EssexGonzo
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Those who argue they can work at home all the time are also effectively admitting their jobs can be outsourced abroad, so anyone who argues that could end up regretting it.
That's a more niche argument than it once was. I work for a firm with a huge offshore arm in the usual places. The business case for offshoring roles as part of a contract bid is getting smaller and smaller. Controls, oversight, regulatory requirements, client preferences - they're all tough nuts to crack for offshoring roles, even more so with homeworking.
Also, offshoring to India is beginning to look like this: UK-based (London) role can now be performed £10k p.a. cheaper with substantial homeworking needing fewer desks. India roles and people don't lend themselves to homeworking quite as well due to more densely populated housing in general, cultural views about office working and (this is a fact about criminal gangs rather than the staff) risk and fraud management. The cost gap between the two is about to narrow significantly. Having one's customer data viewable in overseas living rooms is not a big draw for large financial services, telecoms and other clients.
No gobby ******* next door having a loud 2 hour conference call.
OMG - I'd almost forgotten about that. Operating in a hotdesk world, there was always a high likelihood if finding Mr/Ms Gob****e!