On 24 July 2014 13:10, Louis Goff-Beardsley <[email protected]> wrote:
I think eventually the acceptance of remote working from UK companies will > drive up salaries in non-London roles. I remember telling several Manchester tech employers about 3 years ago the easiest way for Manchester to become a major European tech hub was not to rinse money out of the council or EU development funds or run workshops or any of that palaver: it was to match London rates. Lower rents and a more relaxed environment would act as major draws to talent, and better people build better companies. It would mean competing in a different way, but long-term it would lead to much more valuable businesses and an enrichment of the local talent pool on the commercial side (I think it's pretty rich already on the technical side). Several of them got quite angry with me. I definitely remember one pointing out the only reason they did business in Manchester was because of lower staff costs. Lovely. I agree with Louis on this one: I think remote working will increase and instead of seeing rates go down (as was the expectancy a few years ago with off-shoring), employers will want to "guarantee" quality by being prepared to pay for it. If you can earn £60k working from home on flexible hours, why would you want to spend 1-2 hours a day commuting and have to clock-watch when you're not feeling like coding? What I find odd though is many in the "craft" side of the industry are actively resisting this. I know several people in the XP community insist that remote working is "impossible" and that physical co-location is a "must" for quality software production. I'm not sure I believe them on this particular point. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
