What Are You Doing Right Now
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
I doubt that they have ANY kind of IT staff there. From his stories of support, I doubt that they can manage phones.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
You aren't home already? The police would have raided you already in any civilized state.
No? We're not in lockdown, and we're "essential" because restaurants are still open for takeout and delivery.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
We have a Vast Phone system now, with SoftPhones already installed on our Cell Phones,
Plus most calls I make these days are for sales. I still do Tech stuff, installs, and Support, but it's rare. -
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
You aren't home already? The police would have raided you already in any civilized state.
No? We're not in lockdown, and we're "essential" because restaurants are still open for takeout and delivery.
Essential is by role, not business. It's not essential to sit in an office doing work that doesn't need to be done in an office. Doctors are essential, too, but can't go to work just for the sake of it.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
I doubt that they have ANY kind of IT staff there. From his stories of support, I doubt that they can manage phones.
We hired a company to manage the phones for us because "its easier" then to hire our own IT department. "we are an IT company for POS so we can handle the basics, and hire people to do the rest."
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
You aren't home already? The police would have raided you already in any civilized state.
No? We're not in lockdown, and we're "essential" because restaurants are still open for takeout and delivery.
Essential is by role, not business. It's not essential to sit in an office doing work that doesn't need to be done in an office. Doctors are essential, too, but can't go to work just for the sake of it.
right, and that's why the discussion is coming up about working from home.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
We also honor our "Full Maintenance Contracts" which would require onsite if requested by the customer - For emergencies such as A kitchen Printer goes down, and they dont have a back up. ETC . Those calls are rare these days though..
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
We also honor our "Full Maintenance Contracts" which would require onsite if requested by the customer - For emergencies such as A kitchen Printer goes down, and they dont have a back up. ETC . Those calls are rare these days though..
Yeah, but you don't work from an office to do that. We are essential, and that means we HAVE to work from home except when doing essential onsite work. Going into a central office where we aren't doing that work is forbidden as that act is non-essential and doesn't require being on site. Both conditions must be met.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
right, and that's why the discussion is coming up about working from home.
No, if that were the case, that would have sent you home a month ago. It's a month too late for discussions about whether or not to protect staff and do your patriotic duties. We are weeks past the past possible excuse for any business to put people in close contact without being absolutely necessary.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
We also honor our "Full Maintenance Contracts" which would require onsite if requested by the customer - For emergencies such as A kitchen Printer goes down, and they dont have a back up. ETC . Those calls are rare these days though..
Yeah, but you don't work from an office to do that. We are essential, and that means we HAVE to work from home except when doing essential onsite work. Going into a central office where we aren't doing that work is forbidden as that act is non-essential and doesn't require being on site. Both conditions must be met.
and Again we are NOT in lock down in Omaha Nebraska Yet.
If you Show me where it says we HAVE to work from home(here In NE) and I will take it to my Boss Right now, and get the office sent home.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
We also honor our "Full Maintenance Contracts" which would require onsite if requested by the customer - For emergencies such as A kitchen Printer goes down, and they dont have a back up. ETC . Those calls are rare these days though..
Yeah, but you don't work from an office to do that. We are essential, and that means we HAVE to work from home except when doing essential onsite work. Going into a central office where we aren't doing that work is forbidden as that act is non-essential and doesn't require being on site. Both conditions must be met.
and Again we are NOT in lock down in Omaha Nebraska Yet.
If you Show me where it says we HAVE to work from home(here In NE) and I will take it to my Boss Right now, and get the office sent home.
He'll now argue that not being in lock down is irrelevant, and that your company should have done it voluntarily weeks ago.
We started sending people home 3 weeks ago.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
and Again we are NOT in lock down in Omaha Nebraska Yet.
Nope, and it's unpatriotic and flaunting a total disregard for the lives of the rest of the country. It's insane that they've not done it. Texas hasn't either and we want our evil governor lynched. He's a traitor not just to the country, but to the people he was supposed to represent.
But every major county in Texas is in lockdown.
But just because your state has failed you and the country, doesn't mean your business should use the opportunity to put people at risk either just because they think it is funny. Because sending you to work in an office doesn't make them more money, it makes them less. So they are literally willing to lose money and increase their own risk just to flaunt their absolute disregard for the lives of other Americans.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
They are talking about moving us to Work From home. With 1 person in the office to handling shipping and receiving...
well, you're mostly making phone calls now, right? so that shouldn't be a problem..
But - can they make your calls look like they are coming from the office, and not your cell/home phone?
We also honor our "Full Maintenance Contracts" which would require onsite if requested by the customer - For emergencies such as A kitchen Printer goes down, and they dont have a back up. ETC . Those calls are rare these days though..
Yeah, but you don't work from an office to do that. We are essential, and that means we HAVE to work from home except when doing essential onsite work. Going into a central office where we aren't doing that work is forbidden as that act is non-essential and doesn't require being on site. Both conditions must be met.
and Again we are NOT in lock down in Omaha Nebraska Yet.
If you Show me where it says we HAVE to work from home(here In NE) and I will take it to my Boss Right now, and get the office sent home.
He'll now argue that not being in lock down is irrelevant, and that your company should have done it voluntarily weeks ago.
We started sending people home 3 weeks ago.
Exactly. if they took their business seriously they would have had people at home to be more effective all along. But that's just good or bad business. But ethically, their last excuse was long ago. Whether or not their awful state government is arresting them is irrelevant in a point of ethics or duty.
as a business owner, I can tell you, there is zero wiggle room or excuse on this.
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Show me where it says we are required to work from home, that's the only thing my Boss and their Bosses Bosses care about.
if we can still come into the office, then we should.
if not we have to use PTO and Sick days if we want to stay home.
I want facts that i can take to my boss and prove.
You're Opinion is not Fact in the face of a corporation. They wont see what you're saying as anything but Opinion, regardless of who you are. -
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Show me where it says we are required to work from home, that's the only thing my Boss and their Bosses Bosses care about.
Right, that's my point. They don't care about the business, profits, the well being of their employees, the well being of their local city or state, or the good of the American people.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I want facts that i can take to my boss and prove.
Clearly they don't care what you can prove. Their goals are not to make money, keep you healthy, or be good citizens.
They are, in every example you've ever given, just evil people.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I want facts that i can take to my boss and prove.
Clearly they don't care what you can prove. Their goals are not to make money, keep you healthy, or be good citizens.
They are, in every example you've ever given, just evil people.
I understand this isn't directed at me. at least I hope its not.
However, We are able to work from home. It's not something that we were able to do before at this level because we never had soft phones until October within my offices.
Here we are still 6 feet apart (as suggested by local authority) and have no limitations on work. What would you say to the grocery stores in this matter, I wonder? or the Gas stations? are they too in the same boat of not caring?
What about the restaurants that are open still for Takeout? They can't work from home.How do you replace a part? I know you aren't in the hardware business, so this doesn't apply to you, but for someone who is, how would they do that? how is it different from me sitting at home, have something break I need to take on site to resolve and me being at the office ? I still have to go into the office to get the part if I don't have it with me.
Everyone in the office is wiping down everything they touch with Clorox Wipes, and washing our hands, staying at least 6 feet apart. The conversation came up because our Grocery department is thinking of working from home, We are all just trying to survive. All of the Major Places (minus Gas stations and Grocery Stores) are closed that people would congregate .
I think if everyone worked from home for at least 2-3 weeks this would go away, so I understand why we should
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I want facts that i can take to my boss and prove.
Clearly they don't care what you can prove. Their goals are not to make money, keep you healthy, or be good citizens.
They are, in every example you've ever given, just evil people.
I understand this isn't directed at me. at least I hope its not.
However, We are able to work from home. It's not something that we were able to do before at this level because we never had soft phones until October within my offices.
Here we are still 6 feet apart (as suggested by local authority) and have no limitations on work. What would you say to the grocery stores in this matter, I wonder? or the Gas stations? are they too in the same boat of not caring?
What about the restaurants that are open still for Takeout? They can't work from home.How do you replace a part? I know you aren't in the hardware business, so this doesn't apply to you, but for someone who is, how would they do that? how is it different from me sitting at home, have something break I need to take on site to resolve and me being at the office ? I still have to go into the office to get the part if I don't have it with me.
Everyone in the office is wiping down everything they touch with Clorox Wipes, and washing our hands, staying at least 6 feet apart. The conversation came up because our Grocery department is thinking of working from home, We are all just trying to survive. All of the Major Places (minus Gas stations and Grocery Stores) are closed that people would congregate .
I think if everyone worked from home for at least 2-3 weeks this would go away, so I understand why we should
Scott's of the opinion that pretty much any job that doesn't directly associate with working in direct contact with another person, you can work from home.
This would include what you just said, and here's an example.
Plumbers - Around Omaha, most plumbers who work for a big shop are assigned a van, that van is stocked with the typical parts, so in most cases they don't need to visit home base except to replace the used parts, of course there are exceptions for special situations of items you don't carry - but that's rare enough to warrant making the special trip to the office to get the item.
So your office could do the same - have a set of standard parts that people like you have in their home at all times. When the need arise for you to go to a client - you go there from your home, not from the office. Corp could ship you replacements if time allows, or you could make an occasional trip to the office to get more stuff, like the plumber. -
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:Here we are still 6 feet apart (as suggested by local authority) and have no limitations on work. What would you say to the grocery stores in this matter, I wonder? or the Gas stations? are they too in the same boat of not caring?
What about the restaurants that are open still for Takeout? They can't work from home.Of course the grocery stores and restaurants need to have people arrive - they can't stock shelves from home, or cook food from home...
But you - you can troubleshot via the phone from home, you can make sales calls from home, and when, that hopefully rare case requires you to visit onsite, if you don't have stuff at home to bring, then you'll drive to the office, pick it up and go to the client - then return home.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I think if everyone worked from home for at least 2-3 weeks this would go away, so I understand why we should
You're kidding, right? This thing is with us for the rest of human time. Just like the Flu. Over time we'll likely get some type of herd immunity, so fewer people will get sick and die.
During the press conference yesterday - they were guessing that someone who recovers from Covid-19 is likely immune for 3 years, before the antibodies leave your body fully.
