Can you postpone or let her go? Or are you just trying to help her out? In the U.S. with everybody being an at-will employee there are few employment protections.I'm in inbound travel industry, literally 100% cancelled, Spring should be our time to make money. With peculiarly bad timing we recruited our first full-time staff months ago with start date March 01 so we have to find her salary (and pension, insurance etc) from zero income. Currently applying for interest free loan. Tough times for sure for lots of people ...
That's tough. I hope things get back to normal for you (and all of us) quickly.I want to avoid letting her go if at all possible. She quit from a management stream in a big company, with higher pay and subsidised apartment, because she bought into our dream. That's my sentimental reason. Also, if this situation passes quickly (by autumn) the reasons I employed her will still stand. We need her to help build our future. We live an hour from the nearest city and finding another staff with her skills and personality traits would be extremely difficult.
To answer your second point: staff here have a lot more employment protection rights than many other countries.
Fingers crossed ...
That is worrying about the stockpiling of guns and ammo. Let's hope people stay calm.I find it interesting how people can be so easily steered into buying sprees by what they see on the media. The latest frenzy scares me a bit. Guns and ammo are the latest craze. Some stores are now empty of hundreds of guns and all the ammunition. Without training in how to use firearms safely and knowledge of when you can legally use them , people are headed for trouble. I'm sure there are some areas where those without decide to take from those with.
One of Maine's biggest and well known stores , L.L.Beans , just closed , which has only happened 4 times in it's long history. In one week , Maine went from no worries to now almost being house arrest for everyone. I have to admit , being 70 with crappy lungs , I'm a bit nervous.
I find it interesting how people can be so easily steered into buying sprees by what they see on the media. The latest frenzy scares me a bit. Guns and ammo are the latest craze. Some stores are now empty of hundreds of guns and all the ammunition. Without training in how to use firearms safely and knowledge of when you can legally use them , people are headed for trouble. I'm sure there are some areas where those without decide to take from those with.
One of Maine's biggest and well known stores , L.L.Beans , just closed , which has only happened 4 times in it's long history. In one week , Maine went from no worries to now almost being house arrest for everyone. I have to admit , being 70 with crappy lungs , I'm a bit nervous.
I am presently in Texas, and the big thing here is that toilet paper is sold out everywhere!
That is nothing new. It will be interesting what the numbers are when this chart is updated. Will this end up being scarier than a U.S. election?I find it interesting how people can be so easily steered into buying sprees by what they see on the media. The latest frenzy scares me a bit. Guns and ammo are the latest craze. Some stores are now empty of hundreds of guns and all the ammunition. Without training in how to use firearms safely and knowledge of when you can legally use them , people are headed for trouble. I'm sure there are some areas where those without decide to take from those with.
One of Maine's biggest and well known stores , L.L.Beans , just closed , which has only happened 4 times in it's long history. In one week , Maine went from no worries to now almost being house arrest for everyone. I have to admit , being 70 with crappy lungs , I'm a bit nervous.
Allegedly someone already shot someone else for buying the last roll of toilet paper at a wal-mart. That was a comment section remark from a supposed witness, with no news article to back it up, but they appeared to be a regular account and not a troll account. And to be fair, non-fatal shootings don't always make the news (if the police report includes a mention that it was over toilet paper though, it's sure to make headlines sooner or later; they may leave the motive out of the report for just that reason though).I sure hope things never get so bad , people have to shoot someone to protect their toilet paper.
I don't think I will ever understand the toilet paper hoarding , even after reading what the experts say.
And really doesn't anybody who wants guns have them by now??
Actually, my Facebook feed is full of gentle humour and people trying to support each other, so social media is not all bad! All the best with this difficult time.Not so bad, but it has been a bit difficult as an immigrant with not a lot of friends other than workmates it is hard to have 2 kids to take care of without school and both parents working. And the fact that we are not supposed to travel, following the prefectural advice makes it even harder. Amazon books have been our best ally during this time not to mention Netflix and youtube. I try to stay away from social media as it mostly focuses on the negative parts of all this situation bringing paranoia and anxiety to a whole new level. On the bright side, I believe this situation made me think of the importance of always tell that people you care for exactly that because out of the blue you can lose someone before telling that person what it means to you. I think this global crisis just reminded us how small and fragile we can be to sickness, and it should bring awareness that if we don't know how to cope with each other in harmony we might not have a future as promising as we once thought.
Actually, my Facebook feed is full of gentle humour and people trying to support each other, so social media is not all bad! All the best with this difficult time.
The coronavirus is many things but it's not madness.Not necessarily as a reaction to corona, but it did get me thinking about general emergency preparedness; I only drink bottled water. I often have a ton of empty 1.5 liter bottles and I do have a stash of tap water I put in them and have for years. But I thought I should just start buying my water by the case, so I will have a policy on them: one open and one closed case at all times, same as with I do with bags of rice. So I have two cases now.
I also replenished my supply of canned foods, as it was getting low.
I was considering restarting my freezer unit and stocking it with frozen food. I shut it down since the wife flew the coop. But the problem with a freezer full of food is, what do you do with it when the power goes out? If the corona madness gets so bad there is literally no food at the store, how long till the power goes out? Not long I think.