Commuters are being offered cheaper train tickets on Mondays and Fridays in a bid to woo workers back into the office full-time.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has cut ticket prices on rush-hour trains on Monday and Friday to incentivise workers to travel to the office every day of the week. It is a response to the trend for employees to work from home on Mondays and Fridays, and travel to the office mid-week.
Which is a trend I love, as I love to work on those days and WFH in the middle of the week. But why should we all change working patterns that suit us and our employers to suit the train companies?
Andrew Haines, the chief executive of Network Rail, warned last year that hybrid working had blown a £2billion hole into the industry’s finances.
Buggy whip manufacturers could not be reached for comment. And we all know why, don't we?
Nobody is being compelled by the train operators to go to the office on Monday/Friday. What's the problem?
ReplyDelete2 Billion pound hole, huh?
ReplyDeleteYou know what this calls for?
A massive pay rise for the rail workers, just like happens in the rest of the business world.
decnine ... nobody is being compelled...yet..
ReplyDelete"Nobody is being compelled by the train operators to go to the office on Monday/Friday. What's the problem?"
ReplyDeleteTrue, true...but Geoffers has a good point.
"You know what this calls for?
A massive pay rise for the rail workers, just like happens in the rest of the business world."
Heh!
Looks to me like buggy whips may make a comeback when we are not allowed to drive any more.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lord T. Back to biofuelled transportation.
ReplyDeleteAnd think of all that nice natural fertilizer that you'll see dumped outside your house every day.