[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

I thought about that but knowing the school I work for they will require some sort of proof before they pay me. We dont have any cases in our area so its less believable too

Jake, you don't need to provide any proof. You just need to call your work and say you have corona symptoms and are now self isolating ... this is not something to hmm and aww over.

[Strictly Jake]

Sack it then Im isolating. After 2 weeks its easter then I will take 2 weeks paternity. So thats 6 weeks off

[Tony Montana]

Where I work, it was dead for the past week but today it was mad busy. I had to finish the bakery early and help out on the shop floor.

[Wizard.]

I'm really lucky that I work from home anyway, and my work offers 20 fully paid sick days a year before you go into statutory sick pay. I actually nearly resigned at the beginning of the year to look for a new job but really glad I didn't now.

My partner is a self employed barber though and was ill at the weekend so he's had to self-isolate with no pay so now everything relies on my income.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Do you still have to go in next week?

It's a behaviour school so there's only like 100 pupils, parents who are key workers have until noon tomorrow to get in touch. As far as I know none of "my" pupils' families are key workers, and I'm likely to still be off around then anyway...

[Josy]

We are transferring medical supplies and ppe gear to help with the pandemic so will be open as normal, it may reduce to skeleton staff at some point although in saying that staff are dwindling by the day due to isolation

[parmnion]

I don't think we have any soldiers on here...but here is a soldiers perceptive on the change it will make to his job.


Had about 20 ***** message me asking if the country is going on lockdown, presumably because I’m a squaddie and they expect me to know something they don’t.

Let me make it clear; if they’re planning some kind of massive deployment of troops in the near future and they’re keeping it on the lowdown, the last **** they’re gonna tell is LCpl Ryan the ******** REMF from Leeds who’s on leave scratching his bollocks and eating crisps.

At the very most, some blokes might get called in to help deliver food to supermarkets and make sure old people in rural areas aren’t dying. MAYBE. But if you think theres gonna be blokes patrolling the streets in full CBRN rig, booting ***** in for being out past curfew, you’re absolutely ****ed in the head.

[Kizzy]

I'm not one to tempt fate like that my saying you are ill but if you are at risk of picking something up then don't go in, speak to your HR department.

[Tom4784]

At the moment, very little has changed but I'm unsure whether or not we'll close. We're a big shop but I don't think we sell many necessities so I'm hoping we close but I don't think we will as we've done better business these past few days then we have for years and the higher ups will likely want to keep us open.

[Toy Soldier]

My job is unaffected as it's a web-based company and I mostly work from home anyway so the way I work isn't even different. Most others are office-based usually and now WFH so it's all a bit new to them.

My wife's job is also secure in mental health; if anything they're very worried about under-staffing.

We have taken a financial hit as my wife's freelancing work is off the table for a while, as it's reliant on conferencing which obviously is not happening. It's a financial hit and not at the same time, which is an odd situation. Our finances are down a good chunk but it's income we've always considered "extra" and have spent on things like dinners out, family activities, event tickets, weekends away ... all things which we wouldn't be able to do now anyway. So we won't notice a day-to-day difference.

[michael21]

Lucky I have to much money so don't need to work

I am in the safety of my big house

[Scarlett.]

So, I'll get this weeks wages next week, and lay off pay the week after, not sure about after that. Hopefully Boris announces something for workers today

[Strictly Jake]

Finally my school job has realised how silly it is for me to work when my wife is so close to giving birth. So as she is vunerable I have been given 12 weeks off! I will get that at my uni job too. I have to say when I was walking out of the school today it definitely felt like I wasnt ever going back. There was an odd atmosphere to it too, it was all still there was noone around and it felt really strange. I finally accepted things arent going to be the same for a long long time if ever again

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Finally my school job has realised how silly it is for me to work when my wife is so close to giving birth. So as she is vunerable I have been given 12 weeks off! I will get that at my uni job too. I have to say when I was walking out of the school today it definitely felt like I wasnt ever going back. There was an odd atmosphere to it too, it was all still there was noone around and it felt really strange. I finally accepted things arent going to be the same for a long long time if ever again

Great news Jake

[LeatherTrumpet]

im just hoping for lots of repeats of bargain hunt and antiques roadshow/roadtrip

trigger my buyers at home pretending to be working

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Finally my school job has realised how silly it is for me to work when my wife is so close to giving birth. So as she is vunerable I have been given 12 weeks off! I will get that at my uni job too. I have to say when I was walking out of the school today it definitely felt like I wasnt ever going back. There was an odd atmosphere to it too, it was all still there was noone around and it felt really strange. I finally accepted things arent going to be the same for a long long time if ever again

Congratulations.. nice to hear a good news story especially one with a brand new little life ..




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[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Finally my school job has realised how silly it is for me to work when my wife is so close to giving birth. So as she is vunerable I have been given 12 weeks off! I will get that at my uni job too. I have to say when I was walking out of the school today it definitely felt like I wasnt ever going back. There was an odd atmosphere to it too, it was all still there was noone around and it felt really strange. I finally accepted things arent going to be the same for a long long time if ever again

that's great to hear!

[armand.kay]

Very awkward for me as I'd just finished working at my last place and was meant to be starting somewhere else next week but that's been put on hold until this is all over... Really not sure where to go from here

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

Very awkward for me as I'd just finished working at my last place and was meant to be starting somewhere else next week but that's been put on hold until this is all over... Really not sure where to go from here

oh that sucks, timing wise

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Scarlett.

So, I'll get this weeks wages next week, and lay off pay the week after, not sure about after that. Hopefully Boris announces something for workers today

you get something or because they have already laid you off no?

[Oliver_W]

I might do online tutoring or something, I get bored enough during the hols, and there's a definite end in sight with those...

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Cherie

oh that sucks, timing wise

yeah luckily I'm still gonna get paid from my last place and I'm still living at home so I have some time to find something

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

yeah luckily I'm still gonna get paid from my last place and I'm still living at home so I have some time to find something

That's not too bad I guess, and if the job you were going to holds it

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I work in a supermarket distribution centre no chance of us closing :/
The working time directive for the drivers has just been relaxed so stock is able to get to stores. Not sure I agree with that myself as they do need their rest days. I hope it doesn't lead to more accidents on the roads :/

Literally the same.

We’re capping the stock being sent out to store to keep it in line with normal numbers as the stores were ordering crazy amounts of stock to keep up.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

Finally my school job has realised how silly it is for me to work when my wife is so close to giving birth. So as she is vunerable I have been given 12 weeks off! I will get that at my uni job too. I have to say when I was walking out of the school today it definitely felt like I wasnt ever going back. There was an odd atmosphere to it too, it was all still there was noone around and it felt really strange. I finally accepted things arent going to be the same for a long long time if ever again

It's a nice time to be home, too. I was fantastically unemployed when my first was born, I started work about 8 weeks after she was born. Money was tight but honestly I wouldn't have traded that time for anything .