I've been coming in to the office - the only person here since I can't get internet access at home - and I am serving a purpose.
That's great that you can do all those things! I believe we still have some people going in for things like checks, and an IT guy was definitely there on Friday, since he put the spare monitor in my office within like 5 minutes of my asking about it. But it's few enough that they are still distancing. I just hope they can all drive or walk to the office. (And they are giving free parking in the building to essential people! My job is good.)
So Dallas County, where the main office is, just got a shelter-in-place order. We're actually exempt - our software servers non-bank financial companies - but they're still putting all two of us here in SA on WFH. The setup seems to be working so far, but I think I'm going to go raid the office for a few things.
The TX governor is resisting making it statewide yet, but there are people advocating for it already. This is going to be weird for me, since most of what got me out of the apartment was work and shopping.
Health-ma to JZ, school-ma to Matilda, economics-ma to ND and his people. May we all come through this OK.
Most of my time the past week or so has been setting up people to WFH. One office of 4 people called to say that 3 of them could WFH, but one had no internet or personal computer. Umm, then she can work alone in the office! Call me lazy, but I don't want to set up a user for WFH who is so not into tech that they don't even have internet.
My time to set up people for WFH has varied from the moments it takes me to email them my written instructions for them to do it themselves, to hours of torture walking them through what a browser is and going from there.
DH has strep throat again. I'm overworked and grumpy.
I've seen the information about making masks; seemingly, Christian Soriano is mobilizing his people, working from home, to make masks. And, in Spain, one man didn't have a mask so he used what he had (video of him being stopped by police). Would have made an interesting mug shot if they'd arrested him ....
I should add that although I am overworked and grumpy I am grateful that I am in a business that won't be hurt by this crisis. Providing service to medical offices isn't going to be shut down.
I'm really worried about the number of small businesses being crushed by this, and the massive unemployment in the near future.
And I don't have to worry as much about health risks because we could get tested if we needed, and we have insurance and doctors. This is way too rare in our country.
Also, I have Buffistas to help keep me sane.
Truly I am blessed.
MA is going full-on Essential Only on Tuesday.
Quick illustration of communication in my company - one of my salespeople asks me to call her, she and I talk about a big account and she shares with me a document compiling information saying "I don't know why your department isn't on this, you should be on it". Two minutes after I get off the phone with her I get an email from my boss's boss asking if he shared a doc with me this morning, I tell him salesperson did, he says there's no need for me to be on that one, there's another one for our department, he'll take me off. Of course, since I've seen both docs I know all the information is not on either one, but I guess that is not my problem.
And it is apparently someone's job to keep up morale and foster teamwork or something while we are WFH and OMG can he please just STFU
