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Has Coronavirus shutdown or shifted your school/workplace online?
- Thread starter Squarehard
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- COVID
Schools are closed, bars and cafes closed, but I have to go to work by train in an hour. We can't work from home. Not enough laptops, and even if they did, not enough certifications.
Atleast the trains will be quiet...
Atleast the trains will be quiet...
My office is going WFH starting on the 23rd. We do secretarial/word processing/clerical work. We've never done this before and management is freaking out. Their own fault, as we are yet another example of a place where WFH should have been common already. We test this week with a few people from each shift at home. I kind of hope that they speed things up and I don't have to go back after tonight. It's going to be at least a few months.
Originally thought I'd save some gas money, as I have a long commute. But then I remembered that the perk of going to an office is that they blast the AC. My place gets scorching hot in the summer, and I don't want to be uncomfortable while working, so my electric bill will likely offset. All of this is assuming that things still stay somewhat normal in regards to electric companies etc.
Of course, bitching about the AC is the last anyone wants to hear now. I realize my situation is far better than many. I wish everyone the best.
Originally thought I'd save some gas money, as I have a long commute. But then I remembered that the perk of going to an office is that they blast the AC. My place gets scorching hot in the summer, and I don't want to be uncomfortable while working, so my electric bill will likely offset. All of this is assuming that things still stay somewhat normal in regards to electric companies etc.
Of course, bitching about the AC is the last anyone wants to hear now. I realize my situation is far better than many. I wish everyone the best.
Just got into work for another day. Still saying that working from home requires you make a special short term request of management. It sucks because you don't want to be the one person to ask. We have laptops and access to our network via VPN from home. Literally no reason why I have to be physically in the office.
I teach at a juvenile detention center; the kids have extremely limited access to materials. So, no internet for them and thus no online learning. My boss said that I'm to send worksheets to facilitate my class and that will fulfill my duties until I'm requested to send over more materials.
Shit is nuts, I'm basically on paid leave atm.
Shit is nuts, I'm basically on paid leave atm.
Nope, all running as normal right now. Hoping they will let people work from home soon as I live with my grandparents and I have asthma. Don't know how likely they are to say yes but I gotta at least ask.
Nothing major at my work. Several people have been told to work from home but the majority of the company will still be at the office. I'm in the IT dept so I'll be there regardless of what happens.
full on home office for at least 2 weeks, not encouraged but actually enforced unless you have super business critical stuff to do, if so there are guidelines in place for people that have to go to the office.
Will probably be extended for a while longer after the 2 weeks are over.
Will probably be extended for a while longer after the 2 weeks are over.
The essential core services don't require us to hug or even touch each other.
Postal service, groceries, toilet paper, gas. You know, the things people are hoarding, are going to be fine so annoys me that people are leaning in hard and keeping people like me who just need stuff for their everyday needs. Not to past for a month.
Postal service, groceries, toilet paper, gas. You know, the things people are hoarding, are going to be fine so annoys me that people are leaning in hard and keeping people like me who just need stuff for their everyday needs. Not to past for a month.
My work has taken on a weird stance where only 30% work from home rotating each week, this decision is not based on a ryme or reason on whether you need to physically be in the office or not.
Makes it more bizarre when our government has requested we work from home if possible
Makes it more bizarre when our government has requested we work from home if possible
My company still has not recomended shifting to WFH if possible (not all jobs can be done remote for us but lik2 80% of the office jobs can be). I'm currently WFH of my own accord as MA has been recomending more and more lockdown measures and it seems foolish to me to go in when I don't actually have to be there to do my job.
I have argued for us to work from home here in Gothenburg Sweden, but the bosses are unwilling to make that call. So I have to continue to take three buses to work still, despite that we would lose no revenue whatsoever by working from home right now.
Two of my clients aren't closing their office, so i still gotta hit the commute three times a week :/
Yeah my boss (and the end-client/customer) are all telling us to stay off-campus, unless we need to work on any sort of hardware maintenance. I'll likely work from home the rest of the month, and then reassess from that point.
As of yesterday there is no more K-12 school for the rest of the school year. Staff still have to work but honestly without students it is going to be weird.
All public schools in my state were just ordered to close by our governor yesterday, so my spring break was extended. No updates yet if they're planning to have us finish the school year online via Google Classroom. It's doable, but at the same time I have students who relied entirely on school resources for a computer, internet, and a meal.
From the sound of it, if we extend that's what we're doing to. Same situation though, we have quite a few kids who rely on the school's technology. Going all online (which I'm fully expecting to happen) is also going to be hell for kids on IEPs because they're probably not going to get the help they need.
Yeah, for what seems like a simple solution that districts and states are preparing, there are a lot of nuances to it. I just hope that in the end we can pull it off and provide the best education that we possibly can.
They finally made a call at my work. We will be rotating staff to reduce the number of exposures. My branch is off this week and returns next week.
Just got the word that we are closing the office and working from home today! I'm still going to come in and check the mail and stuff since I live 5 minutes away but it's still nice.
Yeah, I code so my job can easily be done remotely. Decided last week on Thursday to stay put. I have a short commute but all the trains I use are two stops away from an international airport. So there's a healthy (heh) mix of passengers from various places. I'm not going to use the bus, it'll take 3x the time and they're usually packed during rush hour.
I don't like being holed up like this. I try to keep myself entertained but it's hard, also I need to stop reading up on the news every hour.
I don't like being holed up like this. I try to keep myself entertained but it's hard, also I need to stop reading up on the news every hour.
Yup, Peru's in lockdown and only certain industries will keep operating (banking in my case), so I went to the office this morning to establish workflow and deliverables during this period and now I'll be working from home for the next 2 weeks. There's military forces outside checking if people actually have to go to work or are outside to buy first necessity goods.
How things change, lol. I'm working from home now. I believe either our mayor or governor wanted a 50% reduction in physical presence. My work from home request was approved on Thursday.
I like it so far. I take my job seriously so I'm pretty disciplined; I've done as much work as I have while in the office. I just hate how I have to use my own phone to make calls. Plus, in my office, I have two monitors but we aren't allowed to take them home. We can only use the laptops they gave us.