How many are still working and what do you do?.

[fossyant]

Mrs is an accounts supervisor for a pharma marketing/events company (currently on contract until August) and I'm a Finance Business Partner for a University. Both still working from home, but Mrs is taking April off (all employees taking April or May off on pay). I'm taking two weeks leave during April, this coming week and a week at the end of April (don't really want a two week block off as loads going on at work). Son IT support apprentice for a web/server hosting company, so they are working from home too.

 

[Saluki]

I am the Cost Clerk on a large, strategic construction project. A key worker but able to work from home, going to site weekly or getting a paperwork delivery weekly.
still hard at it unless the government say that we have to close the site down.

 

[roadrash]

mrs roadrash is still working , shes a cook in a care home for adults with mental health problems,
she has to provide a three course meal for 40 residents every day
she says its really difficult trying to get them to adhere to the social distancing measures

 

[Andy in Germany]

My much, much better half works for a care organisation that runs home for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. They've had 30 cases so far and are expecting a lot more, and many fatalities. Fortunately, she's not on the front line.

This is one of the problems when you have groups of people with such disabilities: one of the ways it shows is that they don't always understand why personal hygiene matters, nor are they typically aware of personal space at the best of times, let alone social distancing...

 

[Racing roadkill]

I test things that go into the telecoms infrastructure all the home workers and furloughed people rely on. I’m still working, and never been busier.

 

[The Crofted Crest]

they don't always understand why personal hygiene matters

A bigger problem in her case is that they don't understand why they can't have visitors or go about their normal routines. Some then vent their frustration in the form of violence and self-harm. If things get worse, they are going to designate one house as a C19 house and concentrate all the sufferers there.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A bigger problem in her case is that they don't understand why they can't have visitors or go about their normal routines. Some then vent their frustration in the form of violence and self-harm. If things get worse, they are going to designate one house as a C19 house and concentrate all the sufferers there.

I suspect that's why my the workshops here a have "business as usual": the social and psychological impact on clients would be too high.

Mind you, one section is a laundrette for the hotels in a local theme park so I think we may be looking for a new contract this summer...

 

[Wodman]

I run an Animal Feed Mill producing feeds for the Agri and Equine sectors. Obviously part of the Food chain so considered an essential industry. Have been working in the industry (and for the same firm) for over 25 years and have never, ever known it so busy. Running extra evening and weekend shifts for the last two weeks. Just starting to run into problems with raw materials and haulage getting thin on the ground.

 

[mudsticks]

I run an Animal Feed Mill producing feeds for the Agri and Equine sectors. Obviously part of the Food chain so considered an essential industry. Have been working in the industry (and for the same firm) for over 25 years and have never, ever known it so busy. Running extra evening and weekend shifts for the last two weeks. Just starting to run into problems with raw materials and haulage getting thin on the ground.

Oh no.. Should I be stockpiling chicken feed??

I don't like to buy too much at once because of attracting vermin.

 

[cyberknight]

I'm an Openreach engineer trying to keep everyones broadband connected which obviously is very important during lockdown . Plenty of restrictions of what we can do and can't do regarding enter premises to keep both us and customers safe

come fix mine its drops connection 5-6 times a day

 

[13 rider]

come fix mine its drops connection 5-6 times a day

You will need to report but quite frankly we are only concentrating on complete loss of service

 

[Mrs M]

I work for the Government, going into the office every day.
Mr M also works for the Government, he is working from home.
Good we still have a routine.

 

[roadrash]

To all off you still going to work...
...THANK YOU

 

[NorthernDave]

I work for the Government, going into the office every day.
Mr M also works for the Government, he is working from home.
Good we still have a routine.

Hmmmmm...Mrs "M" who "works for the government", eh?

 

[itboffin]

I work in IT as I’ve done for the last 31 years, today my biggest customer is the MOD I have never been more busy in my 31 years but knowing what Im doing for them is helping the entire nation actually makes the long hours and tiredness worth it, these guys are amazing.

my other customer is a huge retailer who are feeding a nation under incredible condition.

i’m really looking forward to the end of all this