Young people in England feel they must move for better opportunities

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• Blake@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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!

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Come to Germany! We have great jobs here!

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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    • 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.

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• Compactor9679@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Since the 16th centry lol

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• 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.

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