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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Hi bluebicycle. My husband's workplace initially allowed people into the building, despite a "work from home" quasi order. However, about five days ago they stopped people's access. It would be a good idea for your office to do the same, especially since the coronavirus could be present there. I've heard that it can only live on things for usually 9 days max. Assuming this is true, I imagine the building would be safe if completely unoccupied for at least that amount of time.
I'm not sure if my husband's workplace is ONLY now closed due to coronavirus concerns. Everyone at his company has been informed that more lay offs are on the horizon. I think that they fear that employees who suspect they'll be laid off may go to the building with less than positive intentions, if you know what I mean. Given the status of the virus in my state, it's possible that some may be laid off even before returning to the office.
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Yeah, I'm not sure why my office is not doing the same thing as your husband's. I think if they went through the trouble of shutting down the Canadian offices (because of confirmed cases entering the building), they should have shutdown the ones in the northeastern U.S., at the very least.
My company has always allowed for remote work -- they're pretty lax about it -- so for my company at least, I don't expect any layoffs. I hope your husband does not get laid off though.
My sister may get laid off. I'm not sure. She works in the corporate office of a big retailer, and they've shutdown a lot of their warehouses and are minimizing what people can buy online. So, they're basically not making any money and probably won't for a while. That may lead to layoffs.