Comments on: Job tax?: new workplace parking levy gets go ahead http://www.gematech.com/blog/2009/09/18/job-tax-new-workplace-parking-levy-gets-go-ahead/ Changing the way we work Mon, 02 May 2011 08:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: admin http://www.gematech.com/blog/2009/09/18/job-tax-new-workplace-parking-levy-gets-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-283 admin Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:03:03 +0000 http://www.gematech.com/blog/?p=249#comment-283 Clearly not all jobs are suitable for remote working. I certainly don't see shop assistants working from home! How many people actually need to go to the council offices for services from them? They only choose to be in the town centres because that is where the offices have <em>always</em> been. Clearly they need to be there for registrations eg. births, deaths and marriages. But what about the people who are not customer facing? There are pleanty of back office staff who could perform their jobs more cost effectively from another location... Clearly not all jobs are suitable for remote working. I certainly don’t see shop assistants working from home!

How many people actually need to go to the council offices for services from them? They only choose to be in the town centres because that is where the offices have always been. Clearly they need to be there for registrations eg. births, deaths and marriages. But what about the people who are not customer facing?

There are pleanty of back office staff who could perform their jobs more cost effectively from another location…

]]> By: shaun Hollingworth http://www.gematech.com/blog/2009/09/18/job-tax-new-workplace-parking-levy-gets-go-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-262 shaun Hollingworth Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:17:40 +0000 http://www.gematech.com/blog/?p=249#comment-262 "However if the scheme does take off then it strengthens the argument for allowing widespread remote working for jobs" Shelve stacking by remote control ? Serving customers by remote control ? Making things in a factory by remote control ? If the councils advocate such workings, why do they have their offices in the town or city center with loads of employees and enormous car parks ? Most of what they do, could be done this way I think. “However if the scheme does take off then it strengthens the argument for allowing widespread remote working for jobs”

Shelve stacking by remote control ? Serving customers by remote control ?

Making things in a factory by remote control ?

If the councils advocate such workings, why do they have their offices in the town or city center with loads of employees and enormous car parks ? Most of what they do, could be done this way I think.

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