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Question for office folks re: Corona

Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:04 am
Posted by joebidensleghairs
Member since Feb 2020
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:04 am
Work in a large corporate office building. One of the employees went home sick last week, running fever, his girlfriend also works in same building and is in her office as we speak. Working from home now but plans on coming back Thursday. Had flu test that came back negative but no Corona test, still running fever. What plan does your company have in place to address something like this? Should he be forced to have the Corona test come back negative prior to returning to work?
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16855 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:04 am to
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What plan does your company have in place to address something like this? Should he be forced to have the Corona test come back negative prior to returning to work?



There was a positive case in the building I work in. We are now required to work from home and can't come into work.
Posted by Chef Free Gold Bloom
Wherever I’m needed
Member since Dec 2019
1364 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:05 am to
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One of the employees went home sick last week, running fever, his girlfriend also works in same building and is in her office as we speak


If it’s contagious as they say it doesn’t matter. You all have it now. May as well stay at work and work through it instead of going home and getting healthy people sick
Posted by Clark W Griswold
THE USA
Member since Sep 2012
10506 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:06 am to
Anyone with a fever shouldn’t return for 2-3 weeks.
Posted by Bulletproof Lover
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
1900 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:06 am to
The problem is that your coworkers have no obligation to share anything about their health.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30589 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:08 am to
I sent all of my staff home for two weeks with pay and they do not have to use any vacation. But my staff will be doing some work from home.



Doing my part.
Posted by LoneStar23
USA
Member since Aug 2019
5143 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:08 am to
To my knowledge there is no plan in place. We have 100% capabilities to work from home and are all still here.
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
19970 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:09 am to
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What plan does your company have in place to address something like this?


The company I work for has no plan that they have communicated to employees. I don’t exactly want to work from home, I certainly understand that if I am not billing I am not worth anything, but at this point it would be nice to hear some sort of update.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
10897 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:10 am to
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The problem is that your coworkers have no obligation to share anything about their health.


People who show up for work looking sick bout to get mud stomped.

FAFO

Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19351 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:10 am to
We have a woman whose daughter is being tested for the virus today and the lady still came to work (they live together). If the daughter tests positive we'll get the mandate to work from home.
Posted by braindeadboxer
Utopia
Member since Nov 2011
8742 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:11 am to
14 days free of fever and symptoms with no fever reducing meds minimum before they are let back in our building.
Posted by Unknown_Poster
Member since Jun 2013
5758 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:12 am to
The La. Supreme Court/Fourth Circuit building has dictated all employees (save a sparse half dozen or so) work from home. Although they are allowing people to come in to retrieve stuff they need to work from home, security is taking temperature readings and any employee who has a temp of 100 or more will be forbidden access. That is over and above the building being off-limits to any non-employee.

Any sensible private white-collar style business is being irresponsible in allowing people who are manifesting signs of illness from entering their offices. That said, I've actually heard from a reliable source that Jones Walker -- the biggest law firm in the city -- is either requiring employees to come in or has not articulated any kind of policy vis-a-vis the virus. Seems laughable.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 10:16 am
Posted by DhanTigers212
Member since Dec 2014
7421 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:14 am to
Need more baws like you in this crazy world we live in.
Posted by JOJO Hammer
Member since Nov 2010
11906 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:23 am to
How many people are going to start claiming to have symptoms or even claim to have the Kung Flu just to stay home?
Posted by joebidensleghairs
Member since Feb 2020
3 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:28 am to
Worried about that as well.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52913 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:37 am to
On my unit anybody who acts sick has to do the “walk of shame” where they have to run past us and we all get to hit him with a piece of chain

But we’re the backbone of America I don’t know about you little office betas
Posted by TexasTiger90
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Jul 2014
3576 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:53 am to
All of our active construction sites are still running, but all-hands meetings have been suspended, POD meetings are staggered between scopes, and everyone in our Denver and Sacramento offices are being encouraged to work from home the next two weeks, but no official notice. I think that will change with the recent updates from restaurants and whatnot.
Posted by JDPndahizzy
JDP
Member since Nov 2013
6420 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:57 am to
Our office of 65 people are actually "waiting" for someone to test positive before talking about or taking action whatsoever....
Posted by Unknown_Poster
Member since Jun 2013
5758 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:01 am to
Presuming they are still required to work from home; to the extent they get nothing accomplished they will be fired, right?
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
35289 posts
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:04 am to
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Our office of 65 people are actually "waiting" for someone to test positive before talking about or taking action whatsoever....


Lotta companies doing this unfortunately
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