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New to London - Late night travel advice, please?
Ben Nunn wrote:
"Adam Smith" wrote in message om... I'm a student due to start my first job in the City next month (I'm terrified, I've only ever been to London 5 times!!). Can anyone give me any advice on how to get around London late(ish) at night? From, say, Bank station to Hanger Lane. How safe is the tube at about 11pm? Does anyone local know how much a cab to the Hanger Lane area from the City would cost? Any advice really would be much appreciated, This is just typical of the situtation in London these days - people with no connection to the capital whatsoever are being offered jobs, and relocating here, and indiginous Londoners are forced further and further out to find work. It makes no sense at all. Hmm, nice welcome to our visitor. Are you suggesting that the recruitment process was biased against Londoners? If so, on what evidence? Go to just about any office in London, and you'll find a ragbag of regional accents, while unemployment (or economic inactivity) in the inner London boroughs is sky high. This problem is *far* worse than any scaremongering about asylum seekers. Sorry, what exactly is the problem? That some people outside London have had the courage and initiative to move in order to find suitable employment? And, yes, Bank to Hangar Lane is perfectly safe at any time, and is a very easy commute. Single journey on the central line. Not ****ing bus-tube-tube-intercity-cab like *my* journey into work. Your choice, presumably. Still, you've apparently got a job that enables you to take time off to access this NG, so it's not that bad. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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New to London - Late night travel advice, please?
"Richard J." wrote in message ... Ben Nunn wrote: Go to just about any office in London, and you'll find a ragbag of regional accents, while unemployment (or economic inactivity) in the inner London boroughs is sky high. This problem is *far* worse than any scaremongering about asylum seekers. Sorry, what exactly is the problem? That some people outside London have had the courage and initiative to move in order to find suitable employment? Well said, Richard. Having recruited IT staff for City firms over several years, one of the reasons that jobs go to people from outside London is BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SKILL SET. It doesn't matter a jot where someone comes from, if they have the skills required to do the job then they will GET the job. I've given jobs to Londoners and those from outside London (some of whom moved to live in London, some of whom commuted). I've interviewed some bloody awful, bloody inept Londoners in my time. One of the biggest problems I've encountered is their appalling communication skills, whether or not they have the technical skills for the job. Regional accents are not a problem, being able to communicate clearly and express oneself is. That is a skill that is sadly lacking by many of the 'Estuary English' kids as they 'um', 'ah', 'like' and 'yer know' their way through a sentence, whilst mumbling into their chests. Likewise their ability to write a clearly understandable document, correctly punctuated and phrased. That's not to say that there aren't some very fine Londoners available - simply that there seems to be more willingness by those from the provinces to get off their backsides, go to college elsewhere in the country, then move to wherever they can obtain employment (whereas many Londoners seem to prefer to stay local, presumably for the excellent London social life). As a result they have a much broader experience of life. I have never consciously selected for interview or appointed any staff based upon their geographical origins, simply upon their technical skills for the job, their communication skills and their social skills. The latter are important when working as part of a small team - it's no good appointing someone to a position where they have the technical skills to do the job but upset the rest of the team because of their social incompatibility. Similarly, in safety-critical jobs, communication skills are paramount. Where split-second decisions have to be made, that have safety implications, it is no good having to spend valuable time trying to decipher a badly written, unclear document. |
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New to London - Late night travel advice, please?
"Richard J." wrote in message ... This is just typical of the situtation in London these days - people with no connection to the capital whatsoever are being offered jobs, and relocating here, and indiginous Londoners are forced further and further out to find work. It makes no sense at all. Hmm, nice welcome to our visitor. Are you suggesting that the recruitment process was biased against Londoners? If so, on what evidence? Well, for a start, the skillset of the inactive potential workforce in London is entirely incompatible with most of the jobs that are available in the capital, so it might not have been sensible to base the roles in London in the first place, given the overcrowding of our infrastructure. London suffers, because the poverty gap within the capital widens, and the rest of the country suffers because their most talented people all end up in London. Go to just about any office in London, and you'll find a ragbag of regional accents, while unemployment (or economic inactivity) in the inner London boroughs is sky high. This problem is *far* worse than any scaremongering about asylum seekers. Sorry, what exactly is the problem? That some people outside London have had the courage and initiative to move in order to find suitable employment? Did I have courage and initiative when I moved to take my job then? Of course not - At a time when I needed a job, I went out and got one, and took all the **** that goes with it. Gave me a nice chip on my shoulder too. And, yes, Bank to Hangar Lane is perfectly safe at any time, and is a very easy commute. Single journey on the central line. Not ****ing bus-tube-tube-intercity-cab like *my* journey into work. Your choice, presumably. Still, you've apparently got a job that enables you to take time off to access this NG, so it's not that bad. No, it's a pretty good job. Just very irritating that I had to move out of London for it when there are ****loads of similar roles in London going to non-Londoners. Including, I suspect, people from around here. BTN |
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