My company has already let us know we are not going back to the office in 15 days.

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No matter what donnie says, our business will continue to work from home.

We'll take our direction from health professionals, thank you.

[drray23]

1. Yeap same here.

The vast majority of our work can be done from home. We have not lost much productivity. Heck, it may even have improved because people tend to work longer when they are in the comfort of their homes.

[Massacure]

4. Productivity is a mixed bag

About 40 percent of my companies workforce (a utility) is working from home, which are most of our office employees The company has been extremely accommodating of salaried employees who need to step away for a while and/or work evenings because of their kids. Many hourly employees like those from the call center are also working from home, though I'm not sure how much flexibility workers/managers have there. I also have little visibility into what has changed for the linemen and plant operators.

There are times where it's nice not getting interrupted by other people, but there are also times where I need input from others. The only thing certain is that there is no certainty and that company leadership is taking things day by day.

[drray23]

10. It's a matter of finding new ways to keep the interaction.

There are times where it's nice not getting interrupted by other people, but there are also times where I need input from others. The only thing certain is that there is no certainty and that company leadership is taking things day by day.

We also have this need. We are scientists and collaboration is key. We have started using tools like slack to facilitate that. Everybody is logged in and you can interact that way.

We have virtual coffee breaks where we use a meeting app ( bluejeans in our case) to chat every morning at 9 am. People choose to or not to turn their camera on. We had funny moments with pets coming into the frame, toddlers doing the same, etc..

[Skittles]

2. no one is

it was always bullshit

[MANative]

3. Mine, too

Met with CEO and CFO today (I'm VP, HR) and we decided we aren't going back until early June, at the earliest. We're in Manhattan, so we do think even that is on the optimistic side.

[Texaswitchy]

5. Donnie will throw a fit.

Nobody is treating him nice.

[Dorian Gray]

6. I already worked from home

so it's not much different. But for my husband (a high school teacher) and daughter (a student) being at home is a new deal for them. And dealing with work while they're home (with their own work) is tough. Being as how we are in NYC, I think it will be this way until the end of the school year here.

[Ilsa]

7. Same here for my better half.

Still working, but no one should expect cost of living raises or promotions for the near future. We are perfectly happy with this news. If they can keep from laying people off, I think everyone is happy to forego anything extra.

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8. I figure productivity is a wash

Inefficiencies from not being able to connect in person, drawing and sharing visuals, missing out on just overhearing things, etc., roughly cancels out having no commute.

Fortunately we can still function. We're lucky our normal workday is heavily based on email and phone anyway as were a global finance business.

[Horse with no Name]

9. We were extended to May.

Thank goodness not everyone is listening to trump.