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Twitter tells all of its employees to work at home because of coronavirus
Tech company said it is "operating out of an abundance of caution" in asking its 5,000 workers to work from home.
www.google.com
Square has also done the same.
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Twitter tells employees to work from home
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www.google.com
Square has also done the same.
So it's better to wait until thousands are infected and then start taking these measures?
Why wait until it is too late? We know that the problem will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. We should take preventative measures, not just reactionary measures.
Minimum of 12-18 months for a vaccine and that's assuming it'll be widely available once it's ready. And it's not like it's going to just go away once we have the vaccine, they're predicting it could become a seasonal illness.
Prepare for it to "ruin everything", people (I believe at least one person from the CDC, I'll try to find a source) have been saying it's going to disrupt normal life for a few weeks now :\
Edit: Yep it was the CDC
For the Salaried Twitter employees it's ok, but i'm thinking of this will affect the workers who are staffed to work at their buildings and how this may their works hours. It's definitely good to get ahead of the curve but it's still shocking to me nonetheless. This also sets a precedence so I wonder how other big companies will respond (mines included).
I believe studies have shown fairly surprising productivity boosts when working from home.
I love it, personally.
It's being driven by the fact that a lot of these tech companies have offices in Seattle, which is ground zero as far as the US goes. Several of my colleagues there have already said that they will be WFH indefinitely.
I work in a Midwest satellite office and was told today that we are free to work from home if we are worried about getting sick.
Wow. My workplace just told us that we should work from home if we don't feel well.
We've also halted all travel to places like China and Italy, and barred people who have been to those places from coming into the office.
And now there's hand sanitizer available everywhere.
We've also halted all travel to places like China and Italy, and barred people who have been to those places from coming into the office.
And now there's hand sanitizer available everywhere.
Our boss is suggesting we try having everyone work from home one day as a test. So that we can prepare in case things get too out of hand.
My company is doing similar. If you're sick at all, work from home until you're 100% healthy, not even the slightest symptom.
If this gets a lot worse, I don't know what's going to happen to us retail workers. All kinds of illnesses run through our stores.
I hate it with all my heart. Some of my friends love it, though. I think it really varies from person to person.
Been thinking about that and food service too. Those are two industries that will let employees get sick in droves before doing a thing
That's what we did a few years back, and it stuck because everyone worked just as hard and morale went up.
Hopefully the same happens with you!
I live down the street from Indeed here in Austin and they just rolled out the same policy. My employer meanwhile decided to roll out sweeping changes to their VPN policies which have been causing those of us working from home huge headaches.
Obviously, yes, telework/telecommute is net-good for society.
Personally I don't know how I feel about it. Just seems like a way to be guilted or cheated into working more time for free. I want to leave my job at the (job's) front door.
Personally I don't know how I feel about it. Just seems like a way to be guilted or cheated into working more time for free. I want to leave my job at the (job's) front door.
If this gets worse people aren't going to be shopping and your hours will be reduced.
What is the absolute worst case scenario for this thing? I'm envisioning like complete economic meltdown.
I'm so worried about my 62 year old mom who can't retire and works at a bank with the public.
Not to mention thousands of others.
I'm also worried about the election.
I'm so worried about my 62 year old mom who can't retire and works at a bank with the public.
Not to mention thousands of others.
I'm also worried about the election.
I truly wonder what they are thinking. It seems like letting everyone in your office WFH would be manageable since there is a precedent. Why risk everyone's health?
Is she behind protective glass? Make sure she wears disposable gloves, and is informed about not touching her face/ears/mouth with the gloves on.
My company has already banned all non-essential travel, and all travel deemed essential has to be approved by c-suite executives. This is a company of 90,000 employees so you can only imagine this choice wasn't taken lightly. I've noticed the same thing with many of our clients and our clients are basically every company in the world. I know Amazon has also banned all non-essential travel because we work closely with them.
I'm not trying to play into the Hysteria but I've had to start planning how I can allow my employees to work from home. The problem is we are heavily dependent on the office environment and desktop computers. Working over the network with the type of work we do is near impossible
I'm not trying to play into the Hysteria but I've had to start planning how I can allow my employees to work from home. The problem is we are heavily dependent on the office environment and desktop computers. Working over the network with the type of work we do is near impossible
My workplace (a major, academic health center) has banned international travel for work reasons for at least 2 months. And they've banned all travel of any kind to Italy, China, Iran, and S. Korea.
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Sorry if it wasn't obvious. On mobile, plus it's a habit. I don't know anyone that spells it out online. That's like asking someone to spell out ATM.
Probably not, we meet with clients at the office often enough. Plus, we just got new workstations!
When it comes to Corona Virus, they would need to WFH for at least 14 days
My friend works at Indeed. He got the notice yesterday to start WFH today until at least the 12th where they will reassess.
My work is still contemplating that idea. I'm fully able to WFH but I'm not sure all the positions are
My work is still contemplating that idea. I'm fully able to WFH but I'm not sure all the positions are
My IT company is staring to formulate plans to work remotely and seeing what preventative ways to help those out in the field.
And my other retail job, might as well fucking quit lol.
And my other retail job, might as well fucking quit lol.
Myself and millions of others are screwed. Talked to my manager today if we had any plan/should be planning if we couldn't operate at full capacity for a couple weeks. We are screwed, I already work through sickness because I literally can't afford to call in sick. I have a total of 16 hours of sick time. I can't afford to miss more than that or I'm literally at risk to lose my housing.
I work in the entertainment industry and with all the events slowly being cancelled, there is a medium chance I may lose my job and in turn, my home.
Yeah, my company recently said if it gets worse in our country (we are currently at a low risk level) then everyone who can should work from home, and if you have a position that can't work from home and get at all ill, you will get 3 weeks of paid sick leave(which is on top of the mandatory sick days from government, paid personal/sick days that the company provides as well)
