Recently helped an internet illiterate neighbour recruit a beef stockmen to help him as he wanted to slow down. Advert clearly stated no accommodation on the farm, but that the salary was significant enough to compensate for that. It's Sussex so not exactly rural, would be a 10-15 minute drive from the farm to the village.
The number of people who enquired about the job and then pulled out when they were told they'd have to find their own accommodation was astounding, many children brought on farms didn't even seem to understand the concept of private rentals, that they were entitled to live on the farm. There isn't any breeding stock so no operational requirement to live on the farm. Do farming parents do enough to prepare their children for adult life? I suppose many of them haven't rented before either but was quite atonishing.
The number of people who enquired about the job and then pulled out when they were told they'd have to find their own accommodation was astounding, many children brought on farms didn't even seem to understand the concept of private rentals, that they were entitled to live on the farm. There isn't any breeding stock so no operational requirement to live on the farm. Do farming parents do enough to prepare their children for adult life? I suppose many of them haven't rented before either but was quite atonishing.