Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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I believe you but it still seems like a job where measures can be taken fairly easily to limit the human interaction.
Closing down everything would be the opposite of closing down specific businesses. It'd be a widespread of closures and wouldn't single out a specific industry.
I still have to drive to my office with approximately 15 people that also work there, including someone with a daughter going through cancer treatments. A shelter in place will force us to work from home, which I don't think we'll do otherwise. I think there are several offices with the same mindset.
So I think a shelter in place would do more than close the malls.
And there are plenty of other businesses in this same boat. Offices with 50+ people in the office or even construction businesses where crews can be ginormous. Most of those people aren't working in the most hygienic environments. Factories have this issue too.
When I read this I suddenly realized I've receive NO spam/robocalls in about the last week.
Thank God we can all agree that is not an essential business.
I went to a Hy Vee about a week ago and was really encouraged by the behaviors I observed. Was at a different Hy Vee yesterday, in a slightly larger town, and left completely disheartened.
You're working for the wrong company then.
We have 15 people in our office/warehouse and started by letting a couple people wfh because it was fairly convenient. We spent most of friday and monday getting the others who don't wfh up to speed with technology so they can. Now we are down to just 5 in the office, and we are all quite far apart. We've had our warehouse staff work split shift to reduce their exposure to each other. And with one guy, we told him he would be wfh because he cares for his 85 yo mother.
If you COULD wfh, but your boss says "no, I don't like it" to the point where he doesn't care about you or your family's health, then it's time to get a new boss.
Well, maybe not RIGHT NOW, but when the time is right.
I think the 'newness' of self quarantining will wear off. It's not people being rebellious, it's just natural to do 'normal' stuff if you're feeling fine.
If you're capable of working from home, why would you need the governor's order to do it?
Because common sense...it ain't so common.
Some businesses might be less inclined to be flexible with that sort of thing if they don't get a push.
Possibly because the office manager is getting information from the wrong sources. I probably can't go into it any further than that in this thread.
My old group at Lennox is still working out of a small trailer. 10 people working within a few feet of each other. Less than 400 square feet total. But, it's a ****** company, so that matters. No real reason to not work from home.
Yeah same here. My employers won't allow anyone at this time to wfh because they think it'll impact their job performance. We also have plenty of employees constantly walking in and out of this office all day long going various places within the state. There's even been someone who came into contact with someone who has this virus, yet they say they feel fine and are still coming into the office. We have 20+ employees most days but that number can go up when people come in for meetings.
Half of the people with authority here aren't taking this seriously at all and keep calling this a hoax.
I mean, I get that there are some essential jobs where you simply can't do your work remotely. It would be pretty much impossible for anyone I work with to work remotely.
But if you can, I'd think any employer would be all over it.
But if you can, I'd think any employer would be all over it.
Tons of businesses could work remotely if given the opportunity, but employers that are stuck in their ways and don't want to change will never actually change unless forced to.
Exactly. For every business that is taking necessary precautions there is a business that is taking little to no precautions at all. That's the issue here.
The lack of communication regarding this situation at my company infuriates me too. We have yet to even hold a company meeting regarding anything along these lines besides "wash your hands". I literally just heard my employer from his office say on the phone "This is all crap and I'll argue with anyone until I'm blue in the face".
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