Has Covid impacted your job?

meangreen11 · May 12, 2020

A lot of my friends have been laid off and I am worried they will not be hired back.

TheColonyEagle · May 12, 2020

How can anyone say “no”

Udomann · May 12, 2020

Does working from home instead of the office count? Cause hell yes. The constant sounds of a 5 year old will drive a man mad.

Drive a man mad..

Drive a man mad.....

Drive a man maaaaddddd.........

TheColonyEagle · May 12, 2020

Just now, Udomann said:

Does working from home instead of the office count? Cause hell yes. The constant sounds of a 5 year old will drive a man mad.

Drive a man mad..

Drive a man mad.....

Drive a man maaaaddddd.........

Amen!

emmitt01 · May 12, 2020

3 hours ago, TheColonyEagle said:

How can anyone say “no”

Easy, we are the definition of “essential”

UNTX · May 13, 2020

We both work in the travel industry, which of course has been crushed. My spouse has been furloughed, and I’ve taken a temporary 25% pay cut. Hoping upon hope it doesn’t get worse for us.

peanuts104 · May 13, 2020

Wait I need to revote. I was just thinking in terms of employment. It has impacted commercial real estate quite a bit. I'm still getting in work though so that's why I said no.

THOR · May 13, 2020

yes, but not in a negative way (well negative in how i teach, but positive in that i barely work yet still get paid the same). it's weird. i teach, well sort of. teaching in denton during this virus has made my life easier and i work even less than i used too, but it absolutely sucks. i put out 3 assignments a week...see if they turned it in and pass them. that's what i'm supposed to do. no new teaching,...it's been a boring 8 weeks of stupid review videos and webquests. kids are appreciative of it (they have told me it helps keep them busy) but it absolutely sucks. i hope i never have to teach from home again. no way is it the same as an in person class with discussion, rabbit holes to run down, fun interaction with the kids.

those schools that are going to online only for the fall will hurt those students the most.

Edited May 13, 2020 by THOR

MCMLXXX · May 13, 2020

19 hours ago, TheColonyEagle said:

How can anyone say “no”

That's what she said!

dml7007 · May 13, 2020

I have been furloughed. Hoping that I can go back if things get better.

UNTFan23 · May 13, 2020

On 5/12/2020 at 2:51 PM, TheColonyEagle said:

How can anyone say “no”

I have worked from home for almost 10 years now. So in that manner, nothing has changed for me. With my company, the pandemic has created new demand for more IT solutions to adapt to how retail has changed drastically since March.

TheColonyEagle · May 13, 2020

12 minutes ago, UNTFan23 said:

I have worked from home for almost 10 years now. So in that manner, nothing has changed for me. With my company, the pandemic has created new demand for more IT solutions to adapt to how retail has changed drastically since March.

do you travel?

UNTFan23 · May 13, 2020

Just now, TheColonyEagle said:

do you travel?

No. I used to travel back to homebase once, sometimes twice a year but I couldn't tell you the last time I did that.

TheColonyEagle · May 13, 2020

1 minute ago, UNTFan23 said:

No. I used to travel back to homebase once, sometimes twice a year but I couldn't tell you the last time I did that.

Ok...was curious.

My wife and I both work from home and our travel is totally gone. (not that I'm complaining....but it does make it a little more difficult)

Rudy · May 13, 2020

Yes. Several of our patrol and even admin have tested positive. I've been tested twice, and the second test was inconclusive, so I have to get tested a third time. On top of those who tested positive, more have been sick and been told to stay home out of caution. Our CID has been working from home the past month. And on top of that, we had more out for surgery and maternity leave. Last week we had 3 people on duty covering 800 square miles.

I'm gonna go with yeah.

bstnsportsfan3 · May 13, 2020

I started working from home but business wise nothing has changed.

jtm0097 · May 13, 2020

I was in Germany when all of this started. Work (Government Sponsored Enterprise) and the CDC made me stay at home for 2 weeks. So I worked from home. Once my 2 weeks was up, I went back to the office. We are considered essential, so I have been back in the office for 6 weeks now.

ipd054 · May 14, 2020

Lost my job so others could keep theirs.

peanuts104 · May 14, 2020

11 hours ago, Rudy said:

Yes. Several of our patrol and even admin have tested positive. I've been tested twice, and the second test was inconclusive, so I have to get tested a third time. On top of those who tested positive, more have been sick and been told to stay home out of caution. Our CID has been working from home the past month. And on top of that, we had more out for surgery and maternity leave. Last week we had 3 people on duty covering 800 square miles.

I'm gonna go with yeah.

Based on my limited research and amateur opinion, I have seen a lot of reports of unreliable tests depending on the stage of the virus in the person. For example, an antibody test would only test if you had it, not if you actively are suffering from it. I hope you're safe and you don't have it.

Rudy · May 14, 2020

6 hours ago, peanuts104 said:

Based on my limited research and amateur opinion, I have seen a lot of reports of unreliable tests depending on the stage of the virus in the person. For example, an antibody test would only test if you had it, not if you actively are suffering from it. I hope you're safe and you don't have it.

Thanks. I don't wish for anyone to get it. They say that some people have it but show no symptoms. That's the scary part. Some people could be infecting others and never know it.