Airport Parking Price Hike

ant, ah no. If you couldn’t tell from the tone of my post, I was being sarcastic.

Perhaps you need to learn to decode the meaning from text.

Then you can play with the adults.

I’ve just left a job at Brindabella Business Park, the location was the main reason. But more and more jobs are moving out there, and realistically not everyone can get another job somewhere else, or bothers to actually go out and get another job. I guess there is also a small percentage of people who find the airport OK to work at. In the future, one of the things I will be asking about any job is – will I be required to work at BBP? And if the answer is yes or maybe, I will say no thanks. But until more people start doing this, employers will continue to tell themselves that moving to the airport is a smart business decision (are the rents even that cheap out there??).

“NickD, have companies moving to the airport been losing staff because of it?”

Yes. The organisation I work for (which I won’t name) has moved its IT units out to BBP from Civic and has suffered huge turnover rates ever since and I’ve heard similar stories from other organisations. The quality of IT support for the rest of my organisation has dropped like a stone as a result of the move. Not suprisingly, people don’t want to work in office buildings located in the middle of nowhere with no public transport or services.

NickD, have companies moving to the airport been losing staff because of it? That would be very interesting if they had. I see the traffic snarls of people heading into BBP in the morning, and the prolongued mess as they come out at night, and wonder how they can stand it. In the current business climate with plentiful work, you’d think that some people would vote with their feet, but has there been a significant loss of staff? (I sure hope so).

Nyssa said:
“It was the only “coffee” place in Brand Depot. Like I’d travel from Tuggers to BD just for a damn coffee….puhlease.

ant, well duh. I’ve lived in the US, I’ve seen it. “

Conversation eh? You sound like a petulent little kid. I wasn’t even talking to you when I posted, your post was miles back, so I’ve no idea why you decided to lash out at me.

New to Thuh Interweb, are we?

Seeing as organisations which move to BBP tend to rapidly lose all their staff I imagine that the parking and traffic problems will correct themselves over time.

Yes, travelled via Majura Rd from Tuggers to Gungahlin – stopped at BD, got a coffee, had a look at the patheticness of it all and continued on my way.

Ooooohhhh it’s sooo bad.

ant, it’s called “conversation” – so don’t get narky with me. I bite back.

What makes you think I was replying to you, Nyssa? We were all commiserating with you, for being sucked in by the Brand Depot advertising. I guess it worked on some people. After all, you travelled all the way from Tuggers. Some people would have kept quiet about that.

It was the only “coffee” place in Brand Depot. Like I’d travel from Tuggers to BD just for a damn coffee….puhlease.

ant, well duh. I’ve lived in the US, I’ve seen it.

Starbucks is yank coffee. Yanks drink coffee in giant beakers. It bears no resemblance to the coffee we like. i’m amazed that people buy the stuff here in Australia. When i’m in yankland, I get the chai from starbucks.

It would be very amusing if Braaaaand Depot failed. suck rocks Snow. Small revenge for the daily traffic debacle that he has engineered.

Just wait for the screech when he starts bringing those jumbos in from Singapore at 2am. yes kiddies, it IS going to happen.