Cyrus wrote: » That’s not what the article is about and it’s not that long the least you could do is read it before making an ill informed comment And the answer to your second question is in my case at least a firm no
M256 wrote: » Impaired team-work as well as legal and tax issues over staff working remotely from home countries were cited as reasons companies want employees back at their office desks. Reads to me like they are concerned about legal and tax implications since many of foreign staff went to their home countries to work remotely. The part about team work is questionable at least. Working in a global environment where majority of your colleagues and customers would be in other countries has been around for decades and now with high speed broadband, Teams, Zoom, working remotely is easier than ever.
TheSheriff wrote: » It literally says back at their office desks....
Hubertj wrote: » Perhaps the poster is saying an additional €3k per month on top of whatever else they were saving. I think anyone who is fortunate enough to be in secure employment during 2020 would be able to make additional savings...
M256 wrote: » Yes, to keep their foreign staff in Ireland due to tax reasons. Otherwise it would be just working remotely from a (very expensive) rented apartment.
woejus wrote: » Agreed, my point was there will be a cohort of people with "warchests" competing for the same limited supply. EAs will be rinsing them all next year, setting them against each other to raise final sale prices. I hope supply picks up to meet this demand. I would also agree that this thread has become difficult to read and follow of late.
Cyrus wrote: » I disagree but regardless of your interpretation as to why they want people back in the office. It amounts to the same thing.
Pelezico wrote: » Estate agents wont rinse anyone. The almighty market will dictate everything. Suggesting that all these techies making lots of dosh are at the mercy if savvy estate agents is ridiculous.
woejus wrote: » "there's another bidder interested" "raise your bid by 10k or the other bidder gets the property" Are you aware of how a mediated market works? Agents have an incentive to maximise returns for their customer (the vendors), at the expense of buyers. Or are you suggesting that "techies" have some visibility into the market not available to mere mortals?
smurgen wrote: » At the start of all this you were playing down the wfh potential. Rubbished any possibility of it. It's fair to say now you were wrong for the most part. WFH is a success and will remain a large part of working life for many multinationals going forward. When lockdown lifted again we didn't see people return to office. If they hated wfh that much we would have.
donnaille wrote: » It might have been good to follow your own advice on reading an article when posting the link to the wfh article earlier where firms requested guidance on when offices could be reopened to being ‘some’ people back.
Pelezico wrote: » A mediated market? It's the housing market....with plenty of transparency over recent sales. The estate agent wants a sale....and fast. The market will decide the price...not the estate agent, rinsing everyone.
LuasSimon wrote: » Hard to know how people can keep affording the high prices of property . There’s not a housing crisis there’s a AFFORDABILITY crisis .
M256 wrote: » They take a 30 year mortgage and pay 3K a month for the rest of their lives
Cyrus wrote: » Ah the bould smurgen , bought a house for peanuts yet ? No didn’t think so. How do you reckon wfh is a success ? How are you gauging it? Funnily the leaders of some of our most important Mncs appear to disagree . When lockdown is over we will see people return to the office , absolutely . You are conveniently forgetting the guidance to wfh where possible never lifted, when it does come back to me.
awec wrote: » I'm guessing you've never bought a property? 3k a month over 30 years would get you a serious gaff.
smurgen wrote: » Full service of clients, no client complaints. Fully operational from home. Our office has downsized now. Boss terminated a 160 person office lease and we've gone for 100 instead outside the city. You really don't have a clue what's going on. Let's be honest.
Bubbaclaus wrote: » Wouldn't be far off the one million mark.
PropQueries wrote: » I fully understand how some people currently working from home being annoyed about working in their spare bedroom, kitchen etc. But, equally, it’s only been c. 9 months. How long before people start investing a relatively small amount of money in converting their attic space etc. into a proper WFH space. This will make WFH a lot more bearable for many people currently living in 3 bed semis where the attic hasn’t been converted yet. This can all happen in a very short period of time and then working from home 3 days a week becomes bearable and the norm going forward.
TheSheriff wrote: » Em, because in terms of the residential property price index there haven't been any falls in the property market?
M256 wrote: » Would you call it a serious gaff? Just a random example from daft.iehttps://www.daft.ie/dublin/houses-for-sale/dundrum/75-highfield-park-dundrum-dundrum-dublin-2812613/
Cyrus wrote: » Smurgen when the grown ups decide what’s happening and who works from where you’ll do as your told, just because you want something to happen doesn’t mean that it will. The leaders of our largest mncs know less than you according to your logic . Why did your company bother taking an office at all if everyone working from home is working so well?
smurgen wrote: » Point went over your head
smurgen wrote: » Point went over your head . You wouldn't cut it in a multinational. Manager of 18 here so I'm one of the ones who gets to decide who can WFH.
Cyrus wrote: » Sure you are
