BlackNoir Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, molarbear said: you too? I mean, the entire state seems completely unbothered by this. Could be the highly available weed, but even the shelves being bare isn't really causing your average person to freak out. It just looks like business as usual other than that one glaring difference.
molarbear Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, Radical Left said: I mean, the entire state seems completely unbothered by this. Could be the highly available weed, but even the shelves being bare isn't really causing your average person to freak out. It just looks like business as usual other than that one glaring difference. I think it's the 3 Seasons where Nature tries to kill everyone that makes them feel like they have some kind of Plot Armor That or they just lack the general common sense to understand social distancing to curve infecting others
Gina Szanboti Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Good to see 90% of us are still employed. 1
helpme Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 9 hours ago, Distortedreasoning said: let go is an option. I'm going back to work on the 31st
mthor Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 I may or may not be going back. NYS is canvassing retired health care workers to see who's willing to go back to work if the situation gets worse. Might as well go out and find covid as wait for it to come find me. 1
Vamped Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 >.> We keep having these conference calls with corporate about how this virus isn't serious and its not going to impact us. Then yesterday somebody at the corporate office tested positive and their office is closed hmm .... 2 2
1pooh4u Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 I’m working from home until there’s no more billing because they closed the MRI facilities a few days ago. After that I’m basically unemployed 😬 6
DragonSinger Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 I've been working from home, but my productivity is shit thinking about all my family members with health problems(a lot), if their jobs will still be around, and how fucked up everything is going to get. Today, I have to get work done just to make sure I have money still coming in. 1
Chapinator_X Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 My job is in creating ads for webpages, so my company is open but everyone’s working remote. Since we’re in the auto industry, there also isn’t as much pressure for us or our clients to stay closed or have our services cancelled. 1
katt_goddess Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Distortedreasoning said: i know you'll get some bailout but from what i've seen it doesnt seem like it would be enough... we still at the starting stages of this thing. There is no such thing as an adequate bailout for something like this. The bigger places and those that could afford to buy favor with politicians will get first and choices dibs on everything, then corporate heads of smaller businesses, maybe with a little trickle down to the people who actually do all the work at the floor level, and then the smaller personal businesses will get little 'gift baskets' of things they can attempt to apply for while their bills keep adding up. I wish I was being sarcastic or hyperbolistic about that but I'm not. Some companies, both big and small, will be able to weather the losses and maybe roll it into some extra tax credit crap and just have a crappy year on the books. Some might end up dying in debt though. I worry about my favorite Asian grocery place - I've watched them grow it from the a crowded front end of a tear-down building to a fully stocked import grocery store complete with fresh crab and lobster tanks. She's put everything she's made into rebuilding that place and making sure it's stocked up for the various ethnic communities that can't get their old favorites anywhere else. This is a place that I'm honestly thinking about making a run to tomorrow if there is no shelter in place rule in-acted tonight and just buying some stuff to help her out. Dried squid lasts forever anyway, right? More hours cut for next week. Hours are also being chopped all to hell for the following week too since we are working on the presumption that things will still be open / left to the discretion of various businesses. I went from 40 to 30 for next week. I cut my own hours for yesterday and today so that payroll could be used to keep a couple of part-timers on schedule for tomorrow at least instead of cutting them loose. -.-; I have between 8-10 weeks worth of PPTO + vacation saved up but... a lot of people at the store either don't have that saved up or they've already burned through some due to family or personal illnesses. We already have some doing food exchanges so that people have things like meat in their freezers. I'm making beef stew this weekend and freezing it - if someone needs something extra, one container = 3 meals. I also still have some chicken-in-a-pot frozen as well. 2 1
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 i know, i was trying not to be as pessimistic for the entire situation. im trying to keep my negative responses in check and leaving them in other more appropriate threads. this one was just a curiosity to see hows everyone doing. so far its nice to see many of us with jobs, but things already looking very uncertain like in your case. or extremely stressed like with still_me.
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 8 hours ago, helpme said: I'm going back to work on the 31st so in limbo. i think we could count that as not working for now.
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Chapinator-800 said: My job is in creating ads for webpages, so my company is open but everyone’s working remote. Since we’re in the auto industry, there also isn’t as much pressure for us or our clients to stay closed or have our services cancelled. nice!
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 4 hours ago, DragonSinger said: I've been working from home, but my productivity is shit thinking about all my family members with health problems(a lot), if their jobs will still be around, and how fucked up everything is going to get. Today, I have to get work done just to make sure I have money still coming in. hang in there. your family is gonna need you through these upcoming trying times. 1
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 5 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: I’m working from home until there’s no more billing because they closed the MRI facilities a few days ago. After that I’m basically unemployed 😬 how long till?
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Vamped said: >.> We keep having these conference calls with corporate about how this virus isn't serious and its not going to impact us. Then yesterday somebody at the corporate office tested positive and their office is closed hmm .... hmm can we sue our employers for making us work through these conditions? class action vs corporate america.
katt_goddess Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 47 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said: i know, i was trying not to be as pessimistic for the entire situation. im trying to keep my negative responses in check and leaving them in other more appropriate threads. this one was just a curiosity to see hows everyone doing. so far its nice to see many of us with jobs, but things already looking very uncertain like in your case. or extremely stressed like with still_me. No fears, dude. I wasn't jumping at you, I was just venting for the sake of venting. 1
1pooh4u Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 49 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said: how long till? About 3 weeks 😬 1
Vamped Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 48 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said: hmm can we sue our employers for making us work through these conditions? class action vs corporate america. They keep talking about us being essential employees ... I would like some essential pay 4 3
Sieg67 Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Distortedreasoning said: retail is probably gonna be mass layoffs due to people not spending. People are spending alright. Business is booming...at least for now. 1
lupin_bebop Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Didn't have a job before this shit. Don't expect to get one now.....
lupin_bebop Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Aaaaaand as I was typing that, I got confirmed to work at Kroger at higher than most of the warehouse staff. So yeah....guess I'll be doing some shit for the time being. Guess I have a contract now. 2 1
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, katt_goddess said: No fears, dude. I wasn't jumping at you, I was just venting for the sake of venting. theres gonna be a whole lot of that going on. more than average at least lol.
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said: About 3 weeks 😬 just in time for the bailouts!
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Vamped said: They keep talking about us being essential employees ... I would like some essential pay this right right. all this praise is good but means jack shit if pay isnt there.
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 28 minutes ago, Sieg67 said: People are spending alright. Business is booming...at least for now. get yours while you can!
Distortedreasoning Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, lupin_bebop said: Aaaaaand as I was typing that, I got confirmed to work at Kroger at higher than most of the warehouse staff. So yeah....guess I'll be doing some shit for the time being. Guess I have a contract now. thats some good news.
bnmjy Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 I work at a 24/7 gas station. If we close, it's a really bad sign. We're like the only place open at night right now. Plus, we still sell booze.
lupin_bebop Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 2 hours ago, bnmjy said: I work at a 24/7 gas station. If we close, it's a really bad sign. We're like the only place open at night right now. Plus, we still sell booze. That's pretty much EVERY 24/7 gas station.
VicodinEs Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 Work in a retail pharmacy, so no days off for me. Even got corporate letter stating I can work and be out while the stay-at-home order was given by the governor. Yipee... 1
bnmjy Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 3 hours ago, lupin_bebop said: That's pretty much EVERY 24/7 gas station. O K
GunStarHero Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 All my company's properties are closed until May 1st, minimum. Beyond some security and groundskeepers no one is at any of the resorts or casinos. Some HR and operators manning the phones, though. Everyone else is on forced vacation but everyone was given full time status so we would all get benefits and be paid as if we worked 40 hours per week or our regular salary. As happy as I am about that I doubt this will blow over by May 1st. 6
Raptorpat Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 work from home, I suppose I shouldn't complain that I can 2
Gina Szanboti Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 16 hours ago, Distortedreasoning said: hmm can we sue our employers for making us work through these conditions? class action vs corporate america. Won't do any good since the Republicans own the judiciary now. 1
NaBarney Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 18 hours ago, bnmjy said: I work at a 24/7 gas station. If we close, it's a really bad sign. We're like the only place open at night right now. Plus, we still sell booze. How many hours a day can customers enter the building, all 24? Y'all closing for a few late night hours for sanitizing or anything? 1
bnmjy Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 50 minutes ago, Nablotson said: How many hours a day can customers enter the building, all 24? Y'all closing for a few late night hours for sanitizing or anything? All 24. Like I said, we're like the only thing open at night. Fortunately, business has slowed down by almost 40 percent, so it gives us plenty of time to sanitize. 2
Distortedreasoning Posted March 21, 2020 Author Posted March 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Gina Szanboti said: Won't do any good since the Republicans own the judiciary now. pitchforks it is. 1
Distortedreasoning Posted March 21, 2020 Author Posted March 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Admin_Raptorpat said: work from home, I suppose I shouldn't complain that I can i'd still find a way lol. 1
Distortedreasoning Posted March 21, 2020 Author Posted March 21, 2020 16 hours ago, VicodinEs said: Work in a retail pharmacy, so no days off for me. Even got corporate letter stating I can work and be out while the stay-at-home order was given by the governor. Yipee... lucky.
Distortedreasoning Posted March 21, 2020 Author Posted March 21, 2020 11 hours ago, GunStarHero said: All my company's properties are closed until May 1st, minimum. Beyond some security and groundskeepers no one is at any of the resorts or casinos. Some HR and operators manning the phones, though. Everyone else is on forced vacation but everyone was given full time status so we would all get benefits and be paid as if we worked 40 hours per week or our regular salary. As happy as I am about that I doubt this will blow over by May 1st. yeah i dont think this is lowing over fast either. probably 2 months earliest before we slow this shit down and can start actually going out with restrictions like no large gatherings, social distancing. i think casinos looking for bailouts too, trump is friends with the industry.
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 13 hours ago, helpme said: Whelp I got screwed How does this have you screwed? Don't you work in a restaurant?
SwimOdin Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Still working, still getting great hours, and I’m covered for nearly seven weeks if we are forced to close. I’m very blessed, just have to not get sick inbetween. 7
Raptorpat Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: How does this have you screwed? Don't you work in a restaurant? He was hoping to get his butt tattoo filled in. 1
helpme Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: How does this have you screwed? Don't you work in a restaurant? 1 1
helpme Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Admin_Raptorpat said: He was hoping to get his butt tattoo filled in. Dont you have a racist to defend?
katt_goddess Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 For those of you who might be currently sans job due to your place of employment being on a forced shut-down, a potential suggestion. Grocery stores are allowed to stay open during this. They are super stretched for employees right now. They can't keep up with the demands to keep the shelves stocked even if the stuff is waiting in their back warehouse and they can't keep up with the expected sanitation needs. In other words, they are hiring. They need people during this particular problem and won't once the problem has come back under control. So, consider checking out your local grocery stores to see if they are hiring part-timers with the expected flexibility that if your old place re-opens, you can go there without any sort of two week notice. It might not be the paycheck you had before but at least it would still be a regular paycheck. 2
renjifan Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 My company just laid off a whole bunch of people, me included. They are saying that they are hoping it's just temporary, and that we can all come back after things settle down. We'll see... 😕 7
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