Census Day

[Muteswan]

Census day is today (Sunday, March 21) with everyone urged to fill in the form online. The census is a survey that happens every 10 years and gives local authorities a picture of all the people and households in England and Wales.

 

[Darran]

I refused point blank to do it so my wife has done it. :lol:

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Seemed to be a lot more light touch than I remember from previous years. Took me five minutes.

 

[Monty]

Did it weeks ago online, fuck filling that form in. Took 10 mins tops.

 

[dickythorpe]

I thought the online version left the "wags" who identify as "jedi's" very disappointed.

How many don't get completed and in reality who gets fined?

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I thought the online version left the "wags" who identify as "jedi's" very disappointed.

How many don't get completed and in reality who gets fined?

Just under 300 people were apparently fined for not doing the 2011 census.

 

[MrSwerve]

Seemed to be a lot more light touch than I remember from previous years. Took me five minutes.

Yeah same here - 5 mins max.

It did seem a bit daft though, asking you to fill things in such as 'do you commute to work' and 'do you work in an office or at home' and making you fill it in using your current coronavirus situation. So I had to say that I always work from home and never drive to work, even though normally I drive to work every day and never work from home.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Seemed to be a lot more light touch than I remember from previous years. Took me five minutes.

Yeah same here - 5 mins max.

It did seem a bit daft though, asking you to fill things in such as 'do you commute to work' and 'do you work in an office or at home' and making you fill it in using your current coronavirus situation. So I had to say that I always work from home and never drive to work, even though normally I drive to work every day and never work from home.

Surely the point is that you used to drive to work and never work from home. But now you don’t.

 

[MrSwerve]

Yeah same here - 5 mins max.

It did seem a bit daft though, asking you to fill things in such as 'do you commute to work' and 'do you work in an office or at home' and making you fill it in using your current coronavirus situation. So I had to say that I always work from home and never drive to work, even though normally I drive to work every day and never work from home.

Surely the point is that you used to drive to work and never work from home. But now you don’t.

It's not really representative of 'normality' though, is it? Assuming (!) we go back to normal within the next year or so, having data that 80% (or whatever) of people work from home is going to be pretty useless.

Questions about sexuality etc. obviously won't be affected.

You can see why Scotland delayed their census to 2022.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Surely the point is that you used to drive to work and never work from home. But now you don’t.

It's not really representative of 'normality' though, is it? Assuming (!) we go back to normal within the next year or so, having data that 80% (or whatever) of people work from home is going to be pretty useless.

Questions about sexuality etc. obviously won't be affected.

You can see why Scotland delayed their census to 2022.

I take the point but do you ever see things returning to the previous status quo? I can’t see me ever returning to office working full time. There’s simply no need for it. I’d imagine a blend of home and on site working will become the new normal.

 

[MrSwerve]

It's not really representative of 'normality' though, is it? Assuming (!) we go back to normal within the next year or so, having data that 80% (or whatever) of people work from home is going to be pretty useless.

Questions about sexuality etc. obviously won't be affected.

You can see why Scotland delayed their census to 2022.

I take the point but do you ever see things returning to the previous status quo? I can’t see me ever returning to office working full time. There’s simply no need for it. I’d imagine a blend of home and on site working will become the new normal.

Well I teach so I'd assume that I would go back to normal to some extent, but office jobs etc may well change going forward. I may attend more meetings online rather than on campus.

The census is to compare how things have changed after a decade, I just think that this 'spike' of change for 1 or 2 years isn't representative of much and won't give us any meaningful data. I suppose it's hard to say how this will change the world going forward. There's a lot of talk about this changing the way we work, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we're all asked to get back into offices and work as we always have done.

 

[Cooperman]

I take the point but do you ever see things returning to the previous status quo? I can’t see me ever returning to office working full time. There’s simply no need for it. I’d imagine a blend of home and on site working will become the new normal.

Well I teach so I'd assume that I would go back to normal to some extent, but office jobs etc may well change going forward. I may attend more meetings online rather than on campus.

The census is to compare how things have changed after a decade, I just think that this 'spike' of change for 1 or 2 years isn't representative of much and won't give us any meaningful data. I suppose it's hard to say how this will change the world going forward. There's a lot of talk about this changing the way we work, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we're all asked to get back into offices and work as we always have done.

Our organisation, and I guess it’s the same for ECB, already has its home working policies drafted and possibly even released. The companies that are able deploy home working can save a small fortune on office costs and overheads.

 

[MrSwerve]

Well I teach so I'd assume that I would go back to normal to some extent, but office jobs etc may well change going forward. I may attend more meetings online rather than on campus.

The census is to compare how things have changed after a decade, I just think that this 'spike' of change for 1 or 2 years isn't representative of much and won't give us any meaningful data. I suppose it's hard to say how this will change the world going forward. There's a lot of talk about this changing the way we work, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we're all asked to get back into offices and work as we always have done.

Our organisation, and I guess it’s the same for ECB, already has its home working policies drafted and possibly even released. The companies that are able deploy home working can save a small fortune on office costs and overheads.

That’s really good that they are thinking ahead. I think it could hopefully change things for the better...e.g. people commuting for a 9am meeting when it could easily be done online in 30 mins. At least I’m hoping. :lol:

We will potentially be doing ‘blended’ learning a lot more going forward.

 

[DJack]

I refused point blank to do it so my wife has done it. :lol:

I didn't refuse as I didn't know. The wife did it a while back for us both...

She probably put me down as a gay Jedi with learning disabilities :lol:

 

[Jack2jack]

Sent mine in last week, filled out the enclosed form, quite refreshing actually, not having to do something on line.
Didn't take too long either.
Bollox to working from home, my home is my escape from work, so fvck that.