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[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Yup. I specifically asked about it during the hiring process given it would be working with Hospitals.

Specifically if a member became ill, he / she would take the time off needed to recover and return. Their policy however did not cover what would incur should a outbreak occur.

The problem I have is, they shut down the whole operation even for those who are not ill and are unwilling to allow us to work even remotely should we test negative. Specifically, they had plans on what to do should 'a' employee become ill, but absolutely none for an outbreak event where 'several' may become ill. There are alot of things we can do remotely in this role but they chose to keep their employees coming in onsite 8x5 which ultimately lead to an environment conducive to spread. I don't mind not coming into the office due to an outbreak, but don't shut down the whole operation when there are still many things we can do without physical contact making every employee take 2 weeks without pay even if they don't have it. All through this operation they spent the entire weekend plus Monday and Tuesday trying to figure out how to proceed, they simply put, had no policy designed for this circumstance. It's something I feel they should have been very well prepared for not long after the Pandemic began, they chose to mostly ignore it.

Most employers in IT have switched remote. Dell, Google, EA, PayPal, IBM, Spectrum, all of them are working mostly remote or doing as much remote as they possibly can while evading as much physical contact as possible, this didn't become a thought for this employer until something actually happened.

I’m in person even though my work can be done remotely. I’m doing it. If you need a job suck it up and do it. I’d rather be at home in my pajamas but here I am, alone, no one within three classrooms of me, doing the same work I could be at home.

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

I’m in person even though my work can be done remotely. I’m doing it. If you need a job suck it up and do it. I’d rather be at home in my pajamas but here I am, alone, no one within three classrooms of me, doing the same work I could be at home.

I don't think he is saying he is against working in person, he is jut put out by the fact that his current contract job chose to shutdown entirely instead of work at home.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

I don't think he is saying he is against working in person, he is jut put out by the fact that his current contract job chose to shutdown entirely instead of work at home.

It sounds like he frustrated with the idea that they won't let him work at all. And I'm assuming that this was outlined in the COVID protocol when he was hired. And since it's a contract position he should have weighed those options before accepting the position. But I also hear frustration that he can't work remotely when "all the others" are working remotely. As I recall he's in some medical contract thing. Hospitals are essential and 99.9% of that work is done on site. It's probably a lot like my position, even though I can be remote, it's unfair to say that I can work at home when all the teachers and support staff is on site. I am happy to be on campus with everyone else. Especially in big organizations, it's a sweeping decision and not done individually. Everyone has to be there.

[Need4Camaro]

Ashbeeigh you’re still missing the point. This has nothing to do with my desire or willingness to come onsite or not, this has everything to do with them not prioritizing backup operations in the midist of a Pandemic where we could continue our operations in the event we cannot go onsite. They shut the whole operation down. How is anyone getting support when the whole operation is down? Wouldn’t you prefer we be able to do something during times of physical inaccessibility rather than nothing at all? Remote should have been heavily considered should an event occur that we cannot come onsite. It’s pretty standard through even non-remote operation should events occur where inclement weather or a sudden disaster incur prohibiting workers from occupying the facility throughout IT. The only things we do onsite in hospitals are replace routers / switches / and Fiber / Cat5/6 patch cables. That’s it. We are not doctors. Everything we can do from our office is accessed through a VPN tunnel. That same VPN is accessible through the WAN with the appropriate credentials. I’m failing to understand the big issue in performing literally the same tasks and operations from my desk as I can from the office. The only time I do need to go there is to replace physical equipment.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Ashbeeigh you’re still missing the point. They shut the whole operation down. How is anyone getting support when the whole operation is down? Wouldn’t you prefer we be able to do something during times of physical inaccessibility rather than nothing at all? Remote should have been heavily considered should an event occur that we cannot come onsite. It’s pretty standard through even non-remote operation should events occur where inclement weather or a sudden disaster incur prohibiting workers from occupying the facility throughout IT. The only things we do onsite in hospitals are replace routers / switches / and Fiber / Cat5/6 patch cables. That’s it. We are not doctors. Everything we can do from our office is accessed through a VPN tunnel. That same VPN is accessible through the WAN with the appropriate credentials. I’m failing to understand the big issue in performing literally the same tasks and operations from my desk as I can from the office. The only time I do need to go there is to replace physical equipment.

It makes sense to us as humans. But, corporations make sweeping decisions. And they don't look at individual projects. That was my point in saying that I could work from home too but I'm not and I'm here on campus and I'm not complaining. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't. But there's nothing you or I can do about it.

[Austin97]

likely they are actually trying to save money for a bit. Are you able to claim the special covid unemployment?

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by Austin97

likely they are actually trying to save money for a bit. Are you able to claim the special covid unemployment?

Admittedly I was thinking this too. I admittedly havent yet shut down my unemployment claim yet, but I also didn't claim any hours for the past two weeks, If I take this time unpaid I will just use my unemployment.

[Swizzle Stick]

Homeless camps.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by Swizzle Stick

Homeless camps.

You just couldn't keep it in ya for a day could ya, lips were all zipped up hand over your mouth and you went to take a breath and poof 'homeless camps' came right out of your mouth! Thats the way to change the topic and add 20 pages to any thread! I'm actually disputing similar topics in the Georgia forums or I might bite

[Swizzle Stick]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

You just couldn't keep it in ya for a day could ya, lips were all zipped up hand over your mouth and you went to take a breath and poof 'homeless camps' came right out of your mouth! Thats the way to change the topic and add 20 pages to any thread! I'm actually disputing similar topics in the Georgia forums or I might bite

It's a form of Tourette's Syndrome.