Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home

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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.

Let’s call for an end to his multiple income streams that are at opposite ends of what he campaigns about and get him to just focus on being an ignorant MP. I can’t take a single thing this man says seriously. He’s a ligger and a grifter abusing his office position to exploit the working people of the country.

Unfortunately I’m starting to think they are all like that. Regardless of which party they are in.

If he does, it will apply to public sector workers. Reform seem to hate us.

My output is better when I work from home. I don't get distracted by crappy office banter that goes on all day. I don't have to listen to the office weirdo going on about his dating antics. I can focus properly on my job. I love it.

Well said. Some politicians should be forced to stay at home. Their presence us nauseating and detrimental to public safety.

Garage can fuck off. I can't take any politicians seriously. They are full of shit and have zero interest in protecting the public. Yet they stick their noses into issues that are none of their business.

It certainly did not improve the EBITDA 😂

Seems you are well placed for the future then.

Whose ?

Honestly, it's clear (a) nobody ever watched this, and (b) those that did clearly didn't understand it

(Nigel Farage is very much a tobacconist )

It is just a load of shit he is peddling to get support from working class manual workers. That's the opinion many of them have as they don't see office work as actual work and think people are skiving off at home. If the working class fully understood what Reform stand for Reform wouldn't have their support, so they throw out these slogans to get them on board.

I would say WFH does seem to be implemented at a higher rate due to flexible working requests by parents of young children who want to avoid paying for childcare.

This is detrimental to all other employees and causes resentment which ultimately Increases poor company morale. No doubt a sentiment not shared on mumsnet.

Well parents shouldn’t be looking after young children while working. I think the requests are more coming from parents who can avoid the wraparound childcare before/after school, which they would need to pay for if they had to commute to and from work.

If a parent is using their lunch break for the school run and then logging on for the last 2 hours with an older child in the house, I don’t think that’s an issue.

You know, for someone who is so worried about workers, Farage seems more concerned for their poor employers.

For someone who is so worried about women, Farage seems to spent a lot of time concerned for the menfolk.

I think I am spotting a pattern.

Is that you Nigel?

Where have you seen that?

Experienced it and read and spoken about it.

So anecdata.

I am old enought to remember smoke breaks and extended Friday pub lunches.

As I said earlier in this thread, if wfh is detrimental to other staff because the required work isn't being completed, then that is a management failure. If, as I rather suspect is more common, it is detrimental to other staff because they are jealous/don't want to adjust their working practices then that's their own problem.

It’s jealousy. And Farage is trying to cause division between different groups of people to earn votes.

We have our own business
WFH not allowed
Got pd off with waiting hours for someone to reply to an urgent email
Ringing to be told
"just popped out for 5 mins"
"Just had to pick johnny up from school"
Getting replies at 9 pm because someone has been looking after their kids all day

Everyone says that before they go to the gym or do a school run LOL

Why should other staff have to adjust their timetable and not have teams meetings mid afternoon because parents are picking up kids. It is all take by some parents. They think their needs trump the need of everyone else. This also reflects badly on parents who are not selfish and organise childminders and do not impose on others.

It is much rarer to hear of a single mid 30s employee demanding everyone fits around them.

You say it is a management problem and yes you are correct. But management are waking up and not allowing it anymore.

But as every business owner knows: "It's not all about me".

Because otherwise those people are unable to work and end up increasing the benefits budget. Or perhaps there should be more childcare support by employers.