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Work status and expectations

Job status... what is yours?

  • Small biz owner - expect to soldier through

    Votes: 15 11.5%

  • Small biz owner - not sure I can make it through

    Votes: 1 0.8%

  • Work for a small biz - should be solid.

    Votes: 23 17.7%

  • Work for a small biz - worried about keeping my job.

    Votes: 6 4.6%

  • Already unemployed -

    Votes: 7 5.4%

  • Work for a large Corp - should be good

    Votes: 43 33.1%

  • Work for a large Corp - worried about being laid off.

    Votes: 5 3.8%

  • Retired - worried about making ends meet

    Votes: 2 1.5%

  • Retired - I should be good.

    Votes: 9 6.9%

  • Other - explain if you wish.

    Votes: 19 14.6%
  • Total voters
    130
  • Poll closed .
900ss said:
If the machine shop I work for survives we may need to go on a hiring spree. If so, we would need machine operators (CNC mill, CNC lathe, wire and sinker EDMs.

Historically we have been willing to train people with zero machining experience. A lot of shops that don't do medical or defense work may go under during this time, which will be sad.

I'm not worried for myself but there are some of my coworkers that I am concerned for if we don't survive as a business.
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I am one of the most blase muthafuckas on Earth but I am deeply concerned about my Bar and Nightclub people.
 
I’ve skewed the poll as I was involuntarily terminated today. Smiling ever since as its really just making my decision to retire. :afm199 Kinda takes the fun out of it cause I won’t be able walk around the workplace laughing on my final day. The sadness is for the youths with responsibilities that are losing jobs. That and wasting time on BARF ain’t special these days.:twofinger
 
Not special... Helps keep the insanity sane for me. :laughing

Retired... music to my ears Chris...! :Port
 
Today is all about managing fianances and triaging the bleed.

We currently have a little over $30k in material orders.
I have sent emails to vendors to stop work/production.
If a vendor has not processed our order and begun production order will be cancelled.
This is the second wave of economic death.
Our foam supplier is painfully slow and has effed us over time and time again with respect to not meeting deadlines and delaying orders. I don't feel bad about cancelling my order that was placed in February and not fulfilled.
Our steel vendor on the other hand always goes the extra mile for us, If production had started we will accept the order.

Our clients are varied, some will survive this others will not.
 
ThumperX, sounds messy and painful, but you look to be pretty organized about it. Hoping for the best to you guys.

I finally got the COBRA info from work and signed up. The company will continue to pay the lions share while I pay my regular payroll deduction amount.

I'm still enjoying not working.
 
Even before this I was getting to the point where I needed a vacation. I had planned on taking the week after next off, but now there is no point.

I was so worn out from the work week yesterday that I faceplanted in my bed at 4PM yesterday. It is tough learning a new position remotely. I had been doing this one about two months before all of this hit.
 
At least when I had a cubicle to go to, I arrived at the office and felt comfortable getting lost in my work until my lunch break and then get to a good stopping point to pack up and go home.


I've been working from home for 3 weeks during this pandemic and feel exhausted. My work day has stretched beyond 8hrs because truthfully, I can't work in concentrated spurts like the way I use to. Too many distractions, including planning on getting enough food stocked up for both lunch and dinner now, including on getting other household supplies.
 
AwakeNAlive said:
At least when I had a cubicle to go to, I arrived at the office and felt comfortable getting lost in my work until my lunch break and then get to a good stopping point to pack up and go home.


I've been working from home for 3 weeks during this pandemic and feel exhausted. My work day has stretched beyond 8hrs because truthfully, I can't work in concentrated spurts like the way I use to. Too many distractions, including planning on getting enough food stocked up for both lunch and dinner now, including on getting other household supplies.
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Thats why they invented Papa John's takeout. Don't forget the pineapple.
 
Hey Budman, along with an updated poll, can we put this thread in the COVID-19 forum?

I think if you or an admin took a screenshot of the current poll, then posted a new poll, make the screenshot the first post, and then merge this thread under it it could be quite revealing.
 
Large Corp, should be good. But the unemployment rate in our 2-person household is currently 50%.
 
Made a deal with my supervisor that I can go into my office a few days per week and stay home on other days and work from home.

I am thankful for the ability to do both.
 
AwakeNAlive said:
I've been working from home for 3 weeks during this pandemic and feel exhausted. My work day has stretched beyond 8hrs because truthfully, I can't work in concentrated spurts like the way I use to. Too many distractions, including planning on getting enough food stocked up for both lunch and dinner now, including on getting other household supplies.
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yea, that's pretty much us here.

We were told last week that we would not be returning to the office until at least June 1st.

Meanwhile, we've been having some major landscape work done here, and getting in to the "details" part, so minor interruptions from that during the day.

But we were talking with them on Saturday (they were working Saturday) and I told them that it didn't fell like a Saturday to me. I felt I need to rush back in to the office and back on the screen.

If they decided to make this remote thing permanent, I'd seriously consider finding a close by "executive" office as cheap as possible so I could have "someplace to go to work" and compartmentalize stuff more formally. I'd probably end up saving money doing that over the commute anyway.
 
ThumperX said:
Hey Budman, along with an updated poll, can we put this thread in the COVID-19 forum?

I think if you or an admin took a screenshot of the current poll, then posted a new poll, make the screenshot the first post, and then merge this thread under it it could be quite revealing.
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Hey G,

I moved it. I will do a new one in two days to get a 2 week comparison and eventually merge. :thumbup
 
berth said:
yea, that's pretty much us here.

We were told last week that we would not be returning to the office until at least June 1st.

Meanwhile, we've been having some major landscape work done here, and getting in to the "details" part, so minor interruptions from that during the day.

But we were talking with them on Saturday (they were working Saturday) and I told them that it didn't fell like a Saturday to me. I felt I need to rush back in to the office and back on the screen.

If they decided to make this remote thing permanent, I'd seriously consider finding a close by "executive" office as cheap as possible so I could have "someplace to go to work" and compartmentalize stuff more formally. I'd probably end up saving money doing that over the commute anyway.
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Having worked from home a little in the past, I know that I have to have a strict schedule and rules for myself to make it work. I have to get up shower, get dressed, and eat just like I would if I'm going to the office. Then I have dedicated part of the house for work (fortunately I have a home office/game room), I have to stay in here until work time is over and no one is aloud to bother me (I have 3 young kids and my wife at home).

If I take little distractions it makes the work day drag on, I need clear separation of work/home life or it doesn't work for me and it is not efficient.
 
I have noted some potential distraction going on with an employee.

Looking at his time entries I am wondering why the hell did that take that long?? I asked about one task that he put down 2 hours. It should have taken a 1/2 at most. In discussion he said it took 1.5 to down load the files.

"I can't afford to pay you to stare at the spinning icon man."
 
budman said:
"I can't afford to pay you to stare at the spinning icon man."
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I was speaking with a few friends at the dealership I left behind with my career change. Two of them were recently laid off. When I said "Oh no, what a bummer." they both replied "No man....they did me a favor. I'll make more on unemployment than I was with my reduced hours."
The job will be there for them when things get better, meanwhile they are home and safe.
 
gixxerjeff said:
I was speaking with a few friends at the dealership I left behind with my career change. Two of them were recently laid off. When I said "Oh no, what a bummer." they both replied "No man....they did me a favor. I'll make more on unemployment than I was with my reduced hours."
The job will be there for them when things get better, meanwhile they are home and safe.
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I applied for unemployment for the first time in my life.
We did a job right before this thing hit, the customer was supposed to have wired the balance due On March 8th, they haven't, they are attempting to use COVID-19 as a reason to "negotiate" whuich is total and complete BS. I am not understanding and because of Covid-19 and being stuck Quarantined (different than SIP) I am more edgy and agitated than normal.
 
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