The pandemic and your job

[quikdraw67]

My automotive industry job was designated essential by our state(Pa.), along with vape stores, beer distributors, etc.

And yet PA closed the state stores, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to neighboring states that kept them open.

And car dealerships. God forbid you totaled your car in an accident. I drove my sister from Gettysburg to MD to buy a car in May. Since new and used car dealerships were closed here.

This state is screwed up.

 

[smoothshooter]

I'm a security guard in a town that's overrun with tweakers and street rats and in which the police aren't responding to non violent crimes.

I haven't missed a day of work. As a bonus I work alone nights on a 9 acre fenced in site, I don't have to wear a mask and I have zero traffic to deal with going to and from.

Sounds like a dream job to me, but only if armed.

 

[smoothshooter]

Laid off/job eliminated in April.
Was a T53 helicopter turbine engine parts inspector and detail/close tolerance repairman for a small company that does engine overhauls for about $300,000 per engine. Business dried up almost overnight. Owner had to get rid of 75 percent of employees, and may go under yet. Foreign and domestic customers clamped down on budgets until they know what the future holds.

 

[ACORN]

And yet PA closed the state stores, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to neighboring states that kept them open.

And car dealerships. God forbid you totaled your car in an accident. I drove my sister from Gettysburg to MD to buy a car in May. Since new and used car dealerships were closed here.

This state is screwed up.

Why yes, yes we are.

 

[whitestang]

Have been working the whole time with some overtime. I work in a food warehouse.

 

[LVSteve]

Did two months working from home on some general tasks for work. Couldn't do my normal job as it's all proprietary. Back to the office with no restriction in June, mostly because I am a lucky one with an office to myself. I only come out to get coffee, microwave my lunch and pee.

 

[Smoke]

What's happened to the Springs, a place that used to be one of my favorite places, really breaks my heart. The homelessness. The crime rate.

They legalized Weed.

 

[Buzzzer]

"Used" to work for an essential business. However, we made stainless steel cookware for everyone that was forced to close, schools included. There were 3 shifts, they went down to one, with only 15 people. Now I start a new job on Tuesday! One thing I have learned over the years, EVERYONE is expendable. Many of us found out we were essentially, non-essential...

 

[Grayfox]

I'm retired. So no change for me. Just bored as hell sitting at home.

Younger son works Geek Squad at Best Buy. Even when the store was closed, he kept working.

Older son works for an IT contractor. Currently he's working in a Cummins Turbocharger factory. Just about everything in that place is computer controlled. They had to shut down for a couple of months due to Covid. However, my son's company has a status they call "on the bench". Basically that means you're still employed, but aren't currently working anywhere. They keep paying you while you're on the bench. He's never missed a paycheck.

 

[bummer]

ER Nurse ,so it's business as usual.

 

[ladder13]

I haven't worked in 12 years despite many opportunities. I just don't feel like working.

The idea of picking essential and non essential workers is a bunch of BS, imo. Politics plays a big part.

The gyms around here opened up before the powers that be gave the ok. They finally got wise and used the " medical exemption". To save face, the governor came out and opened gyms, which he should have done weeks ago when the numbers were much lower. What's up with that? Where's the "science" ? He's someone's puppet.
Right now he's being sued by bar owners, and other businesses.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say 25-33% of mom and pop restaurants go belly up. I get this from just about every one that I go to for a meal or take out. I eat out, or take out, at least twice a week, doing my best to support them. They are hurting badly.

 

[wuluf]

Pest control here, deemed essential, and busier than ever with more people at home. I tell my customers ants and mice don't watch the news..

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[jeffrefrig]

I could not have timed my retirement any better! End of March was my last day on paper. On Friday, March 13th, they told us not to come to work Monday the 16th, my birthday! Only emergency work if needed. I helped my buddy repair a walk-in cooler on the 17th at one of our schools that needed to run because it was one of our schools designated to give out lunches in the parking lot. We weren't laid off, they paid us our 40 hours because they didn't have a clue how to handle what was happening (PGH Public School District). They gave us extra straight time pay if we happened to work after they figured out how to Covid-budget our pays. That was my last day I worked. I planned March 31st 4 months before and had all the paperwork done, thank God! Like I said, I could not have timed it any better! Steamfitters pension, PA schools pension, and Social Security all taken care of.

 

[Dougaz]

Never missed a day. Having one of my best years, in years.

 

[johngalt]

I've been working from home since mid-March, and will continue to do so "until further notice".

 

[31FordA]

When the court system closed down in March I was informed I was "essential" (or maybe the boss said "expendable", probably best I didn't ask) and would continue working. I was also informed that they did not want us arresting anyone, and since Court was cancelled we wouldn't have any court orders to serve. Until the courts reopened in June I spent my time doing admin work and otherwise remained "on call". I got to keep track of all the people I put in prison getting early release, all the cases we could close after the defendants died from overdoses, and I finally figured out how the new computer system worked. It was the most boring three months of my career, but I was happy to still have a job. Ironically if I had been furloughed I would've made more on enhanced unemployment than I got working.

 

[TX-Dennis]

No changes for the wife or myself. She's a pharmacy tech and was considered essential. As management at a grocery store I was also considered essential. We were so busy for about three months that it seemed like Christmas Eve every day. It has finally returned to something close to normal except for the availability of cleaning products and a few other things.

 

[Mike1647]

Biomed tech for 3 hospitals so got plenty to do. My wife is in medical records and she is busy also.

 

[Golddollar]

And yet PA closed the state stores, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to neighboring states that kept them open.

And car dealerships. God forbid you totaled your car in an accident. I drove my sister from Gettysburg to MD to buy a car in May. Since new and used car dealerships were closed here.

And our governor closed all the gun shops in PA until my honorary nephew, a firearms law attorney, took the governor to court before the ink was dry on the order and made the governor back down.

 

[pawngal]

Pawnshop has been open regular hours the entire time. Myself, I've only worked part-time(semi-retired) for a number of years. My business partner and I rearranged our hours as she has 3 school age kids at home so she could supervise them a little more. Foot traffic has been down but total sales are up. Profits margins down some due to the increased costs of acquiring firearms as a small player. Pawn loans are down close to 50% and very few defaults.
Overall, summer in the area has been a little rocky but I don't anticipate any businesses closing permanently. Hardest hit was probably the large YMCA, they did permanently close one of their off-campus fitness centers.

Ironically, 3 local restaurants closed permanently in December & January.

Daughter works in insurance, has worked the entire time, SIL already worked from home, IT programmer.
Son was furloughed for 3 months, back to work for 4 weeks, off again now for at least 2 weeks. He is Operations Manager at a convention center.