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Has Coronavirus shutdown or shifted your school/workplace online?
- Thread starter Squarehard
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I work for a silicon valley tech company with around 300 people in one building, and starting this week it was recommended, but not mandated, that people work from home who have the ability to do so. This not only lowered chances of any one person having a chance of spreading a disease throughout the company, but it made it easier for the company to clean and disinfect surfaces that people regularly touch, like door handles and desks. From what I've seen when I go in, a large number of people took them up on it (for me I've been working half-day from home, half-day at work, because some things are a lot easier to do at work).
They also are keeping track of who comes into work, so that if someone does get sick, they'll know who was present at work when that person was.
They also are keeping track of who comes into work, so that if someone does get sick, they'll know who was present at work when that person was.
The school district that I sub for is still operating normally, despite there being (currently) 5 known cases of COVID locally. Bet that'll change when it's a student who becomes infected and not just some country-club senior, though.
My company is starting a 1-2 week "test" of work from home for my department starting today. The school my wife teaches at is still open, but they're discussing contingencies.
Yes...schools near us are closing..our district is right at the brink..doing everything but closing (no conferences, no activities etc). I already had worked from home, so this hasn't changed any of that.
Our daycare provider says she will stay open until the governor tells her to close or that we have a suspected case in the room.
Our daycare provider says she will stay open until the governor tells her to close or that we have a suspected case in the room.
I travel a lot for work and as soon as I got back from my last mission overseas I was asked to telework for 14 days lmao. So that's where i've been this whole week.
I already worked from home 3 days a week (and have for years), and now we're working at home 5 days a week at least until 3/28, and then we see what happens at that point.
CEO just sent an email yesterday saying two of the buildings in the city have 2 confirmed positive people so those two buildings will be working from home while they disinfect the entire buildings.
My building is directly in Time Square but we're still required to come in unless if you're feeling symptoms.
They just issued an email last night saying this Friday the entire building will be running a "Work From Home" test for the day. No one is gonna be coming in and will be working from home for the day. I think we have to come back in on Monday though. I feel it's only a matter of time before we're all just working from home though. I would hope so..
My building is directly in Time Square but we're still required to come in unless if you're feeling symptoms.
They just issued an email last night saying this Friday the entire building will be running a "Work From Home" test for the day. No one is gonna be coming in and will be working from home for the day. I think we have to come back in on Monday though. I feel it's only a matter of time before we're all just working from home though. I would hope so..
Not yet, but we can already work from home pretty easy. All of our dev staff already works off a laptop plugged into a dock station. So we can just bring our laptops home and see how it goes.
My kids school district is shutting down on Monday for a month. Didn't say anything about "attending" school from home even though all the students have Chrome laptops.
The local colleges are extending spring breaks. My workplace is a lost cause though, the 'set in their ways' thinking of the higher ups means unless people start dying we have to use our own time to leave.
There's public schools and colleges around here (NoVA) that have closed or are going online for a few weeks. We didn't get much snow in this area this winter, so they have the spare days.
As for my workplace, there isn't really anything that we can do from home. An announcement that went out yesterday stated that in the event of closure, we can start banking extra time or make up the time taken off. Pretty much stuck to using PTO or taking LWOP unless you make up the time, which will really suck.
As for my workplace, there isn't really anything that we can do from home. An announcement that went out yesterday stated that in the event of closure, we can start banking extra time or make up the time taken off. Pretty much stuck to using PTO or taking LWOP unless you make up the time, which will really suck.
Not yet for my workplace even though cases are getting closer. We get one WFH day a week so it should be easy to transfer to full WFH. Literally all the stuff we do can be done from home remotely anyway.
People here feel that management is just waiting until there's an infected employee. Basically when it's too late lol I feel like this isn't the time for a "let's wait and see" approach.
People here feel that management is just waiting until there's an infected employee. Basically when it's too late lol I feel like this isn't the time for a "let's wait and see" approach.
My work issued a survey late last week to ascertain who can work from home, but no mention of anything since. Honestly feels like it'd be a last resort, but it feels inevitable that someone at work will become infected given the number of employees in the building and I'm getting increasing nervous (I'm on immunosupression medication).
Yup, we've been starting to shut things down such as large events at the university I work for. Just got word now that we're also shutting down daily campus visits, employee domestic/international travel for admissions, etc. I already work from home, but the rest of the office is going to be getting up to speed on how to work from home and seeing what resources are needed there.
This is a large university in Ohio.
This is a large university in Ohio.
Not yet. I work for a NPO with about 60 staff in DC and typically we follow the fed's guidance for closures (OPM, for those in the know). OPM hasn't called shit yet, so I guess we aren't calling shit either for now? They're frantically trying to get the org ready for all-staff teleworking, so I appreciate that there's a sense that it's inevitable at this point, however half of us, myself included, already do regular remote work and are ready to go. I understand they want to keep a guise of fairness, but coronavirus doesn't give a shit about fairness; those of us who are telework ready should be doing so already. I know it sucks for our staff who aren't set up yet, but keeping us all here does nothing for health safety even if it looks better for the office politics.
Idk, it feels like they're hoping to drag this out for a few weeks so they can get like 30 people laptops and figure out their remote protocols, but I feel like we have maybe days before OPM calls it. Frankly, once OPM says its remote time I'm putting my foot down at that point if they're still not letting us full-time remote. I have three weeks of sick leave and I'll exhaust them instead of working remotely if they aren't going to let me.
Idk, it feels like they're hoping to drag this out for a few weeks so they can get like 30 people laptops and figure out their remote protocols, but I feel like we have maybe days before OPM calls it. Frankly, once OPM says its remote time I'm putting my foot down at that point if they're still not letting us full-time remote. I have three weeks of sick leave and I'll exhaust them instead of working remotely if they aren't going to let me.
Yep. My college has transitioned to all online courses. This is my final year before graduation, so it's pretty surreal thinking yesterday was my last "real" day of school, ever.
I work in Manhattan and my workplace was always really encouraging of working from home (like a lot of the office doesn't even come on Fridays)
My managers was extra-encouraging in saying we can work from home whenever we want or need to due to the virus. But...the company hasn't moved entirely remotely yet, which is surprising since we're right in Midtown and everyone takes the trains or other mass transit
My managers was extra-encouraging in saying we can work from home whenever we want or need to due to the virus. But...the company hasn't moved entirely remotely yet, which is surprising since we're right in Midtown and everyone takes the trains or other mass transit
Ireland shutting down for the month but my government office is staying open. However, all the staff have just left as they have the option to work from home, but unfortunately I don't.
Kid's school just announced closing indefinitely after today, after the surrounding districts closed because of an outbreak in the county. Another patient at a local hospital just tested positive, and was sent home.
I expect my industry to go into a near freeze, real estate. We're all used to having slow times. When this eventually gets all worked out, it's going to be a war zone out there among the REALTORS. I'm still calling my database and reaching out to FSBOs, they're mostly citing covid-19 as why they would not like to meet. Just trying to stay fresh in their minds.
Mrs. Cotton works from home, so business as normal for her.
Youngster Cotton is home schooled, and hates to go out (unless it's to the movies), so the only thing different for him is no movie theater for a few months (or more).
Mrs. Cotton works from home, so business as normal for her.
Youngster Cotton is home schooled, and hates to go out (unless it's to the movies), so the only thing different for him is no movie theater for a few months (or more).
I've been getting regular emails saying our company may have everyone in our building that is able to work from home to do so. They are monitoring the situation. Since I already work from home at least 50% of the work week it's not much of a change for me.
I just got a call from a co-worker saying the same thing for us on Friday. I suspect checking people's RSA tokens work is one of the reasons.
Not yet, but they're frantically trying to see how many people they can get set up to be WFH-capable by Friday. As more and more cases in DFW pop up I would not be entirely shocked if we made the jump soon.
It's funny, because the ability to work from home was this carrot on a stick that my higherups would always dangle over us but never let us have, and now thanks to the virus, we will.
It's funny, because the ability to work from home was this carrot on a stick that my higherups would always dangle over us but never let us have, and now thanks to the virus, we will.
I am pretty sure we can't do 911 from home.
Pretty sure. Claas wise, rumor is BC may be going to online courses soon.
Pretty sure. Claas wise, rumor is BC may be going to online courses soon.
It's probably a pretty awkward time to start a new job. My last day at my current work is very soon and they haven't given a single damn about the virus (no confirmed cases in my town yet, I guess).
New job is willing to send everyone to work from home so the work culture is vastly different and I'm gonna love it.
New job is willing to send everyone to work from home so the work culture is vastly different and I'm gonna love it.
I'm at a University in a city without any recent COVID-19 cases, so all they've done is made changes to the travel policy. It sucks for any students that were doing a summer internship in another country though, that shit has been cancelled.
If COVID19 rolls in and causes cancellations to my job, I can do the job from home so it won't be a vacation or anything.
If COVID19 rolls in and causes cancellations to my job, I can do the job from home so it won't be a vacation or anything.
We are evacuating. I'm staying here as long as I'm required. Then work from home, and my home is not a great place for working
Yes, since yesterday. And it's a good thing too. We have one home office day per week anyway, all the meetings always have a Skype or Teams link, so my whole company is equipped for the adjustment without having to change anything.
We'll be working from home until at least the 3rd of April, but I've heard rumblings the higher ups have already prepped until June
EDIT: We also only need VPN for a select few systems (like time logging for some reason), so nothing really has to be scaled up IT wise I think
We'll be working from home until at least the 3rd of April, but I've heard rumblings the higher ups have already prepped until June
EDIT: We also only need VPN for a select few systems (like time logging for some reason), so nothing really has to be scaled up IT wise I think
Yeah my company moved to fully WFH on the 1st of March(UK Based) they just didn't want to take any chances, we have one day a month where the office is closed(as part of BCP testing) and all 300 odd employees work from home anyway so it's pretty seamless at the moment.
So far so good, the hardest thing so far is convincing clients that our usual face to face meetings are moving to WebEx for the foreseeable future.
So far so good, the hardest thing so far is convincing clients that our usual face to face meetings are moving to WebEx for the foreseeable future.
My job has eliminated all large meetings and individual travel now has to be approved by senior management on a case by case basis.
Next step is to completely eliminate non-essential travel and everyone works from home (this likely will happen soon).
Our kids' school is still going but cancelled all large gatherings, mainly because there's only one confirmed case in the area and it's far away.
Next step is to completely eliminate non-essential travel and everyone works from home (this likely will happen soon).
Our kids' school is still going but cancelled all large gatherings, mainly because there's only one confirmed case in the area and it's far away.
I work in a major vfx studio and am working on a certain sci-fi blockbuster due out end of this year. We can't work from home due to security risks, can't have that content over home networks. Some depts such as HR and finances could shift to work from home though.
We have reshoots happening in a few months... I am really wondering if those have to be delayed. And then I wonder what that means for the films release.
We have reshoots happening in a few months... I am really wondering if those have to be delayed. And then I wonder what that means for the films release.