More Australians working from home during the coronavirus pandemic could pave the way for people to move out of the cities and take their jobs with them.
Key points:
- The Regional Australia Council 2031 includes major Australian employers such as Telstra, NBN Co and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
- Telstra human resources manager Heidi Harley says it can pay to ask if you are able to relocate your job
- Sam Dimarco, a senior executive with NBN Co, says there are benefits for organisations that let employees work from regional areas
Lauren Andrews, head of corporate affairs at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, has pursued her career from the town of Gisborne, outside Melbourne.
“Big careers and big businesses don’t have to revolve around big cities,” she said.
Now that her colleagues have been forced to work from home during coronavirus restrictions, she said she has witnessed