That flu bug has been making the rounds and hitting people hard. Wonder how many people have had it and assumed it was Covid without getting tested?
COVID-19 Unemployed/Employed Roll Call Poll
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That flu bug has been making the rounds and hitting people hard. Wonder how many people have had it and assumed it was Covid without getting tested?
Yes. Worked harder than ever through it. Now back at the office part time, by choice.
Have been WFH since 3/12 with no impacts to productivity. Sounds like I won't be going back for another 6 months and even then there will likely be relaxed policies on being in the office.
Lucky you. My parents and in laws are all retired, and each of them all say that really the only big changes for them have been wearing a mask for errands/grocery runs and not going out for dinner anymore. Other than that it's mostly just been business as usual.
I have been working remotely (when I can) since late March. I have been in to my actual office 3-4 times total since I started working remotely and in addition I have to go in to the job site about once every week or two. I haven't missed any work but expect to be furloughed one day a week starting in August through the end of the year due to COVID havoc on our budget. I fully expect the furlough to extend into next year, but don't know what the frequency will be.
Mrs. Velo was laid off late March and I don't know if she will ever be called back.
I guess I should feel lucky to still have a job.
Mrs. Velo was laid off late March and I don't know if she will ever be called back.
I guess I should feel lucky to still have a job.
Good perspective. I have a few coworkers who had complained bitterly when our company announced a temporary freeze on salary raises. I can understand their frustration and I'm not thrilled about it either, but given what's happening in other industries and fields we should be grateful to have avoided layoffs or furloughs.
The worst part about one day a week furloughs is that it drops you from 40 hours of compensation to 32 hours of compensation a week. That is the threshhold for qualifying for unemployment. They carefully crafted it so that there would be no unemployment liability (or compensation).
I've been working from home full time since the middle of March. It sounds like we will be work from home until February (for the most part).
I have a few friends and family that have had to take pay cuts over the last few months. But one of them is back to full time right now.
My dad works in a factory and he has been furloughed for 3 months. But he's old and retirement age, so the furlough was actually probably a good thing since he is high risk due to his age (71). He's scheduled to go back in August sometime, I think.
I have a few friends and family that have had to take pay cuts over the last few months. But one of them is back to full time right now.
My dad works in a factory and he has been furloughed for 3 months. But he's old and retirement age, so the furlough was actually probably a good thing since he is high risk due to his age (71). He's scheduled to go back in August sometime, I think.
Worked from home 100% through may. Have been about 50% since. Had employees on WFH for what ever they can do from home and have a rotation to give people windows to go in and do what they have to. Keeps traffic to a few people at a time when it normally would be 25-30. Will maintain some regular WFH for those that want it moving forward.
Been working from the office this whole time mostly because my role I can't do 100% from home. I could do some things from home if I wanted but almost every day I am receiving IT hardware shipments or having to setup or help out someone still in the office. I have my own room I work out of so I've always been pretty socially distanced before this.
Right now they keep moving the goal posts on when they will allow more people back into the office and with the way things currently are trending I don't see it happening any time soon since we have offices all over the country so they make a company wide decision on these things. They people they do have in the office right now are spaced every other desk/cubicle so if they go that route when they start bringing people back at some point it will only be 50% capacity or less for awhile.
Right now they keep moving the goal posts on when they will allow more people back into the office and with the way things currently are trending I don't see it happening any time soon since we have offices all over the country so they make a company wide decision on these things. They people they do have in the office right now are spaced every other desk/cubicle so if they go that route when they start bringing people back at some point it will only be 50% capacity or less for awhile.
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I was lucky. I actually took a new job recently. It's 100% remote until at least November, and will be reexamined after that. Even when we go back, there's talk of it being on a flexible basis. Onboarding from home has been a little different, and it's harder to get to know co-workers, but it's not impossible.
My previous job was about 50% remote, so it's been better for me from a distancing standpoint.
I was surprised that companies were hiring, but some places are doing very well in spite of the pandemic.
My previous job was about 50% remote, so it's been better for me from a distancing standpoint.
I was surprised that companies were hiring, but some places are doing very well in spite of the pandemic.
the smart strategy is to downsize the building and just have a place to hand out equipment on the first day and remote everyday after. Saves money for the company.
Still employed but workload increased dramatically. Taking on new clients and markets while continuing to work for all the previous ones for whenever they come back online.
Work increase doesn't mean profit increase as I'm sure others here are seeing.
Work increase doesn't mean profit increase as I'm sure others here are seeing.
It kicked my butt, after day 3 the wife made me get tested. Came back Neg, and I had a stomach bug.
Essential public safety worker here, 911 dispatcher. Been going in like normal throughout all off this. Sidenote - the calls from the Covid Karens have been dropping off. During shut down it was ridiculous.
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We are WFH for at least the rest of 2020. Also an optional program if you want to request permanent WFH. Most new hires going forward will be WFH.
Poll really needs a 'for now' option because we're busy right now on stuff booked pre-COVID but there's nothing new coming in and the current work starts drying up quick starting in Q4, plus the PPP money goes away soon as well. But I've been 95% work from home other than a couple weeks of furlough in May. Management has told us WFH will continue at least to the end of the year. I think long term working from home half time would be great but I feel like the importance of being face to face in meetings and being able to chat with people in hallways or at the water cooler is becoming more and more apparent (same reason I don't think Zoom is going to replace a lot of business travel post COVID, there's value in being there)
Im going to have to figure out the tax benefits I can get from being required to have my own home office.
Im going to have to figure out the tax benefits I can get from being required to have my own home office.
Been working from home since March, had to furlough and eliminate roles on my team in the past few weeks, likely to see more by year end. The reverberation of COVID-19 will snap hard for many I’m afraid.
