Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home

[sally037]

Nigel Farage has doubled down on his attack on remote and hybrid working, calling it “a load of nonsense” and saying people are only productive when working face-to-face in the office. He argues we need an “attitudinal change to hard work” rather than focusing on work-life balance.

AIBU for thinking this idea is just bonkers and totally at odds with how most of the workforce actually wants to work now?

I can only think it appeals to the "pull the ladder up" generation. Don't give two fucks about anyone else as long as they are comfortable or those that are unable to wfh and want everyone else to be as miserable as them.

Wtaf has it got to do with that knob? Baffling to me that there are people who actually support and agree with this idiot. I think business decisions are best left with the business owners, they probably know whats best fir their business!

@sally037 I think you are confusing Farage for a true politician.

He only says what he believes will get him elected, with no further thought of anything. None of Reform's policies stack up to any scrutiny, and Farage himself has a track record of disappearing once the result comes in (a la Brexshit). Should he ever be elected, I would fully expect him to disappear the following day as he knows he has no way to deliver anything.

The only reason to worry is because the electorate seems to buy in to his bullshit.

Oh yes ,there will definitely be something in it for him and his mates.

This!

I work from home three days a week. I’m physically disabled. Honestly there’s no jobs for people like me. I’m only in this position as I was already employed when I very suddenly lost my mobility. My employers gave been wonderful at accommodating my disability. There’s not many, if any that would employ me now in my position

And I'm guessing the people it would impact most are women who juggle their work life with school drop offs etc. Both DDs work from home as well as going into the office twice a week. They wouldn't be able to function if they had to spend every working day on a long commute into their office.

Bonkers idea but it's Farage, who can't be arsed to serve his own constituency full time.

You are not being unreasonable for thinking this is bonkers. Most of Farage’s ideas are bonkers.

Why not. Look how Trump has strongarmed US companies to do what he wants. (Or more likely to pretend to do what he says he wants. Which can change on a dime anyway).

They don’t need to ban it outright, they can incentivise employers to push people back into the office through taxation. If the Treasury were instructed to find a way to make businesses pay more tax when staff work from home, they absolutely would. There’s always a mechanism when there’s political will.

From the man who barely attends the house of commons

It's just another bandwagon for him to hop on. He'll go for anything that keeps his profile up and him in the fake news.

Five jobs Farage can fuck right off. And all the journalists who WFH permanently giving this utter irredeemable bastard constant airtime.

Five jobs he's never "in the office" for.

Of course, the rules don't apply to them.

But would you ban it? Force companies to pay for more office space that they don’t think they need? While also claiming to be anti any rules and red tape that make it harder for businesses to operate?

Another taxation? Give me a break! Working from home should be up to the employer and not a decision of the nanny state.

I'd like to call for the end of Nigel Farage.

Indeed.

It’s strange how angry the concept of working from home makes some people.

Typically older people - the retired angriest of all about it.

It just demonstrates a complete misunderstanding of what modern (typically hybrid) WFH looks like.

Is it bitterness they couldn’t do it? Just not understanding what the modern workplace looks like? Not appreciating the pressures of FT dual income households? That families with small children typically have both parents working FT?

The examples of why it’s bad always seem to start with ’when I ring the council / my energy provider / other service I can’t get through’ and little else.

Why is working from home even a problem? He is completely out of touch with real people’s lives and jobs.

If you work on a computer and have the internet, you don’t need to waste potentially hours per day getting ready and commuting. That time saved frees you up for parenting or whatever else you need it for. It’s none of the government’s business if this is working for companies and organisations.

Working from home enables people who live in remote areas, people with certain disabilities, and mothers an easier chance to work at all. People who he’d be complaining about being shirkers if they didn’t work.

No doubt if he had a proper job, he’d be a skiver who needs constant supervision, and to not understand the childcare benefits of saved time means he was a shit dad and husband who didn’t have anything to do with parenting his own children.

I disagree that it's the "pull up the ladder" generation.
My DS is an apprentice in a wfh job. He is finding it very difficult to learn when his entire team is remote. He would be much better in a face to face role where he can learn off others.

The people benefiting from wfh often tend to be very established in their careers.

Another in the very long list of reasons not up hive Reform my vote

I thought Farage was supposed to be an ultra libertarian. This is the most authoritarian proposal I've ever heard of from any UK administration.

Fuck off fuck off and fuck off some more.

I work for a LA. Approx 70% of our building has been sold off since Covid, so we couldn’t all work from the office even if we wanted to.

That's for his company to work out though. Why does it need legislation or government interference? Sledgehammer to crack a nut.

I'm old and retired and I am 100% for WFH especially for women with families.

It’s pretty hilarious coming for Nigel Farage, the biggest skiver in the UK. Almost never goes to Parliament or to his constituency where he’s paid to be by the taxpayer. Instead jetting about the place getting paid for other work on his employer’s (his constituents) time, or just having jollies.

Complaining that hotels don’t serve the right milk for him.

Add to that the fact that this is surely a question for individuals businesses and employers, not for the govt to dictate. I thought Nige and his ilk were against too much government interference?

Just appeals to those who want to see others’ lives made difficult, I think.

Govt quangos too.