If you are still going out to work what do you do?

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I'm just nosey and wonder which industries are classed as key workers other than the NHS Police Fire Brigade and Shop Staff.

I know of 3 in my family.

Armed Forces
Social Worker
Dog Unit Support

Rest of the family are working from home but aren't key workers so can't actually go out to work.

Big wave to @bigchris @Icanflyhigh and @Fifipop185 and all other fellow funeral care/crem/cemeteries workers.
Are you lot fed up of folk saying ‘I bet you’re not going to go out of business’ etc.? I know my colleagues and I are

(Although this is the busiest/manic it’s ever been at our branches).

I can’t say what I do as it’s a specialised field however I work with vulnerable adults and children alongside our local housing association and council.

DH is a lorry driver. He drives household waste from a distribution centre to either landfill or a power station to be burnt. So his job means he's both helping get rid of our rubbish AND helping keeping the lights on.

Paramedic

Teacher (though mostly from home using Microsoft teams)

My mum works in a nursing home, Dad is a HGV driver for a company delivering food to supermarkets, brother is in the military. All still at work.

So, for our family, it's essentially business as usual, albeit slightly differently for me.

Goverment call center worker

Dont feel thick. I'm finding this thread really interesting! I work in commercial finance and was going into work until 2 weeks ago when we had laptops and secure networks set up to work from home. My brother is a welder, making specialist parts. He is still going into work as normal. They have started making parts for ventilators for the NHS. Dad is a photocopier engineer and has been furloughed but usually fixes machines in schools which are all closed so makes sense. Mum is PA to several consultants at a hospital so shes still going in as normal.

@QueenArseClangers

Our industry is quite unique and full of amazing, selfless people who are going totally unrecognised. It has been a crazy few weeks right?

DH especially is sick of being told he must be rubbing his hands together, making a fortune. "You must love a good pandemic!" Money doesn't make him less terrified of bringing the virus home to the DC's or trying to work out what he will do if he gets ill and has to close.

Dry cleaner and still working although company has furloughed most staff and myself and another member of staff are running 2 of the shops so we are working alone

Primary teaching assistant.

Mental health nurse

Logistics company.

Teacher, primary

Working in retail although at times it feels more like trying to herd deeply unhappy tantrum fuelled adults- who can’t follow arrows/one way systems, who won’t share and who will throw a huge fit if not allowed to buy more than a couple of the same items - If anything I’ve learnt how to dodge flying stock when thrown at my head

Senior admin for a construction company

Contraceptive advice

Probation officer

School administrator

Gp nursing staff here 🙋🏻‍♀️. Very strange way to work at the moment. I miss the volume of patients we normally have .

Own and run a supported living home for young autistic adults.
Husband is an operations manager for airline freight.

Special needs teacher

I’m not working as I was only support staff at school and the school is shut. Dh is really busy, he’s in maintenance at a nuclear power station. They’re on a skeleton staff working round the clock and he’s absolutely knackered.

Trains Manager

School librarian. Am on the same rota as teachers to go in and support students.

Lawyers will be providing advice on acquisitions and mergers; employment law; criminal law; conveyancing (house move) etc. It all hasn’t stopped. Might not be a priority but it’s still needed

Some areas of law are a priority, like family law (non-mol etc) or housing law (the area I work in).

A lot of possession proceedings are stayed but what happens to the disabled person living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, the elderly couple with a rat infestation whose landlord is doing nothing about it or the person whose landlord illegally evicts them and changes the locks.

I’m sure it wasn’t intended as an exhaustive list, but there are some high priority areas of law, which are made even more so by the lockdown.