Poll: Are you laid off

[Brian_68]

Oh. I think we are talking about a least a year or more before things get back to normal.

without readily available testing and no vaccine, the risk of going back to pandemic will be there

I think we are talking about stages. For example, once test are available I think employers will be able to let worker who test negative to return

But I am afraid large enclosed venues like concerts and trade show will have more difficult time preventing them from becoming a hub for another outbreak. How can you put 15-20K people in an arena and not have carriers in the group?

Restaurants and bars, assuming they can survive now, will have a more difficult time given they rely of crowding on Friday and Saturday nights. I think it will be a long time before health departments will permit bars from being 3 of 4 deep.

Widespread testing access will greatly help the first stage. But until a vaccine is available, I suspect it won't be business as usual

I agree it will be slow to return to normal, many months with social distancing, temperature testing and limits on occupancy until a vaccine is available possibly next year. Jump into it too fast like some other countries and the cycle starts over again.

 

[NatD]

I am a district manager for an “essential” business, so working more than usual. I feel very fortunate for all of the extra hours, even though I’m salaried so no overtime — it beats the heck out of the alternative.

 

[mbmax]

Dentist - Mandated closure except for severe emergencies until May.
Dentist too , but I think in New Jersey it will be until June I think.

 

[Mar344]

Healthcare worker, working more than ever. I feel bad for everyone that has been laid off.

Thank you so much. My wife is in heath care and we have many friends working on the front lines and it is so amazing and humbling to see all that you go through

 

[tehmadreefer]

Jails and prisons need Dentists. Good money, benefits and basic general dentistry services are done.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Matter of fact any healthcare providers and clinicians needing work, I’m always hiring for primary care, behavioral health and dental

 

[Brad Waddell Wrath's Reef]

Warehouse Supervisor for Wayfair.com. Still hard at work here.

 

[HotRocks]

Asphalt paving- Working like mad!

My employees are just happy that we are essential and working!

 

[leepink23]

Thank you so much. My wife is in heath care and we have many friends working on the front lines and it is so amazing and humbling to see all that you go through

Thank you, my wife sees patients everyday in a covid unit,, scary times, we sleep in separate rooms and social distance from each other in our home. I am praying daily for the sick, the frontline workers and the unemployed! Thank you to your wife!!

 

[iGotJokess]

Life insurance broker. Crazy time but have to do everything over the phone

 

[fish farmer]

This event I believe has disciplined many on :
Spending
Saving
Rainy day fund (gained a lot of meaning)
Personal Hygiene
Appreciation for having a full time job/career
Resources for help
Humanity

and having a four week supply of toilet paper

 

[Jaebster]

I work for a bank and do mortgage loan auditing so I can work from home which has been a change for me but not too bad once I got set up. Actually my group has been hiring in preparation for some kind of normal down turn since even if we do fewer loans what are doing we want to make sure they done right.

I also work for a bank. Commercial bank doing Soecial assets. I manage "problem loans". With this covid situation, the Bank will start seeing a lot of messy situations. I guess I'm quite lucky.

 

[uncle luke]

Im a healthcare worker on the front lines so no stopping anytime soon. Please take this seriously folks, my co-worker and friend tested positive on Sunday and died two days ago. Be safe everyone

 

[Slim64684]

Professional government turd wrangler. We get all the nasties, you think of it I deal with it. No stopping for us.

 

[DancingShark]

cant you get medicade if you are on unemployment? I did last year

Don't know. I have never had to apply for it. Don't even know where to. I'll Google stuff up now for future reference.

 

[JoshO]

Firefighter, we are still working, albeit in a much different way than we are used to! Sadly busier than normal as kids are out setting fire to everything they can.

 

[Dipan Desai]

Im a full time wedding photographer so self employed. All weddings through May have been cancelled or postponed to an unknown date.

 

[leepink23]

Im a healthcare worker on the front lines so no stopping anytime soon. Please take this seriously folks, my co-worker and friend tested positive on Sunday and died two days ago. Be safe everyone

So sorry to read this!

 

[MTBake]

Still working. Production supervisor for a CNC job shop that specializes in wire EDM. Most of our work is for the medical, defense, and power supply companies. Deemed essential and have been busy.

 

[Fourstars]

Teacher teaching online now. trying to keep the students engaged.