Coronavirus Updates, Important Information, and Ancedotal Experience
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I've more or less adapted to working at home. I stuck it out until the state mandated otherwise. I was not trusting of my ability to get work done with my desktop right there.
Now I don't want to go back. Pajama pants and hoodies, relaxed shaving schedule, no commuting. Gotta be saving at least an hour a day on bullshit.
HR sent out an anonymous survey asking "yes, no, maybe" if you would be returning to work when the ban was lifted. They also added some stipulations:
Now I don't want to go back. Pajama pants and hoodies, relaxed shaving schedule, no commuting. Gotta be saving at least an hour a day on bullshit.
HR sent out an anonymous survey asking "yes, no, maybe" if you would be returning to work when the ban was lifted. They also added some stipulations:
- Closure or restricted use of shared spaces (conference rooms, kitchen)
- Physical distancing measures
- Wearing face masks/coverings while in the office
- Clean desk policy / daily workspace disinfection requirement
- Frequent hand washing
- Limiting number of employees in the building, reduced density
- Daily sign in/sign out requirement for contact tracking purposes
- Health status self-monitoring (fever free, not exhibiting any COVID-19 symptoms, etc)
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chaos
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Is there anyone who actually wants extended shutdowns if they aren't actually necessary? I hate people as a rule anywa, but I don't think people are staying up nights hoping we have more food shortages and higher unemployment numbers for no real reason.At the very least it's going to be used to justify extended shutdowns. We both work for the federal government and technically in Illinois, my wife is part of the committee that will transition the base back to work. The plan is to lag behind the state by about 2 weeks but at this point they wont be back to work until 2022.. I'm essential and actually enjoy how little traffic is here now.
Noodleface
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Any time in the past I've done one-off work from home days I always felt a little useless. But with t his shutdown they let us take office equipment home and I have a big disk so I got it all setup like work. And now it's just the new normal like you said. I still dress fairly normal and shower every morning, the only change really is I'm not driving 2 hours a day and I don't have the autistic kid at work constantly coming into my office (he IM's me instead).
I'd be ok with never going back.
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Gavinmad
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That is precisely the kind of bullshit you should expect to happen in Illinois.
Jysin
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WFH is here to stay. I have friends in finance in London and despite the call back to work by the Prime Minister, both of their firms have stated that employees are welcome to WFH for the rest of the year. I know from a business perspective, the cost of a desk at a firm like Goldman's, JPM, MS, etc are in the £150-200K range. That is a massive savings if you shift your workforce to home and can maintain / increase productivity. No one likes commuting into London. That's for sure.
The hit on the commercial property market and commercial rents will be staggering for the foreseeable future. "New normal" indeed.
The hit on the commercial property market and commercial rents will be staggering for the foreseeable future. "New normal" indeed.
chaos
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Yeah I got pulled into some remote work task force thing. Leadership was surprised when I said that long term, I see no more than 30% of people who are able to work remotely volunteering to go back to the office full time. I think the commute is the big thing. If you live in an area that has high traffic, get just got hours back to your day, every day. Given the option, I think even now a lot of companies underestimate how many people won't choose to sacrifice those hours again for no real gain.
But a lot of people won't have that chance. Was talking to a manager who was complaining that they weren't able to micromanage employees efficiently enough remotely and the numbers were down due to them not being able to physically look over employee shoulders and ensure they are on task. People like that will fuck things up for everyone.
But a lot of people won't have that chance. Was talking to a manager who was complaining that they weren't able to micromanage employees efficiently enough remotely and the numbers were down due to them not being able to physically look over employee shoulders and ensure they are on task. People like that will fuck things up for everyone.
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Kiroy
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with the fairly recent (past decade) change of letting patients review doctors and hospital bureaucracy having those reviews actually count for their career / pay, we are pretty much there - doctor reviews along with corrupt as fuck big pharma paying doctors off and lieing about addictiveness is how we have an opioid epidemic, but the patient /doctor review issue doesn't just apply to pain killers
edit: i read your post as "can request their own medication" vs "has to" - still relevant though I think
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Kovaks
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Patient review is the most retarded idea ever. It isn't fucking customer service Karen. Now instead of making the best decision for people's health they have to weigh that against getting their bonus or pay increases, or in some cases, I have seen at places my wife has worked, actually getting reprimanded for bad reviews. I didn't get all the narco I can eat is not the same as you forgot to refill my coke.
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Kiroy
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CA counties are re-opening, some of them are only semi-rural too
www.kcra.com
apparently 27 other counties are in talks with the governor to do the same modified phase 2
7 NorCal counties allowed to expand Stage 2 reopenings
The state of California has allowed six counties to reopen quicker under its Stage 2 guidelines. This means dine-in restaurants and walk-in shopping would be OK to reopen in those areas.
www.kcra.com
apparently 27 other counties are in talks with the governor to do the same modified phase 2
Kiroy
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it's a large contributor to the opioid deaths of 100s of thousands of people, for sure
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Noodleface
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My boss is remote, literally halfway across the US and works from home full time. That's the one thing I got going for me
Arative
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I'm in an industry where States require us to work in the office. During the whole pandemic the States just didn't enforce the rules. Our owner gave us the option to come in on the 18th or June 1st. 4 people are coming back on 5/18. Everyone else wants to work from home until 6/1.
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Really?
Can't bring out the "I probably could have closed but feel a far larger opportunity is a bit of negotiating away?"
Jysin
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$5 says those 4 workers have been dealing with their Karen wives and just want out of the house!
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Arative
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I know one lives with his 20 year old son and two grandchildren, so for sure he wants out. The others are married as well.
Alex
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That wouldn't fly. Obviously not happening in the current environment, but we're planning on going public really soon. We have monthly commits now. It's annoying.