How has Covid-19 effected your job?

our company has limited hours, set places where customers may stand while waiting to be served (6' distance marked out on floor etc..as dictated by the governor for us to remain open), quantity limits on certain products and there is talk of further restrictions ..20 customers at a time in the store, additional hour cut offs. oh & no bags from home..it's plastic bags for everyone now.

It’s not permitted by a federal law to not have a base pay for commissioned employees. It’s typically low, minimum wages or even below like with wait staff. But having zero base pay is against the law. Federal labor law. It ensures fair labor standards. He needs to read his contract carefully.

I am sorry to hear that he has to work. So stressful. Income is good though. But I’d rather be safe. Double edged sword isn’t. Hope he takes precautions as much as he can

Ok, thanks. I will ask him about it when he comes home.

Yes, it is very stressful. He is definitely taking all precautions necessary!!!

Shelter in place lock down here starting today at midnight. My husband said his work gives me a note stating he is essential employee in case he gets stopped. I said I’ll give him a note stating he is essential to stay home. Lol it’s essential for me ha

Yeah like it commissioned employee had a bad week and sold nothing. They can’t get zero pay. Are they supposed to starve?

Stressful is understatement. My daughter thinks this will go on for 2-3 months. I think she is right. Look at China

Good point!!!!

Yeah, I know... I am trying very very hard not to completely stress out. It's completely out of our hands, outside of self-isolation, social distancing and being very careful. I am mentally preparing for this to go on for months. SO unnerving, so foreign and just downright surreal. All of it.

Now this is very interesting and somewhat ironic. I am conducting an interview Wed for a job that is based in the city. I'm sure it would be remote to begin with, but I am amazed and blown away that companies are continuing to interview and hire right now.

Good luck with interview! Business is as usual for those who can conduct work online.

Yes my daughter got a new job offer right before the lock down. She supposed to start in April. They told her now that offer stands and if lock down doesn’t stop by then, she’ll receive a laptop by mail and instruction over the Internet and her start date won’t change. She doesn’t want to postpone start date so not to have gap between jobs. So she’ll start a new job for a firm she only visited twice for two days of interview. And in fact never met her boss. Isn’t it something?

Wow! That really IS something else! Congrats to your daughter as well! Amazing how it is business as usual in some ways.

I would probably have to start this job (if I were even offered it) while working from home and never having the chance to meet anyone in person. But I've done that before through independent consulting. You can video chat so that way you can get a good sense of the people you're going to work with. I imagine if I made it to the next level of interviews, they would suggest a video interview.

So I thought that COVID-19 would actually give me a break from work that I sorely need. But because I work with medical researchers (sort of considered a medical researcher myself), I'm being pulled into calls to help develop crisis communications and basically worked throughout the weekend, working late at night...we are all taking breaks as needed. I'm really inspired by these people I work with though because every time I feel just too tired and cranky to do anything else, I hear another patient story and my colleagues inspire me to keep going so we can help people manage and survive this crisis. But I am kind of exhausted.

This crisis just shows how we don't have enough interdisciplinary researchers who can understand science and translate it accurately into lay language. Journalists and politicians pretty much muck it up every time. Scientists can't drill it down to the information that lay people need to live their lives and be safe. Honestly, yeah soap box here, we need more artistically inclined individuals who also understand science (btw, most artists do so...).

I'm also having fellow consultants/freelancers turn to me, because they know I'm being pulled into this other work, if they can get some work to help me with my other clients who aren't as high priority right now, because their work is drying up. So I feel like I'm trying to find work to throw to people who would assist me, which does mean more work for me, but if I can collaborate and help people earn right now, then it seems like I should.

I'm so tired...

I'm an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher who works through the school district. My caseload is full of children with developmental delays, medical diagnosis' that lead to developmental delays, or are at high risk for developmental delays. I work with children birth-3 years old and their families in their homes.

Things are a bit foggy right now. Schools were closed last week and this week to give teachers time to prepare for distance learning. But since I'm working with special education, things are more complicated and details haven't been worked out yet on things like due process paperwork, types of service, new referrals, etc. I know that I'll continue to work, even if my state calls for shelter in place...I just don't really know how exactly that will look.

I'm thankful to still have a job and a paycheck. But all this confusion is really increasing my mental health issues. I just want the best for my students and their families.

I've felt the same way. Grateful to still be working but also extremely stressed because of new situations. I'm a consultant so I work form home 90% of the time anyhow, but now all my colleagues are at home which means they are dealing with delays that they aren't normally. I think remote work is possible on a large scale, but we don't all have systems set up yet, so there are going to be some growing pains.

It has greatly affected my ability to get a job right now.

Hugs.

In a similar boat here, albeit different age bracket. My state’s department of education deems online learning against the law.

If we continue teaching online, we are supposed to follow IEPs and we clearly cannot.

But we still post endless online resources that have to be combined and created etc and today I also spend hours back and forth communicating with students (“can’t log in”, “forgot my password”, “which assignment should I do first”). Then I had to communicate with parents re few different things. I spent minimum of 5-6 hours today on that. So if someone says I sit home doing nothing and collect pay check, not the case. Plus I’d rather be at work!

We are on a lock down “shelter in place“ until at least April 13th. It’s a nightmare. I am grateful I get a paycheck. Those poor people sit home and get nothing (wait staff relying on tips for example)

My husband just texted me his “essential employee” letter from work allowing him to be out and about. Looks scary like war time paperwork

I worked for a car rental company. If people can't leave their house they won't rent a car so business is bad.
I only started in February so I was still on probation. Today I got the call that everyone who is on probation has been let go. So I don't have a job anymore

Oh no, so sorry

Wow, I'm so sorry. It's messing with people everywhere.

Fortunately for me, it's mostly annoying. No gym, no HR, no other services. I had three job offers from airlines, but I'm glad I didn't take any of them.

Thank you for all your replies. All this uncertainty about our health and finances (and/or concern for other's health and finances) creates fears/anxiety for in nearly all. My prayers go out to all including the people working in the middle of the chaos. Even the most grounded working in retail, medical, and many other areas need to take time to soothe their spirits, eat nutritionally, exercise and sleep. If you can say "no" to overtime, please do--we need you to be in good health. Thank you for your sacrifices but do whatever you can to create a work/health balance. For those stuck at home--try to limit how much news you are watching. I know we need to be informed for the sake of everyone's heath but we also need to get away from the news and suffering for a while everyday.

My job has continued but it's only a matter of time. She's a chiropractor and I no longer assist with patients and just do billing, scheduling, cleaning, and projects.

I'm so happy she's still open. It gives me a sense of normalcy. She has lavendar aroma therapy scents and an air purifier. People thank her for staying open.

The staff practices social distancing. We wash our hands and disinfects everything,pens, doorknobs, counters, everything.

Hotel industry. Being laid off at least until end of May.

My hours have been cut. They say I can use my PTO. I’m waiting to be laid off. If things ever get back to normal I’ll have no PTO left. Burn out? Just as well I don’t really take vacations. I just got promoted a month ago so I’m still training for harder work. I only do the easier stuff now. It feels cruel. I feel singled out and nonessential.

I am not at liberty to say what I do but I work adjacent to law enforcement. It is business as usual this week and then next week I will be able to work from home.

I Hope you can get on unemployment quickly . So sorry

Nobody has been terminated, the owner care for his people during this tough time.
Business is still up and running, I can't wait for this pandemic to be over.