Anyone work remotely for London based employers?

[DaydreamBeliever72]

Hello 👋

I’m looking to change my career somewhat (would like to stay in the same area, or as close as, if possible) and want to work remotely for a London based employer. My reasons are that I love the capital and want to combine it with work (as I know I’d have to go for meetings) but I also have a teen daughter in the north who wants to stay at her school. My current role (band 7 NHS) is awful!

My background is medical science and quality management so I’m open to suggestions!! Currently on £50k.

Or, anything else I might be interested in.

Do you mean hybrid or fully remote?

Fully remote, if possible or maybe one/two trips a month in.

The mum of one of DS's friends is fully remote writing clinical-ish copy for a pharmaceutical sales company. Something like that?

I don't know what Band 7 NHS means

I don’t really understand why you want a job with a London based company because you love the capital, but only intend to go 1-2 times a month, for work.

Could you look for a job for a more local company and plan a weekend away a month in London? You’d get more out of that than a visit for a meeting!

Just accepted a new role that’s 40% in London office. I live about 180 miles away. There are fleetingly few fully remote London jobs now.

I love that you want a fully remote London job because you love visiting London 😄.

Do you really mean you want a London salary while living far away? There's not many of those most companies who pay a London uplift want people back in the office several days a week

The only London-based employers I'm aware of who are willing to tolerate people being fully remote now are public sector organisations who can't afford their office space.

I agree. Coming into London for meetings only would not be particularly enjoyable!

You mean to say you want the London salary for remote working.

Pharma companies probably best bet.

I work for a software company which has a London head office, I'm fully remote, I go into the office maybe six times a year. I work as a business analyst. Not quite on 50k but should be there in a year or two.