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Originally Posted by Damien
I don't think it's that odd although I don't have knowledge of how true it is.
Surely the logic behind it is that the jobs which are more able to work from home are more likely to be those who occupants are middle-class or above? We're talking office workers, managers, IT jobs and technical jobs of some sort, marketers, writers and so on.
Whereas the jobs you would typically associate as being working class tends to be in manufacturing or retail. Work where you need to be in a specific location to either work with machinery you cannot bring more or serve people.
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From Reed U.K.
Avg Plumber salary 30K
Avg Office Co-ordinator salary 22K
My next door neighbour is a plumber (one man band) and he earns ( I fully expect) Well more than the average too. Detached farm house, his Van, BMW M3, Nissan Juke, ride on mower for His 1.5 acre garden.
Using IT for work is in no way any prediction of earnings or “class”
The whole Class argument is an old fashioned argument anyway. Blue collar/white collar can still be used as a descriptor, but there’s absolutely no guarantee that a white collar job is better or pays more than a blue collar job.