Re: Back to work during this??

CAcableGirl2 · ‎06-03-2010

@Shorty2U Take a deep breath, and then another.

I am also working because our company is considered "critical". I understand, and am doing whatever I can to keep me and my staff healthy. I worry too, but try to keep positive and can only control what I am able to control.

My life consists of going to work, heading home for lunch, back to work, and then back home after my shift is over.

It's my decision to work, I could always resign, but I have a mortgage to pay, value my job and quality of life and am hopeful that we will all be OK. I take whatever precautions that I can, and that is all I can do for now.

If the doctors, nurses, first responders, police, etc. all decided to quit out of fear, then we would all be in a worse place. I feel I'm doing my part to help my community get through this illness. Life will get back to a new normal, so I try to focus on the future.

I encourage you to speak with someone other then your husband about your concerns if you will get upset in discussing this with him. It will add a considerable amount of worry, added pressure and stress for him, and that can't be good.

Perhaps you can go stay with your kids or a friend for the time being.

......You look like I need a drink.....

Reconnaissant · ‎11-09-2017

@Shorty2U

Since the governor closed the business, mandated safeguards should be implemented for employees and the equipment they are working on.

Your husband will be able to address this with the bosses and employees too.

You will know more by tomorrow.

I’m sorry this is happening.

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

If your husband is at risk, he should not be doing this. There are others at less risk who can. I don't think much of a company that would pressure a valued employee to risk their health unnecessarily. What would you do if he fell ill?

He should explain to them why it would be unwise for him to be on site for the time being and offer to do what he can remotely.

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mom2four0418 · ‎04-23-2010

@Reconnaissant wrote:
@Shorty2U

Since the governor closed the business, mandated safeguards should be implemented for employees and the equipment they are working on.

Your husband will be able to address this with the bosses and employees too.

You will know more by tomorrow.

I’m sorry this is happening.

The company sued the state and won the lawsuit.

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— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

santorini · ‎03-09-2010

I feel certain they will provide masks and gloves, etc. I have the opposite feeling in that I HATE having to work from home. I will probably go in tomorrow. The lack of human interaction is not a good thing for me. If it takes wearing masks and gloves, I will gladly do it.

Isobel Archer · ‎04-04-2015

@Shorty2U I am so sorry you are going through this. I am really not sure what I believe about this whole situation, but i do understand your fear.

I had to go back to work in the Pentagon the day after 9/11 and it wasn't easy. I get the fear you are expressing - both for your husband and for yourself.

I have no advice, but know that I am praying for you both - that you will not be touched by this virus and that you will somehow have peace that passes understanding.

Blessings to you.

Deree · ‎06-30-2018

As of yesterday there has been talk about re-opening nonessential businesses as early as a couple of weeks from now. I guess "the economy" is more important than lives.

Wear a mask. Social distance. Be part of the solution - not part of the problem.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Be glad you guys were given a choice about returning to work. Now you must respect your husband's choice, even if you'd have opted not to work. Maybe take extra steps like laundering his work clothes when he returns from work.

software · ‎06-08-2016

I'm retired now but if I were in your husband's shoes, I would ask to not be called in. He is in a risk category. If you have been paying your mortgage faithfully, they will work with you. He seems like the kind of guy who may have some money put back.

You worry about him being exposed, what about bringing it home to you?

Many people are asymptomatic while they are infecting others.

This virus would probably kill me. I would not risk my life for anything.

This is just my opinion based on my personal lifestyle.

I hope you can find peace in his decision.

mimomof4 · ‎03-08-2018

Sorry but I have to agree with your husband on this one. The company supplies equipment for the medical industry which obviously needs those products now. My husband also works for a company who is deemed essential and must work.

We keep calling for more supplies to be available to our medical professionals, someone has to make them. If everyone who worked for those companies did not go to work, we would not have those supplies. Each one of us is no more important than our co-workers. Everyone wants to say we are all in this together but only if that means you can stay inside and let others make what is needed.

Right now, I feel for everyone who is out of work or will be out of work soon with no paycheck. I cried yesterday after the Governor of Michigan ordered more businesses to close. Too many people have no income right now and the government won't help them at all. Many of those businesses will NEVER open back up. Personally I want my bills paid.