Poll of the Day > Has the coronavirus affected your work schedule yet?

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No... but they are gonna try to give everyone remote access very soon. So well see how that goes. There would still need to be a skeleton crew for work items that can only be done at the office (like the mail).

Edit: Something I never thought about until posting this... anyone hear anything about how mail processing & distribution can remain safe?

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No, and even if it did I would still be expected to WFH, which is... no different than working in the office.

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University campus is closed for the rest of the semester, so my extension classes are gone. I hope I can teach in the Summer!

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100% working from home, but my wife isn't going to be working at all, since the museum she works at is shut down for the foreseeable future, ok?

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I could work from home, my company has sent emails talking about closing the offices and having everyone work from home. I think they did it in out Seattle offices, but not the others.

Personally I hate working from home so even if they send out the notice, I'll probably still go in.

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Probably not unless it's the reason I've had to cover for the head cook in my department. She was out all week for a medical reason, but the deli supervisor said it was something to do with a surgery. *shrugs*

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Not yet, but if you see my latest post, it just might happen if they decided to shut down the Transit System here in NYC...

Need it to make deliveries, so it's like a Win (more ppl don't wanna go out) and Lose (need Transit to get where I'm going) situation for me.

Not yet

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Yeah, the museum where I work is closed because of the virus. There's a lot going on.

Museums, libraries, other public buildings and some shops are closed, all gatherings of 100+ humans are prohibited, many people are working from home, employers are shitting themselves and the government wants anyone who has even the slightest cold to stay at home. Even some hospitals have been closed because they had too many infected staff members... That's probably not all of it, too.

There's also a run on toilet paper, which is very annoying. Surprisingly, the schools are still open.

It's all going great here in the Netherlands! :')

The company I work for is sending exempt employees home to work remotely. Unfortunately, because Im hourly and non-exempt, I get to work in the Petri dish of our office.

Work, no. School, yes. I have two classes that need to be there in the studio to work on stuff, and even if we were allowed to go in there, everything was thrown off by extending the spring break.

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dancer62 posted...

University campus is closed for the rest of the semester, so my extension classes are gone. I hope I can teach in the Summer!

What do you teach?

Yes. I no longer have a job.

I work for a 24/7 convenience store. I havent been told differently yet, but I have a feeling its only a matter of time


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Yep, I teach at a middle school, and school has been cancelled until at least April, and probably later.

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nope, bus to work tomorrow morning as usual. My sister is off for now

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yeah. office is closed until further notice. everyone just works at home for now.

Not yet, but it might. Depends on how my potential thesis supervisors interpret the university's advice regarding the situation.

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Sadly no. No cases close enough for my boss shut down the office.

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no, I dont work with the public

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It's gonna happen soon. Since the casino's and hotels are starting to close here (vegas). I work BoH in a restaurat but today was probably the worst Sunday I've seen. 1 customer when we opened and then no one for two hours or so. Picked up a bit around 2:30.
Idk how night shift has gone.

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It hasn't, but they are monitoring the situation and taking more precautions.

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I'm a teacher. The provincial government today announced that classes are cancelled but teachers are still to go to work. We'll find out tomorrow what the plan is. The province has said that it's up to individual districts to decide whether teachers are to work from school or from home.

Final government exams for graduating students will still happen in June. This implies that we're going to have to provide online learning opportunities. I don't know about elementary teachers, though. They'll have to do something.

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we dont have to come in but we can. tons of extra shifts available, they raised the weekly cap to 60 (though iv'e always been able to go past the cap anyway)
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No. Its hasnt affected much here except people buying everything. Other than that, its pretty normal. Even if other places start closing down, Ill most likely still work. I guess its good that I dont work at the transit station anymore...

MrMelodramatic posted...

Yes. I no longer have a job.

They fired you because of the coronavirus?
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Nope.

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Not yet, but our dumb fuck governor shut down restaurants to dine in customers, so I'll probably get my hours cut since we'll be going down to take out only

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MrMelodramatic posted...

Yes. I no longer have a job.

you don't mean you were fired because of it do you?

Got word today it will

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No and it won't. Even if where I work shuts down, I will still be scheduled to come in and do my job.


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No.

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It was recommended we primarily work from home for at least the next 2 weeks

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Bar shut down for two weeks.

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Nothing definitive yet, but it probably will. Even if we stay open, we've closed the dining room and are offering take-out service only, and may be offering some delivery (which we don't normally do). Classes have been cancelled, so I've got more free time in which I could be scheduled, but I don't know how my schedule will change just yet.

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yes, a lot of us are having to work from home

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Im already work at home, absolutely nothing changed other than Im not going to do my Friday lunch at the local pub for a while


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Update 2:
So yesterday, I got word we were slashing hours, the next day (today) we are closed.
All but two of our stores in southern Alberta are closed till at least april.

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Nah, wife and I both already work from home full time. She just won't be traveling as much.

Nothing yet, though there haven't been as many customers these past few days (retail/distribution clerk for USPS).

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As of today, yeah. Got word earlier of a "partial lockdown" of the hotel. Which is stupid, because apparently all that means is that our computers have been relocated to the hotel next door. Our doors are chained shut, but everyone can just come to the other hotel and we can send them to their room at the locked one(rooms are located in a separate building). So... We're still going to be there checking people in, just from a different building. I don't really see a point to that.

Though, they're just having one front desk person run both systems, so most likely lots of cut hours.

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There have been rumors. But nothing confirmed. They are talking about standby. I just have to make sure I'm still getting paid for it...
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Corporate doesn't give a **** about us little guys. Even if they did, both of my employment is considered essential.

I was supposed to be on vacation this entire week, but since I work at a grocery story, my vacation was cancelled and I was told to work.

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temporary raise since this past sunday until end of april at amazon. getting over 60 hours this week
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Now it has. My workplace is closing down, and we are going week by week. Every week, we will get e-mails on which days to go in.

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And as of now, yes. Closed for 30 days.

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While my schedule is unaffected, my workplace now closes daily between midnight and 5am, as opposed to being open 24/7. My shifts tend to be either 6am to 2:30pm or 10:30am to 7pm, depending on when they need me that day.

Meanwhile, other stores by me are closing at 7, and opening not too long before my work shifts start this week, which is annoying because people have finally stopped flooding the supermarkets long enough that I want to grab some groceries, but can't. I get off work as those stores close, and trying to go to them before work, dropping the groceries off at home, and heading back that same way to start work is impractical at best. I can hope things hold up until Friday so I can stock up for a couple weeks, but things are spiraling day after day.

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