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[STEMO]

What happened to that idea?

It's really hard for doctors and nurses to do that, and builders, waiters, waitresses, etc.. I'd wager more people are employed in "non-desk" jobs than are employed in desk jobs.

That said, even with desk jobs there has been a recent trend of ending home working as companies like HP and BT suddenly realised they were paying for very large offices that were almost always empty.. so instead of ditching the office, they told everyone to get their arses in to the office..

He types. From his desk. At home. 

Yes. Shouldn't you be working? 

[Doctor Gollum]

My Scottish run was August last year. Return journey took 24 hours, partly due to an 11 am ferry, so an earlier start than choice therefore requiring two sleep stops.

[Kevin Wood]

It's really hard for doctors and nurses to do that, and builders, waiters, waitresses, etc.. I'd wager more people are employed in "non-desk" jobs than are employed in desk jobs.

That said, even with desk jobs there has been a recent trend of ending home working as companies like HP and BT suddenly realised they were paying for very large offices that were almost always empty people to sit around in their pyjamas posting on car forums.. so instead of ditching the office, they told everyone to get their arses in to the office..

He types. From his desk. At home. 

FTFY.

[Doctor Gollum]

It's really hard for doctors and nurses to do that, and builders, waiters, waitresses, etc.. I'd wager more people are employed in "non-desk" jobs than are employed in desk jobs.

That said, even with desk jobs there has been a recent trend of ending home working as companies like HP and BT suddenly realised they were paying for very large offices that were almost always empty people to sit around in their pyjamas posting on car forums.. so instead of ditching the office, they told everyone to get their arses in to the office..

He types. From his desk. At home. In his pyjamas

FTFY.

Indeed

[aaronjb]

It's really hard for doctors and nurses to do that, and builders, waiters, waitresses, etc.. I'd wager more people are employed in "non-desk" jobs than are employed in desk jobs.

That said, even with desk jobs there has been a recent trend of ending home working as companies like HP and BT suddenly realised they were paying for very large offices that were almost always empty people to sit around in their pyjamas posting on car forums.. so instead of ditching the office, they told everyone to get their arses in to the office..

He types. From his desk. At home. 

FTFY.

Well, I'm dressed... so you must be talking about TB

[Lizzie Zoom]

So not 3.5 hours then TB

As for the rubbish about trains and cars both being Victorian...

First railed transport is from ancient times.  Steam at turn of 19C, and mainstream pre Victorian.

First car, turn of 20C, mainstream during the reign of our current monarch.

Indeed, the earliest evidence of a form of rail (parallel stone rails) is from 2,245BC in Ancient Babylon.  The earliest evidence of wheels being used for transport, such as chariots, goes back to Ancient Egypt in around 3,000 BC, and elsewhere such as Ancient Greece and what we now know as China at about the same time. So both were around during Victorian Britain, when both forms of transport were dramatically brought up to date with fast trains and the invention of the internal combustion engine.

But the heyday of the railways were at the end and beginning of the 20th century, with the most romantic and technically advanced period in the 1930's.  As you know the car has developed at some pace to date, with now an end of the internal combustion engine in sight, but with rail transport heading the same way.  Both are essentially a "Victorian" development with there own 'modern' technical versions coming forth.  Both early cars and lorries were driven by steam!  Remember also that both the very early steam railway engines and motor cars, along with the early planes, were also classed as "a novelty" and without a real future.

What we see today is most certainly 20th century developments of both forms of transport, which are now taking on 21st century technology.  The race is on for one to secure a place as the key mover of people and goods in this century, with the 'loser' relegated to a form of local / back up transport.  As others, and I, have said the Golden Age of motoring is past, but I would concede that perhaps there is no Golden Age of the Railways to come!!  That will be down to the people of the future to decide in their willingness to invest and develop transport for the needs of the late 21st century. 

[TheBoy]

What happened to that idea?

It's really hard for doctors and nurses to do that, and builders, waiters, waitresses, etc.. I'd wager more people are employed in "non-desk" jobs than are employed in desk jobs.

That said, even with desk jobs there has been a recent trend of ending home working as companies like HP and BT suddenly realised they were paying for very large offices that were almost always empty.. so instead of ditching the office, they told everyone to get their arses in to the office..

He types. From his desk. At home. 

BT lacks enough office space.  I think the lack of home working is a company wide trust issue.  And probably some good evidence to suggest that's partly true...   ...I was trying to book a slot in some bint's calendar the other day, but it was chokka with hair appointments, coffee mornings and dog walking.

As always, those that take the piss ruin it for everyone.


Having also spent 10yrs at HP, that is a combination of American culture and trust.



I can do my job from anywhere. And indeed have done whilst supposedly holidaying abroad.  Though the technology department at BT thinks the world ends on the Eastern coast of the Orwell...

[TheBoy]

It's really hard for doctors and nurses to do that, and builders, waiters, waitresses, etc.. I'd wager more people are employed in "non-desk" jobs than are employed in desk jobs.

That said, even with desk jobs there has been a recent trend of ending home working as companies like HP and BT suddenly realised they were paying for very large offices that were almost always empty people to sit around in their pyjamas posting on car forums.. so instead of ditching the office, they told everyone to get their arses in to the office..

He types. From his desk. At home. 

FTFY.

Well, I'm dressed... so you must be talking about TB

I was in Londonium all day, so was most definitely dressed.

[Shackeng]

Doncha just love the thread drifts on this forum.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Doncha just love the thread drifts on this forum.

This is almost as good as a White Goods thread! 

[STEMO]

Doncha just love the thread drifts on this forum.

This is almost as good as a White Goods thread! 

I'm thinking of getting a new microwave, but it will probably be black.

[Kevin Wood]

Doncha just love the thread drifts on this forum.

This is almost as good as a White Goods thread! 

I'm thinking of getting a new microwave, but it will probably be black.

Black ones are faster, as someone used to say...

[Viral_Jim]

I can do my job from anywhere. And indeed have done whilst supposedly holidaying abroad.  Though the technology department at BT thinks the world ends on the Eastern coast of the Orwell...

I didn't realise you were a BT bod, great guy in my team defected back to their internal audit dept from us back in July. He home works about 60% and then spends the rest of his time in various random properties that have more or less no one in them.

[Rods2]

I enjoy working from home where my long stressful commute is from my lounge, through my hall into my study/office. The insurance broker I do a lot of work for, about 2 years a go installed a VOIP phone system at home and at the houses of the staff that work for him, and closed his office, which has reduced his costs and boosted his profits. Internet based service companies make distributed working at home viable. With many other businesses you have no choice but to have a common place of work for everybody.

I haven't driven to London for years as I find the train quicker and easier and I try and arrange meetings so I rarely need to travel at peak times.

[aaronjb]

I didn't realise you were a BT bod, great guy in my team defected back to their internal audit dept from us back in July. He home works about 60% and then spends the rest of his time in various random properties that have more or less no one in them.

Maybe he saw the writing on the wall (You know what I mean, I'm sure! But it's probably not for open forum)