Freezerman
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Still working, grocery store refrigeration mechanic. Gotta keep those running.
Not here. The old guys like to drop in and see what im up to. So im cutting visits short and banning the snowbirds.I've been trying to practice idiot distancing and so far, it is been a success.
We wont shut down. We can't. We are a broadband provider and people need to stay connected. We are nationwide and in several foreign countries at the company I work for. We have gotten a lot busier the last few weeks. If you do most of your job from the desk, you were asked if you want to work from home on a voluntary basis this past Mon/Tues. Pretty much 95% of us in engineering packed up our laptops, pc, monitors, and even our chair if we wanted it. Site visits are mostly virtual now, relying on the customer to take specific pics of their building/property/telco rooms/etc. I'm managing my team from my basement thru group chats , emails and conf calls. The call centers started moving in that direction yesterday. We are prioritizing service calls as out of service, medical emergency, new installs. The center precalls all customers and asks if there are any health issues in the home related to Covid-19. Field techs have a script as well, prior to arrival. The wireless side of the company has reduced staff in the retail stores until future gov't direction, while some of our competitors have closed their retail stores and are relying on online orders to carry them thru. Our wireless demand has skyrocketed so much that the FCC gave approval to lease additional spectrum from smaller companies with spectrum to spare.
It's an odd feel to do business this way.
I am thankful and blessed to work in an industry that will always be in demand.
My company's issue is they never accounted for so many working remote on VPN. It has caused a stress never mind all the kids doing school work on the local internet subscriber platform. it is tasking things a bit!
Bless you and keep up the good work. We DESPARATELY need our utilities to stay on. My daughter lives in Newmarket (just north of Toronto), and I was going to look you up when we came up in May. Who knows when that will happen now.Still working, run a water treatment plant. Main reason I went this route.
**edit** LOTS of changes though with social distancing, split crews, I'm isolated in control room at work.
There is an active case up in Temple, Tx. Mom knows the lady 2nd hand and her husband is a Doctor, just got back from U.K. so they brought it back with them like 99% of the cases here.Not confined to home but they close all the bars tomorrow.. Luckily my son owns one of the bars so I can still get free drinks whenever I like................................??/ All eateries also will close. they tested 6 people in my city for the first time....waiting for results.
Im still working, just got my "get out of jail" card...a piece of paper saying I am "providing emergency communications sustainment and restoration support to critical communications infrastructure facilities in response to: Covid-19 Declaration of National Emergency" March 16-May 28....So let me go! (Also states that I must be able to get fuel on a seperate attached memo) Is that next?
Business as usual here in the car business. People were staying home at first but the last couple of days its returned to normal. The public has gotten bored sitting at home and are now going about their business as if nothing is going on. As a matter of fact, I had young lady come in the other day, who told us that she was supposed to be in quarantine but she did not believe in following the rules.