So our company just moved to the soul less place of a shithole that is Canary Wharf which means an extra 20 minutes ride and also that I have to pay for parking. A daily pass is £2 and so I called up about a monthly pass…this is great
Daily pass £2 x 226 (251 working days less 25 days holiday) = £452
Monthly pass: £40.85 x 12 = £490.20
where the hell is the logic in that ? and for the monthly pass you need to give a months notice of cancellation, so if you leave your job you could potentially pay for a month you arent there.
does anyone know of any free parking in the Wharf ?
There are some free parking spaces out side over South Quay area but I have not used them as prefer to use the underground car parks. Dont know what’s wrong with working in Canary Wharf I love it (no I am not in banking)
dont how you can like it…its soul less…the transport sucks…dlr and jubilee is all you have…you have to pay to park …the bars and pubs have no character…all the people look the same…but apart from that its great
I too am in the Wharf and prefer it to the City these days, which is deader than a dead thing!
Personally I am fortunate enough to have a parking space in our building which is free. A definite perk of the job and a consideration when I have thought about leaving in the past.
if you look on google maps west ferry road junction with heron quays loads of free parkingt their can usually gert locked to a bollard aswell if your early enough
It’s not as soulless as people make it out to be. I guess it depends on the people you go out with or meet up with. And the DLR, Buses and Jubilee line is much more than a lot of places have.
Hmm - sounds the same situation as mine. You don’t work near a fountain and pay GBP40 a month for that parking, do you ?
Its soul less I find in terms of 95% of the people working there are in finance whereas in the city you did have more of a mix of people working in different sectors. Its also overwhelming male …
As I ride bike in dont use DLR/Jubilee that often but when I do need it (and I have to go to different parts of London) I find it gets me to all places I need to be quite easily and quickly.There is a lot of bars/pubs with character - you just need to know where to go other then whats in front of you. Yes I will agree majority of the people look the same but not all of us are in banking. If you hate it that much get a new job in an area you like. Personally I could not work in the city as I feel they are all insurance dicks (other half excluded of course) :PIt can be quite fun here, just need the right people and the right places to go too.Good luck
Hmm - I missed the free bit - my bad. He obviously doesn’t work with me then
There are a large number of males here, but there are hordes of women too. The only area I’ve ever worked in that had a higher female to male ratio was Angel.
