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Not me. Hospital will never close. In fact, they are asking people to work OT to screen patients before they come inside the building.


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If you can help Rogue we might as well set me up to work the other half of emergency services...I’ll need to be able to put out building fires and extricate crash victims from vehicles....from my couch of course. Big Grin

Don't worry, comrade blarney and quid pro quo shithead joe have already figured it all out, they just haven't had a chance to find a way for anyone to listen.




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THAT is damn funny.




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Yup!! My entire outside sales division. Pretty tough for when you are an outside sales rep. Im probably in for 3 weeks which it will be evaluated.

My wife on the other hand is a work from home manager for commercial travel
Today was her last day until.... She is with largest corporate travel agency in the world. No money coming in, difficult to pay with that scenario. Confused


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I work for a Fortune 100 financial services company... They sent us all home Friday until at least April 15th. The VPN is now slow as a 14.4 modem... Tech is getting hammered with trading from clients and advisors. Our financial planning software is super slow. Clients are freaking out about how far the markets have dropped. I am in sales leadership, our numbers are going to suck for a few weeks. It is tough to sell in the market environment and over the phone. No in person client meetings are allowed.

My wife is a special ed teacher, they closed the schools and want her to figure out how to teach caustic kids via the internet... I feel for her.





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Mrs Fenris would like to know if there is anyway to keep the kids from screaming while she is on a conference call.

I told her yes, but we're a few years late for birth control to be effective.




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Mrs Fenris would like to know if there is anyway to keep the kids from screaming while she is on a conference call.

I told her yes, but we're a few years late for birth control to be effective.


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Yeah, more cancelations and a nearly empty calendar for next week. I wonder if I can pay my mortgage with TP?



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Mrs. Mike’s first day of working from home is today.

They are having one person (rotating schedule) come into the office and man the phone.

Restaurant business not being open to business is going to kill them, thank goodness take out is still allowed. (She works for a national food distributor)



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I am in the director of guidance for a high school that is (for now) closed until March 30th, but we are all anticipating a MUCH longer closing.

For now, I am in touch with my principal, helping kids through email as best I can with questions and doing some research as to how grading might work.

Crazy times.
 
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Mrs. Mike’s first day of working from home is today.

They are having one person (rotating schedule) come into the office and man the phone.

Restaurant business not being open to business is going to kill them, thank goodness take out is still allowed. (She works for a national food distributor)

Honestly, you need a new business model.

There true end use customer hasn't changed, ie people eating food. However restaurants may no longer serve as a safe, reliable middle-man. Particularly as case loads increase, many people may go from hoarding from stores to dreading shopping. So cut out the middleman. Sell and deliver bulk food directly to consumers.

I know, I know, wholesale only. But these are extraordinary circumstances. Don't skip sales tax. Add it in for payment to the state, or set up an intermediary shell company to act as a "retailer".

You have food. People have bellies. Figure out how to get your food into their bellies and you stay in business. If you don't then you won't.

It really is that simple. All the rest is just fiddling with the details.

Who knows, you might actually make more money.




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Yup working from home till the end of the month. I hate it.
 
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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Mrs. Mike’s first day of working from home is today.

They are having one person (rotating schedule) come into the office and man the phone.

Restaurant business not being open to business is going to kill them, thank goodness take out is still allowed. (She works for a national food distributor)

Honestly, you need a new business model.

There true end use customer hasn't changed, ie people eating food. However restaurants may no longer serve as a safe, reliable middle-man. Particularly as case loads increase, many people may go from hoarding from stores to dreading shopping. So cut out the middleman. Sell and deliver bulk food directly to consumers.

I know, I know, wholesale only. But these are extraordinary circumstances. Don't skip sales tax. Add it in for payment to the state, or set up an intermediary shell company to act as a "retailer".

You have food. People have bellies. Figure out how to get your food into their bellies and you stay in business. If you don't then you won't.

It really is that simple. All the rest is just fiddling with the details.

Who knows, you might actually make more money.


You clearly have never worked in the restaurant industry.

Nor do you seem to have any clue about business in general.


 
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I'm working from home. I always work from home, so this isn't unusual, and the dog is asleep at my feet. Also not unusual.

What is different, is that my inlaws are staying with us, the dog is getting a vast number of extra Scoobie Snacks of indeterminate origin, and he is crop-dusting the hell out of me while he sleeps.

It's tough to focus when your eyes are watering and your respiratory function is impaired by stealthy clouds of canine duodenal gas.



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canine duodenal gas.
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I've been given the option. So far I have continued to go into the office. I work in an isolated office, so it's not much different than WFH. Tomorrow I will WFH.


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Tomorrow is one week WFH after 20 years driving to office. Only 2 years ago I would be on paid leave if this happened. I do miss my original setup but my brain is rearranging synapses as needed. Not quite as productive but I'm ever grateful to still maintain my current situation.
 
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I've worked from home since 2007. I'd have a hard time working in an office with other people.

For the past two years I've worked for Zoom. Love it.




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Ordered to work from home, prohibited from working in the office. I've been 60% WFH for 5 years, so no big deal for me.
 
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Home but holy carp has been crazy. Company does remote but has been off the chart and going stir crazy.





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