Ask HN: Why aren't more UK companies offering WFH friendly jobs?
I&#x27;m an employer.<p>While your points are valid, they are only part of the picture.<p>Firstly, to answer your question directly, there are lots of companies that have adopted full remoteness. They have no offices, and everything happens online. These companies (collectivly) hire tens of thousands of workers.<p>Naturally remote means their workers can live anywhere. And it turns out that people who can live cheaper will work for lower salaries. Salaries that are a tenth of what you need.<p>So yes, there are lots of remote jobs, but they are not being advertised in London. If you&#x27;re going to live in London (one of the more expensive places) then you should be trading hard on your proximity to office not full remoteness. Being fully remote, but needing a London salary is the worst possible combination for an employer.<p>Now, to your point about the advantages of bring in the office. We were 100% office before Covid, 100% remote with really short notice, and since lockdown ended a sort of hybrid (most people at home most of the time.)<p>We&#x27;ve had to keep our office space. Partly for lease reasons , partly because space in our building is hard to get so giving it up is a very permanent decision we&#x27;re not ready to take yet.<p>It&#x27;s hard to demand folk to come back (time and commute cost) but at the same time I can see the negative effects being remote is having on people. Productivity is fine, but professional growth is non existent. Product knowledge is hard to disseminate and its hard to figure out where people lack knowledge and skills.<p>In other words its easier face to face to see where people are struggling, where they are bored, where processes are hurting not helping. It&#x27;s harder to identify leadership potential. It&#x27;s easy to ignore promotions  or even know who wants them.<p>Remote work turns workers into a commodity, and really that&#x27;s not good for either side.<p>I say all this not to convince you of anything, merely to point out that the issue is a lot more nuanced than you&#x27;re seeing.