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They live more than 100 km from their work: in the wake of the "commuters"

2020-09-21T06:08:50.495Z


Halfway between telework and nomadism, more and more employees are choosing quality of life far from large cities while maintaining


It is 8:05 am Gare Montparnasse, in Paris.

TGV passengers from Tours (Indre-et-Loire) get off on platform 4. All styles intersect, from the most formal to the most relaxed.

Among them, Yvan, electric scooter in hand.

He has been traveling for 11 years to go to work.

“I get up at 6 am to catch the 6:54 am train,” explains the head of an IT department, who works two days a week.

"It's a way to optimize my schedule to accompany my children to school, for example, or to sleep in," he says, smiling.

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A pleasure that Harmonie cannot afford, getting off the 9:05 am train.

She also lives in Tours.

This young employee of a notarial office spends an hour and a half door to door to get to her office every day.

“I would like to telecommute because of the rather tiring journeys,” she admits.

But his employer has not yet taken the plunge.

These commuters, who sometimes live several hundred kilometers from their place of work, remain in the minority.

According to an INSEE report on “the professional mobility of individuals”, published last June, around 3.3% of French people work in a region other than their place of residence.

However, with the health crisis and containment, aspirations have changed.

Some people want to live in a more pleasant environment and teleworking makes this dream possible.

Flexibility and confidence

Switching from a mode of supervision, where presence in the premises is the rule, to a more flexible organization allowing to work from where one wishes, is however a cultural revolution.

At Alan, a young growth in health insurance, co-founded by Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve, the entire organization was thought out long before confinement to adapt to these new aspirations.

"Many companies do not look at the results of their employees, but the time spent by them to achieve them", judges the entrepreneur who wanted to adopt another state of mind.

“Everyone has different expectations and constraints.

Some need to come to the office, others just calm or greenery.

In fact, no matter where, we just want teams able to solve the problems, ”explains the leader of the Parisian start-up.

"We do not want to recruit people to tell them what to do but so that they tell us what to do," he argues to justify the flexibility and the confidence that the company gives to its 230 employees.

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“The central point is trust.

Otherwise it doesn't work, ”confirms Thomas Bannelier, social media manager for the online recruitment platform Welcome to the Jungle.

He chose to live in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) three years ago.

"I am only judged on the success of my goals," he insists.

The company's first teleworker, he has since been followed by around thirty others.

“It's a culture that involves well-established and shared communication processes: agenda, documentation system, archiving,” he explains.

"I have real working hours"

This culture is also based on other rules to structure the operation.

“All the work is done asynchronously.

We do not hold any meeting and all exchanges are done in writing via the Slack software ”, details Marie Dehayes, Alan employee and based in Bordeaux (Gironde).

"We have rationalized the number of meetings that we replace with written documentation," explains Thomas Bannelier.

Another determining factor is the issue of cohesion.

Thus, at Madeformed, a medtech of eight people, all teleworking, the instruction is that everyone meets in Paris one week per month.

"We rent an apartment for non-Parisians," reveals the co-founder, Thomas Plain.

“We form a tribe during this period,” he emphasizes.

“I have no contractual obligation, but the unspoken rule with my employer is to come to Paris once a month,” says Thomas Bannelier.

A painless train budget for the latter because it is fully covered, as well as the rent of 200 euros per month that costs the coworking space where it is located every day.

“At first, I worked at home but it was hard,” he continues.

Now his office is a 15-minute walk away.

"In some companies where I worked before, working remotely was possible but ultimately quite frowned upon", notes Marie Dehayes.

"Me, I defend this form of work, affirms for its part the Biarrot.

I want to show it's serious.

I have real working hours, if only to coordinate with my colleagues, ”he explains.

He is convinced that to bring down resistance and generalize this culture, discipline is needed.

Go to the post office in the middle of the afternoon, yes.

For surfing, it's no.

Home-work journey: employees prefer the train

Some take the metro every day to go to the office, others the TGV.

Rennes, Vannes, Bordeaux… Since the summer of 2017, these cities have quickly seen the launch of high-speed lines (LGV) as an argument of attractiveness, both for individuals and businesses.

“Go West,” praised the Brittany region in an advertising campaign released at the time.

On all of these stations, the new situation made it possible to save 50 minutes on average to reach the capital.

It now takes 1h30 to reach Rennes from Montparnasse station, between 2h15 and 2h45 for Bordeaux.

Other cities, such as Lyon or Lille, are also accessible within 2 hours by TGV.

SNCF estimates the number of these commuters at 8,000. Lille and Reims stand out as their main destinations.

To further shorten the journey times of these professional travelers, lines such as Paris-Le Mans or Paris-Tours almost all run on a high-speed line, with departures at least every hour.

On the budget side, the railway company multiplies its offers according to frequency, destination, need for flexibility, etc.

Despite everything, the monthly bill for these regular TGV trips can quickly climb.

For example, if you pay in advance for the Freedom package, which can be changed free of charge (at 399 euros for the annual subscription, excluding promotion), a daily return trip from Paris to Lille during standard office hours costs 70 euros.

A substantial envelope that the employee shares with the employer since half of the transport costs must be paid by the company.

To do this, he must provide proof of a subscription to a public transport service to go from his usual residence to his place of work.

When it comes to the TGV, reimbursement is based on second class fares.

By "logic of territorial equity", the SNCF aligns its pricing with degressivity: the further the distance, the lower the price per km.

The company assures us that “the TGV is therefore more competitive than the car, both in terms of travel time and in terms of price”.

Any other means of locomotion, such as a personal vehicle, does not have to be financed by the employer, unless it falls within the framework of the sustainable mobility package (Editor's note: carpooling, fuel costs for an electric vehicle ... ), exempt from charges, which can be paid by the latter up to a limit of 400 euros per year and per employee.

Source: leparis

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