The pandemic and your job
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Working from home. A dream job for an introvert. 
I'm fortunate to have a job that can be done almost entirely from home (or anywhere else I can get an internet or cell signal). Even before the virus I was only going into the office 2 or 3 days a week. I've gone in 4 days in the last six months. But I miss seeing the folks I work with in person -- most of them anyway. My ex is a nurse and came down with COVID this week, so I'm spending some extra time with our teenage kids while she quarantines.
I'm so glad they opened the gun shops back up. I didn't realize how everything was gonna play out the way they did. I found a gun online that I had been longing for that I thought was no longer available on March 16 and I jumped as fast as I could to get out my debit card! I had a new gun getting shipped to the gun shop but it was shut down by Mr. Wolf. Give your honorary nephew a hug from Pittsburgh for me!
CAJUNLAWYER
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Poor old government pensioner-using an old $10 window fan in the summer and bundling up with coats from the thrift store in the winter so you can save enough money to buy the premium cat food for holiday dinner. Tell me, does the missus stand out on the corner and sell matches?????
It is amazing what one can get by telling the truth on these applications! I'm glad that in some small way I was able to contribute to that new Python you are all gaga over
JJEH
Member
We had the worst timing with our relocation, it was in the middle of all this and right before TX put mandatory mask laws into effect.
I'm still waiting on my updated FFL, which is not just a quick address change like the Agent told me... it's basically a new application w/o the filing fee
CAJUNLAWYER
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And people wonder what is wrong......I'll tell you who has been taking it on the chin around here is the bail bondsmen. I've never seen so many nominal ROR bonds in my life. You really have to do something BAD to get what used to be a normal pretrial bond. Covid has sped up bond reform like no federal judge could. Downside is that once they get out of jail, ain't nobody gonna plea guilty to ANY jail time and ain't nobody gonna plead guilty to probation until they are staring down the barrel of a room full of jurors and we ain't getting any jurors cause there is no place to properly social distance them for selection, and the time clock is running on speedy trial motions and time limitations on trials and it is all turning into the perfect storm-dockets are ballooning and there is no way the DA's can process through the amount of cases that are stacking up. The defense lawyers know this and basically the stance is .......Trial or a misdemeanor plea. I expect it will get to DEFCON 2 after the first of the year.
And I daresay that my little slice of heaven is no different that any place else
I work in the xray department at a hospital. And while we did have Covid cases come in on a regular basis, work was slower than mud during the height of the "crisis". ER cases were down considerably from mid March through end of May and 40 to 50% of the inpatient beds were empty. That is a complete opposite from a normal flu season.
People avoided coming in because of fear of getting covid, which was a a smart thing to do because the last place you want to be is in a crowded waiting room during the flu season, let alone something like covid.
John
People avoided coming in because of fear of getting covid, which was a a smart thing to do because the last place you want to be is in a crowded waiting room during the flu season, let alone something like covid.
John
I drive school bus, so my last day working this spring was March 4th. They had a positive test at the elementary school I drive out of, so since I'd been inside the building and I'm in a "high risk" (over 60) category that was it.
Self-quarantine for three weeks, and by the time that was done all the schools in the state had been shut down. Drivers in my district were paid the minimum base (4.5 hours per day) and you were allowed to supplement up to your regular hours (7 for me) using accrued sick pay if you had it. I had nearly 400 hours built up, so I had full salary and benefits through the end of the school year. Other drivers were delivering for the school lunch program - our district gave out nearly a hundred fifty thousand school lunches during March, April, May, and June.
School started up again last Wednesday, so we're back to delivering food to the less well off. They're spreading it out so more drivers have work; I'm doing it three days per week.
I've been very fortunate that I haven't yet taken a big hit financially due to the pandemic. Hopefully kids will soon be back to actual (as opposed to virtual) school and I'll be in my big bus again.
Self-quarantine for three weeks, and by the time that was done all the schools in the state had been shut down. Drivers in my district were paid the minimum base (4.5 hours per day) and you were allowed to supplement up to your regular hours (7 for me) using accrued sick pay if you had it. I had nearly 400 hours built up, so I had full salary and benefits through the end of the school year. Other drivers were delivering for the school lunch program - our district gave out nearly a hundred fifty thousand school lunches during March, April, May, and June.
School started up again last Wednesday, so we're back to delivering food to the less well off. They're spreading it out so more drivers have work; I'm doing it three days per week.
I've been very fortunate that I haven't yet taken a big hit financially due to the pandemic. Hopefully kids will soon be back to actual (as opposed to virtual) school and I'll be in my big bus again.
Bullseye 2620
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I run a long-term alcohol and drug rehab program in northern New Mexico. Business is booming. Judges keep sending offenders to us rather than to prison. We quarantine and test them before they're permitted into the 30, 60, or 90 day genpop.
31FordA
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The system is going off the rails. Several defendants were released on unsecured bail who had their address listed as "homeless". A convicted pedophile in prison for new charges and a parole violation was released with a requirement to come back to prison when the emergency was over. I mean, if you can't trust a child rapist to keep his word who can you trust. Another guy was released on a Monday afternoon, went home and attempted to strangle his girlfriend, and was back in custody Tuesday morning. Several of the guys who got early release were back in custody in less than a week. Now that the courts are sort of running again it's a cavalcade of plea deals, when the defendants bother to show up.
I work in auto parts here in Northwest Iowa, considered essential by our governor. Our company did not cut any ones hours including overtime, even when we had days that we did almost no business. They had us do a complete store inventory instead of the partial ones we usually did every year. Also gave each store a chance to completely clean each store wall to wall. Business is still down, not as much travel this summer, but starting to pickup due to fall harvest season.
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As luck would have it, I sold my business the end of 2019.
Thankfully, the new owner has been able to transition everything to "work from home" and is still successful.
I planned on looking for work this spring to keep busy, etc. The shut down about killed those prospects and now .... as more time has passed .... I wonder why on earth I'd WANT to go spend my days with the public if I don't HAVE to.
So for now ..... I'm "sheltering in place" as some say.
Thankfully, the new owner has been able to transition everything to "work from home" and is still successful.
I planned on looking for work this spring to keep busy, etc. The shut down about killed those prospects and now .... as more time has passed .... I wonder why on earth I'd WANT to go spend my days with the public if I don't HAVE to.
So for now ..... I'm "sheltering in place" as some say.
Wife (nurse) and I both retired, have two son's in high tech currently working from home, daughter whose a physical therapist working mostly full time.
Youngest son who manages a globally dispersed team and usually travels a bunch, has been told by his company (Google) not to expect being back in the office or any airplane travel until 2022, as they project Covid to still be going strong through 2021.
Retired from high tech (built and managed office buildings and data centers), I've maintained connections with my peers still doing the same, and they've been told to freeze planned campus expansions as working from home will be the 'new normal' going forward for most employees.
Unfortunately, we're only at the end of the beginning, not at the beginning of the end, with this virus and the economic damage it continues to inflict.
Youngest son who manages a globally dispersed team and usually travels a bunch, has been told by his company (Google) not to expect being back in the office or any airplane travel until 2022, as they project Covid to still be going strong through 2021.
Retired from high tech (built and managed office buildings and data centers), I've maintained connections with my peers still doing the same, and they've been told to freeze planned campus expansions as working from home will be the 'new normal' going forward for most employees.
Unfortunately, we're only at the end of the beginning, not at the beginning of the end, with this virus and the economic damage it continues to inflict.
GRIZZLYBEAR
US Veteran
I'm 76 years old collecting retirement pensions from the teamsters and the State along with Social Security for the wife and self who retired in March of 08. Got bored when being fully retired after 2 years.
Accepted a part job for 3 days a week and worked that for about 5 years; and gave them notice. Was fully retired again for 2 months before I was asked by my ex boss what would it take for me to come back for 4 days a week and manage his shipping office.....I asked for an outrageous salary (10 times what I was making before) and a benefit package that I thought would be a deal breaker. He made a counter offer of salary increase of 5 times and the benefit package I has asked for. I couldn't turn that down and I been working 4 days week for the last 5 years. This so called Kung Flu hasn't affected my work one way or the other.
Accepted a part job for 3 days a week and worked that for about 5 years; and gave them notice. Was fully retired again for 2 months before I was asked by my ex boss what would it take for me to come back for 4 days a week and manage his shipping office.....I asked for an outrageous salary (10 times what I was making before) and a benefit package that I thought would be a deal breaker. He made a counter offer of salary increase of 5 times and the benefit package I has asked for. I couldn't turn that down and I been working 4 days week for the last 5 years. This so called Kung Flu hasn't affected my work one way or the other.
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I'm self-employed - I flip things for a living. But I sell things that aren't "essential". Last year was pretty good money wise, and this year was starting even better.
Then, 'Rona hit. My income was slashed almost to nothing. Nobody was spending money - I didn't/don't blame them - not when people are hoarding toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and bottled water! I couldn't buy anything as everybody was hunkering down.
After cutting everything that I could expense wise, I had enough cash to last me 6 or 7 months before I had to dip into my savings. I was burning through my cash, and when a buddy asked if I knew anyone who was looking for part time work, I reluctantly raised my hand. I broke the promise I made to myself that I wouldn't work for anyone else.
It's a landscaping job that's considered essential. It's manual labor, and outside, but it's an income and the schedule fits what's going on in my life. So I'm not going to complain. In fact, I'm thankful I have it when there are so many who are struggling. I'm keeping it for the foreseeable future.
Right now, in Sept. my business is picking up, but nowhere near what it was. But with that income and my PT job, I'm not bleeding cash, haven't had to go to my savings, and, I didn't have to move back home!
The best part is, I lost 15+ pounds, along with my developing gut - I was getting the old-man "big gut, no butt" look. I haven't felt this good in years!
Then, 'Rona hit. My income was slashed almost to nothing. Nobody was spending money - I didn't/don't blame them - not when people are hoarding toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and bottled water! I couldn't buy anything as everybody was hunkering down.
After cutting everything that I could expense wise, I had enough cash to last me 6 or 7 months before I had to dip into my savings. I was burning through my cash, and when a buddy asked if I knew anyone who was looking for part time work, I reluctantly raised my hand. I broke the promise I made to myself that I wouldn't work for anyone else.
It's a landscaping job that's considered essential. It's manual labor, and outside, but it's an income and the schedule fits what's going on in my life. So I'm not going to complain. In fact, I'm thankful I have it when there are so many who are struggling. I'm keeping it for the foreseeable future.
Right now, in Sept. my business is picking up, but nowhere near what it was. But with that income and my PT job, I'm not bleeding cash, haven't had to go to my savings, and, I didn't have to move back home!
The best part is, I lost 15+ pounds, along with my developing gut - I was getting the old-man "big gut, no butt" look. I haven't felt this good in years!
Forced into retirement last year. Had a line on a job with a Spanish consortium looking for representation in the US. Never materialized because of the scamdemenic.
for the last 6 or 7 weeks, I was counting heads as a census enumerator.
for the last 6 or 7 weeks, I was counting heads as a census enumerator.
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We decided early on that we would keep everyone employed as long as we could. Things slowed to a crawl. Orders were pushed out and few new ones coming in.
Split the workforce in half. Those that could work from home did so.
After two months things just kind of blossomed. Everyone back and have had the whole crew on overtime for since last week of June.
I could use a break.
Split the workforce in half. Those that could work from home did so.
After two months things just kind of blossomed. Everyone back and have had the whole crew on overtime for since last week of June.
I could use a break.
Justin T
Member
No change for me. There were plans for me to start officing somewhere but those got delayed/canceled. I can do all activities remotely anyway. So I remain working from home, and haven't missed anything. I do not want to return to the office jungle.
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