[linuxjobs] Ubuntu / Canonical Hiring

[Paul Feakins]

On 04/03/2021 17:08, Ruairí Newman wrote:
> On Thu 4 Mar 2021 at 17:01, Paul Feakins <paul at antropy.co.uk 
> <mailto:paul at antropy.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/03/2021 16:52, Ruairí Newman wrote:
>>     On Thu 4 Mar 2021 at 16:36, Paul Feakins <paul at antropy.co.uk
>>     <mailto:paul at antropy.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 04/03/2021 14:21, Steve Hill wrote:
>>         > On 04/03/2021 14:09, Paul Feakins wrote:
>>         >
>>         >>> Just because I’m based in Sheffield does that make you
>>         worth less
>>         >>> than a person based in London?
>>         >> Yes because the cost of living is much higher and that
>>         person is
>>         >> likely based there to be close to work - so they should be
>>         >> compensated for it.
>>         >
>>         > If everyone's working remotely, why does it matter whether
>>         they are
>>         > close to work or not?
>>         >
>>         > Why would a business want to incentivise people to live in
>>         a more
>>         > expensive location when they are doing identical work? 
>>         That incentive
>>         > can only serve to:
>>         > 1. further inflate the cost of living in places that are
>>         already
>>         > expensive; and
>>         > 2. increase the business's expenses.
>>         >
>>         "If everyone's working remotely"
>>         But they won't be for long.
>>
>>         "That incentive can only serve to: 1. further inflate the
>>         cost of living
>>         in places that are already expensive"
>>         No company cares about that.
>>
>>         "2. increase the business's expenses."
>>         They obviously consider the extra expense an investment that
>>         pays for
>>         itself in terms of client relationships.
>>
>>
>>     Certainly something to bear in mind if one was ever inclined to
>>     accept a role with whoever antropy.co.uk <http://antropy.co.uk>
>>     are. Is it company policy not to even pretend your employees are
>>     valuable?
>>
>>     This implies two things to me: price is more important to them
>>     than ability to get the job done, and (a corollary) working there
>>     in a customer facing role would therefore be hell on earth.
>
>     Grow up.
>
> Definitely would not recommend working for this rather unprofessional 
> individual. You’d probably end up fighting just to get paid.
Please never apply.