Poll: Olympic travel - have your say (From Basildon Recorder)
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Poll: Olympic travel - have your say
1:22pm Monday 23rd July 2012 in Billericay
Poll: Olympic travel - have your say
Comments(19)
I-say-you-say
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1:43pm Mon 23 Jul 12
emcee
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1:52pm Mon 23 Jul 12
leighsteve
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1:59pm Mon 23 Jul 12
I will try and get in, and if it's a nightmare, then I'll work from home a few days a week.
Barry Bas
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2:10pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Richy don't shine shoes no more
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2:54pm Mon 23 Jul 12
I-say-you-say wrote:I'm sure Ernst Blofeld will be using the Olympics as a cover for one of his fiendish schemes
I have no choice but to travel into work due to the sensitivity of what I do, I am unable to access the systems remotely for security reasons. However, I am totally against these Olympics - if it's going to cause that much havoc, surely it proves that we aren't capable of having the Olympics held here! I'm already sick and tired of it all and it's not even started!!!!!
Nebs
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3:02pm Mon 23 Jul 12
howironic
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3:06pm Mon 23 Jul 12
emcee wrote:I think you'll find that the majority of companies in London are either (i) allowing additional working from home or (ii) allowing flexible working, i.e work 7am to 3pm or 12 noon to 8pm.
It really is a silly poll as the only ones who can answer are the tiny, tiny minority who can choose whether or not they can work from home. Those who can make this choice would normally work from home anyway and only show their face at work as and when they need to. I know of very few companies who would change the working policies for their emplyees just to fit around three weeks of the Olympics.
lost_scotsman
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4:03pm Mon 23 Jul 12
PJR-121
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4:11pm Mon 23 Jul 12
This really is a stupid poll. Most people can't work from home, so what's the point in asking? What's the point in trying to find out?
Now if the question was - Do you have the option to work from home? That's a different matter.
I work from home most days, that's what it means being a freelance. But ironically, I will be working in London a fair bit during the Olympics for a contract, so no, I won't be, but I usually do.
Elephantman2
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4:30pm Mon 23 Jul 12
PJR-121
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4:41pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Elephantman2 wrote:If anyone ever asks me for the definition of irony, I'll save this comment and show them...
You can rely on the Echo to encourage a load of negative moaning.
little ray of sunshine
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5:51pm Mon 23 Jul 12
EssexBoy1968
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10:01pm Mon 23 Jul 12
I'm a contractor, I have to travel into London over this time, although the company I am currently working for is encouraging their employees to work from home if possible, even though Canary Wharf is not an Olympic venue.
mr_happy
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11:01pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Trainman
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12:06am Tue 24 Jul 12
Major Incident
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5:44pm Tue 24 Jul 12
EssexBoy1968 wrote:Parliament is shut for the summer holidays so all the MPs will be off like all the other kids!
I bet the MP for Rochford & Southend East won't be travelling to London during this time. Oh, sorry, I forgot, he never commutes anyway, hence the reason he sold his (recently renovated at taxpayers expense) one bedroom flat & bought one large enough for his family, as he claims it's too far to travel to & from Westminster to Southend on a daily basis! I'm a contractor, I have to travel into London over this time, although the company I am currently working for is encouraging their employees to work from home if possible, even though Canary Wharf is not an Olympic venue.
Lefty Cyclist Type
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12:20pm Wed 25 Jul 12
AndyBSG
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3:28pm Wed 25 Jul 12
emcee wrote:"I know of very few companies who would change the working policies for their emplyees just to fit around three weeks of the Olympics."
It really is a silly poll as the only ones who can answer are the tiny, tiny minority who can choose whether or not they can work from home. Those who can make this choice would normally work from home anyway and only show their face at work as and when they need to. I know of very few companies who would change the working policies for their emplyees just to fit around three weeks of the Olympics.
That's the complete opposite to me then because both my own company and my girlfriends company have done just that as have many of my friends.
In fact, the only people I know who have not had alternative location or working from home arrangements made specifically for the Olympics are those in jobs where they have to physically be in a specific location.
Lefty Cyclist Type says...
1:40pm Mon 23 Jul 12