Jobs during Corona pandemic...

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Well today my manager called, and she said they'd have to be closed in the earlier morning and open later in the day. So she said I'd have to come in from like 12-4 or 1-5 starting tomorrow I usually work 8am to 12pm.

I have been stressing about all this stuff and also have plans to visit my mom and siblings tomorrow, not sure when i will get another opportunity. And wasn't sure I could do a shift time change on top of all the stress...so all I could really say was 'I will have to think about it.' And so she said to call around 9 tomorrow to let her know, but if I can't then they won't have a shift available I can work.

I was kind of thinking maybe just abandoning ship, but my boyfriend talked to me and I calmed down some from feeling stressed out earlier. So now I am thinking instead of calling and telling her I can't do it, I will call and tell her I already have some important plans with family tomorrow so I would have to start that shift on friday. But yeah I can't abandon my coworkers or even my manager if they still have to go in that seems wrong. Plus it would be best to get a paycheck as long as possible.

IDK anyone else having second thoughts about going to work.

I told my employer over the weekend that I intended on coming in on Monday but after that I wanted to work from home. I supported my reasoning by the fact that I have a work station at home with everything I need to do my job including dual monitors, printer, scanner and I got a Skype number that I can forward my calls to. I also told him that I'm going to be the caregiver to my 76 year old dad who is self isolating at home. He supported my decision. We didn't discuss an approximate return date for me, but I fully intend and would even prefer to work at home for several months or more.

I work in an office setting rather than food service, grocery, health, etc. The office closed the doors to the public yesterday. One of my coworkers told me that other coworkers are grumbling and asking why I get to work from home and they don't.

I had my first ever work from home -day today. I feel like I can do this, including handling the changes to my routines. The only thing that worries me is running out of tasks that I can handle since the stuff I do now isn't what I normally do at work.

Well I guess I get a long weekend. Manager said today was my last day for now...but she'll contact me when things calm down to go from there. She seemed worried so I told her I was still getting some SSI, so I would be fine during the no work period.

I have been reading reports that unemployment could range from 9-20% when all is said and done, and the U.S. economy could shrink by 5-25%.

Global experts are predicting a 1% shrinkage in the U.S.

The job I have is one that can't be done from home as it's essential, so until Thursday, I was still going to work. We were originally told that we were going to be working Tuesdays and Thursdays, but getting paid full time. Friday morning, I got the call saying that the company was shut down for at least 30 days, but that I was still getting paid which is a relief. All last week, most employees were working from home, so the place was completely deserted. I'm fortunate in that I'm still getting paid and that I'll have a job to come back to when non-essential companies can reopen.

I’m working in pharmaceutical research, including some for COVID-19, so are considered essential work. I’m barely coping.

My working hours have changed, I get one break now instead of two, my workload has skyrocketed, but we have half as many staff and I have no idea when I’m due to finish work from one day to the next.

I can’t visit my brother because he’s immunocompromised, or my parents because they’re elderly. I have always masked quite well because I wasn’t diagnosed as autistic until quite late, but currently my ability to do so breaking down under the stress, and my partner has not been particularly understanding. I constantly feel like I’m barely staving off a total shutdown.

^We need people like you. Thank you for providing a vital service.

I’m really sorry you’re going through what you’re going through.

The employment situation here in Australia is similar.
Many people who work in customer service and hospitality are in casual employment and most stores and restaurants have closed for the foreseeable future.

I'm semi-retired and work as a locum in a specialised job in hospitals in ICUs and operating theatres. In a couple of weeks time I suspect there is going to be as much work as I want to take. I expect our country will be facing not only a shortage of critical care beds but also people who are qualified and competent to drive the equipment. Alarmingly local hospitals are having big issues supplying the required protective equipment for us to wear to do our jobs. Why? Because it's all made in China and India, our country quit making the PPE because they can have it made overseas and shipped over here cheaper.

Our government has no issues letting a cruiseship full of people who have been to third world countries dock in Sydney and disburse into the general public during a pandemic with no quarantine period, but good luck getting surgical masks, hoods, shields and gowns brought here. Australia used to have strict quarantine (anchor at sea and display a yellow flag for 40 days) to protect our unique and physically distant country from foreign pathogens.

I'm torn between wanting to be of service to save lives in an emergency and wanting to protect my own health and safety.

I'm so sorry that you (and so many others) are struggling. I agree with the others. You are so amazing and brave for continuing on ad contributing to COVID-19 research.

I'm moving from one meltdown to the next as I'm stuck at home alone while my husband is working overtime installing controls in a huge hospital expansion (opening up more beds for this crisis). He has to go into the city every day and I'm having a very hard time remaining stable. Not having extra support or family nearby is making this even more difficult. My mental and physical health has plummeted (it was already a traumatic year for me, even before this pandemic), so I feel like I'm flailing around trying to use all the tools at my disposal to stay sane.

Yeah, that was really dumb.