I am highlighting the disadvantages to WFH but more specifically the enforced working from home, I know it is somewhat necessary now with the corona virus. However I think there is a danger in extrapolating forward this enforced WFH into the future and not giving proper consideration to the disadvantages. The disadvantages and costs are by and large being borne by the businesses themselves and not by workers therefore they are not adequately considering the problems down the road.
WRH will, hopefully, have a very positive impact on the rural/urban divide.
Only if you can get broadband!saviour of some rural Irish communities
Nearly every town and village can. It's not reasonable to expect to buy a 3000 sq.ft. house in the middle of nowhere for the same price as a one bedroom apartment in Dublin and expect the same access to services as that one bedroom apartment. The trade-off is space, privacy and comfort against access to shops, hospitals, broadband etc. That said we certainly need to ensure that every town and village, and city suburb, has good broadband access.Only if you can get broadband!
You'd be surprised how easily accessible are shops, hospitals and broadband outside of dublin.
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