Work status and expectations

[gixxerjeff]

^^^^:
This bums me out, G.
Also, let me know if you need anything while you are quarantined. I'm not far away and will come-a-runnin'.

 

[Eye Heart Pasta]

If they decided to make this remote thing permanent, I'd seriously consider finding a close by "executive" office as cheap as possible so I could have "someplace to go to work" and compartmentalize stuff more formally. I'd probably end up saving money doing that over the commute anyway.

When I was walking the dog before lunch, I was mentally trying to design a functional mobile office inside a van that could still carry a mtb or mc.

I can work from home one day a week, no problem. Everyday, I had to make a few changes and still need to make a few more to get back to the amount of work I was getting done driving 50 miles one way.

 

[flipstyledsm22]

Small business, we (wife and I) have been assured our jobs are secure.

Nothing has changed in our schedule. We are property caretakers for a farm stay vineyard. Typically, we would have wine club guests rent the farm stay house, but this pandemic has directly impacted the hospitality side of the business. Most of our building projects have been shelved for the moment. We are currently filling in the void with plenty of landscaping, cost efficient maintenance projects on the house, and other farm related projects.

The hardest part of all this has been the social distancing. Before the pandemic, we were having trouble settling into the area because we were new and didn't have any friends established. The vineyard where we live, is very secluded and no one lives near us either, so getting to know the neighbors is not that easy. We just found an app called Meetup and started to use it, then 3 weeks later... Boom! Covid-19 happened. But, we ARE DOING our part and are staying home. Everything is ordered online and we left our residence 3 times so far.

 

[CodyShaw]

Big corp, no way they would lay any of the corp. employees off (I'd hope... there has been zero indication), wifes work is laying people off but she's contracted off to work on stuff for another company until at least February of next year, so hopefully stuff gets a bit more normal by then.

We are both working normally, just from home. Counting ourselves incredibly lucky, as we also just bought a house in Feb/March, paid down payment the weekend after Wuhan shut down and the markets started going nuts. Very very lucky.

 

[tuxumino]

So I've been work from home since the 1st. On 3/31 I got sent of site to replace laptops for 15 personnel, I gloved and masked because a security person in the building I work in tested positive the week of 3/16 - 3/20 and I told the people who's laptops I replaced that I may have been exposed. Someone at that site complained to their boss, who complained to my boss. That led to an argument between me and 2 of my bosses back at our office, the out come of which I got sent home to WFH for 2 weeks. I return to the office on 4/15.

 

[norcalkid]

I'm a nurse, just got called off again due to low census. Of my last 4 shifts I have been called off 3 of them and sent home early the other. This week they kept me on call at home 4hrs, so I have made $50 this month.
(since I'm not full time I'm not guaranteed shifts but I have never had a problem getting them before)

I'm thinking of applying for unemployment if I'm not able to work the holiday tomorrow. I just don't really feel right about applying as I don't really "need" it. I always keep emergency funds in case of whatever/life happening.

 

[CRUZer]

I'm a nurse, just got called off again due to low census. Of my last 4 shifts I have been called off 3 of them and sent home early the other. This week they kept me on call at home 4hrs, so I have made $50 this month.
(since I'm not full time I'm not guaranteed shifts but I have never had a problem getting them before)

I'm thinking of applying for unemployment if I'm not able to work the holiday tomorrow. I just don't really feel right about applying as I don't really "need" it. I always keep emergency funds in case of whatever/life happening.

Same thing has been happening at my wife's hospital in Santa Clsra. They're slower than they've ever been but they're all union you the hospital offers them the day off but they can decline. She's been getting paid $90 an hour to make birthday cards for the other nurses on the nights when the number of nurses exceeds the number of patients. Hospitals are going to be hurting from this.

 

[norcalkid]

Same thing has been happening at my wife's hospital in Santa Clsra. They're slower than they've ever been but they're all union you the hospital offers them the day off but they can decline. She's been getting paid $90 an hour to make birthday cards for the other nurses on the nights when the number of nurses exceeds the number of patients. Hospitals are going to be hurting from this.

Only full time employees can decline. Per diem/call like myself are first to get cut. This normally works as there are lots of shifts available and I can work when I want and travel the world 6 months a year. The only other time I have seen this was when they dropped the census for the fire.

I'm actually more concerned about a year from now when all the hospitals are broke and making cuts. Seems like all the profitable procedures aren't happening. Though one of the MDs said he thought the stimulus is supposed to help with this??

 

[norcalkid]

Called off again today, I applied for unemployment today.

 

[ThumperX]

I was speaking with a friend who is an ER doc in SF. She said the Bay area was 2-3 weeks ahead of this thing and we "flattened" the curve and avoided what NYC and Detroit are facing right now.

 

[bojangle]

I was speaking with a friend who is an ER doc in SF. She said the Bay area was 2-3 weeks ahead of this thing and we "flattened" the curve and avoided what NYC and Detroit are facing right now.

That's wonderful. I'm also a little concerned that it's giving some a false sense of security, as if it couldn't get bad here. It definitely could.

 

[ThumperX]

That's wonderful. I'm also a little concerned that it's giving some a false sense of security, as if it couldn't get bad here. It definitely could.

That’s her take as well. She mentioned med school colleagues who are in Detroit and NYC, Detroit is being hit especially hard.

 

[GAJ]

Good news for workers.

A giant workers’ compensation insurer announced Monday that it has created two relief funds, each worth $25 million, to support the health and financial stability of California employees required to work during the coronavirus stay-home order.

Leaders of the State Compensation Insurance Fund said the funds would assist any of its 110,000 policyholders and their employees whose work is deemed essential under an executive order issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. One in 10 California businesses get their workers’ compensation insurance through State Fund.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241989241.html

 

[tuxumino]

back in the office today, everyone else has left for the day, I'm here for another hour. I wonder if I'll see that mouse that's in here.

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

became "essentialized" and went into work for a few hours yesterday. I was honestly looking forward to it, but as soon as I arrived I did not feel comfortable. Even with the mask and distancing restrictions, and the nurse taking temps outside. It's probably in my head, but regardless I'm thinking of reaching out and seeing if my on-site work can be further minimized.

 

[budman]

I hear you. I have been to a couple meetings now.

I will be submitting plans to the City tomorrow.

Wife came in and set up some protocols at our office.
Signs on the floor saying stop here basically.

Only one person in the break room at any time.
More to do but a start. She says she is not coming in for a while when the people come back.

 

[wazzuFreddo]

I’m work from home until at least October

 

[ThumperX]

I'm in pergatory....

 

[Kurosaki]

I'll be working from home for the foreseeable future too.

There's talks of getting people back in the office soon-ish but priority is on people that are more inconvenienced working from from home, that would be more productive with access to equipment in the office.

That's not me.

And employees that have kids are expected to still work from home because of closed schools.

 

[budman]

That is a proactive approach. We are keep our folks home too with one exception who comes in twice a week. He would be staying home to if his kid did not pour OJ on his computer and screw it up. :laughing

So... since he sits at the opposite side of our office and he needs the work /$$ we told him it was cool to come in.