This is another reason why working from home is a good thing - I was born and raised in a little town which pretty much wouldn’t have career prospects, but I was lucky enough to get a well paying career that lets me work remotely. I’m spending a good chunk of my money locally, which helps to keep people in jobs in my hometown. I know I’m just a tiny, tiny cog in a big complex machine, but it’s better than channeling yet more money into the big cities. And as a bonus for this little town, it gets to keep an opinionated locally grown weirdo!
Young people in England feel they must move for better opportunities
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Blake@feddit.uk 1 year ago
spacedogroy@feddit.uk 1 year ago
This is the most senseless thing about the RTO movement to me. We have a tiny country and, in software at least, jobs are centralised in a few major cities. There was an opportunity for people from all over to live wherever they choose and spend in their local areas, doesn’t the wealth throughout the country.
But nah, let’s go back to the office, the congested and overburdened roads, the noise and air pollution, the hours lost travelling. It’s hugely disappointing.
Blake@feddit.uk 1 year ago
It’s absolutely shocking to me how much effort the capitalist class is willing to expend for such a small amount of control. It should be a no-brainer for them: reduced overheads, reduced office costs, etc. I guess I’m surprised that the control is worth more to them than the profit.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
More than four in five 16- to 18-year-olds say they need to move from their areas for better opportunities, including more than 90% of those surveyed in the north-east, Yorkshire and the east of England.
A survey of 2,000 people carried out by the Social Mobility Foundation found that on average more than 85% felt they needed to leave.
Tom Brennan, 18, who lives in Ipswich, said: “To be honest, the biggest thing going for the town is its proximity to London.
Lisa Nandy, the shadow cabinet minister for international development, said young people were being forced “to get out to get on [as] the home towns they leave behind have suffered”.
She said young people “will no longer have to choose between home and family and seeking new opportunities” under Labour’s aim for the UK to achieve the highest sustained growth in the G7 which would “provide good jobs across the country”.
Lee Elliot Major, professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, said the findings were “extremely worrying”.
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Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 year ago
“If it was good enough for me…” - Dick Whittington
Compactor9679@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Since the 16th centry lol
tal@kbin.social 1 year ago
The two people concerned in the article both study computer science.
I'm not saying that there aren't benefits to being local, but generally-speaking, software development is one of the fields easiest to do remotely.
I'm not saying that companies are always open to that, but it can be made to work.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Come to Germany! We have great jobs here!
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Bilingual Brits? No chance.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Eh englisch is ok in many jobs, learning German is a learning by doing thing
IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 1 year ago
Come to the Netherlands then. I know plenty of expats who live here for more than a decade already who still can’t speak a word of Dutch. You can get by with English alone especially in the cities like Amsterdam. Even their kids have low Dutch language skills since they go to an international school. You can stay in an English bubble for your entire life if you want to.
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
We need visas now 😡
I tried to move to Helsinki, Munich or Hamburg to get out of London but nobody, even places way below what I’d already got in London, would sponsor me a visa
Blake@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Most British people aren’t going to be moving abroad - it’s much harder now due to Brexit. People will be moving from the small towns and villages into the cities.
obinice@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Any opportunities for us unskilled Brits who have EU passports? I’ve always wanted to live in Germany and learn the language <3
Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you have an EU passport you can do any unskilled job, though you’ll need to learn the language.