Coronavirus outbreak

[Joey Shabadoo]

This is absolute BS - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54289152

Spyware that takes photos of you from your laptop to prove you're working. They can get that right in the sea.

I'm a salesman and I've worked for a few companies over the years. Without exception, every company that brought in some kind of monitoring system for field sales saw an increase in staff turnover and lower sales figures. I've seen trackers in cars, log in required at certain times, obsessive CRM systems (Call Record Management) that mean the staff spend more time completing CRM tasks than they do facing the customer!

If we're going to have more working from home then they'll have to put a stop to crap like this from creeps like the boss in the article.

 

[Beebo]

Anyone care to attempt to translate this nonsense?
Clear messaging and common sense.

View: https://youtu.be/IhNFNPI6iIQ

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Anyone care to attempt to translate this nonsense?
Clear messaging and common sense.

View: https://youtu.be/IhNFNPI6iIQ

''Skills minister'' Gillian Keegan didn't know whether she could organise a meet up in a beer garden either. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d-as-minister-fails-to-clarify-lockdown-rules

 

[marinyork]

The BBC are reporting that the north east has harsher measures because there is less resistance from the local councils and are game for harder measures. It's sad as it's a demonstration of the politics of it all.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Do you honestly believe that ? Mate at work was in Newcastle last month and he said it was absolutely nuts. Booked a table at the local spoons in the city centre and it was heaving !! Had to just forget it

 

[marinyork]

Do you honestly believe that ? Mate at work was in Newcastle last month and he said it was absolutely nuts. Booked a table at the local spoons in the city centre and it was heaving !! Had to just forget it

Yes. The numbers in some parts of the north west are worse than the north east.

London's figures are very low compared to around here and I hear of pressure to bring in restrictions sooner rather than later.

 

[tom73]

Anyone care to attempt to translate this nonsense?
Clear messaging and common sense.

View: https://youtu.be/IhNFNPI6iIQ

He "misspoke" apparently
We have a yet another treat he's to hold a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to update the public on the coronavirus crisis, but Downing Street said it was not intended to give a "specific set of new announcements".
Nothing new in that then if only we did have specifics we'd stand a change of fixing this mess.

 

[Beebo]

''Skills minister'' Gillian Keegan didn't know whether she could organise a meet up in a beer garden either. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d-as-minister-fails-to-clarify-lockdown-rules

But her answer was “sorry i dont know” which is better than just giving a BS answer and rambling on.

 

[cambsno]

We have to see past distancing when eating indoors you can have all the spaced out tables you want. But how many have air con that just pusher the air round and round. We have well documented cases of outbreak all down to air con and poor ventilation. At the time of eat out to help out we had no way near the right enforcement of measures in place many placers as now just gave it lip service. Also universal mask use inside restaurants was every hit and miss only now has it been made a requirement.
Which ever way you look at eating in doors is a risk and should be limited it was pretty fool hardy back then to encourage it given testing and contact tracing was just not up to job never mind anything else.

I mean, we could have just let thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of jobs go to the wall instead!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I mean, we could have just let thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of jobs go to the wall instead!

They will be more likely to go to the wall now all these new restrictions have been brought in.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

''Skills minister'' Gillian Keegan didn't know whether she could organise a meet up in a beer garden either. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d-as-minister-fails-to-clarify-lockdown-rules

Actually that gets my respect. In my work I far prefer someone saying “Sorry, I don’t know, but I can find out for you if you’d like” then giving a bullshit made up on the spur of the moment answer.

 

[fossyant]

Well that's North Wales in financial ruin. Better go collect the bikes from our caravan tomorrow. Businesses were far better organised down there than in Manchester. Haven't gone out at home, only at selected places in N Wales.

 

[mjr]

I mean, we could have just let thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of jobs go to the wall instead!

Better that than even more go to the wall later, surely? It annoys me that this is still being portrayed as a choice between health and wealth. If we screw up the health, it'll consume so much wealth it'll dwarf the costs of protecting health early.

 

[mjr]

Well that's North Wales in financial ruin.

What's happened?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What's happened?

They told tourists to fark off. Oh wait they’ve been doing that for decades.