For comparison, How is your work dealing with all this?

[IsAnybodyListening]

Like many others. Getting incredibly anxious.

My work (huge household name with a multi billion turnover) informed us this afternoon we would only be paid in the event of a lockdown. In the meantime, I have several colleagues self isolating who will get statutory sick pay.

With many of my workforce being working parents, and with the schools closing tomorrow, we have also been informed should we need time of due to parental responsibility we will receive no pay-not even eligible for statutory as it's our choice effectively to take care of the dc's.

We all can work from home, however work have only ordered enough secure laptops for possibly one out of every seven people to do so.

There is zero sanitizers at work, and it appears the cleaners aren't coming in anymore.

I have flushed hot and cold today, and mentioned to my boss I have a sore throat. I was told this wasn't a symptom and I was fine. Came home and Dp has similar symptoms. More than likely a cold, but works reaction was worrying, and I quote ''Well if you don't have a high temperature you haven't got it.''

Dreading going in tomorrow. The atmosphere is hideous.

Airline worker here. Lost my job last week.

But upto that point.

Customer facing role so no option for WFH
No additional than usual PPE provided.
The odd bottle of hand sanitiser made an appearance located in random areas.
Briefings told us to be careful and use hand san.
5 days before we were laid off they put a single wall mounted hand sanitiser dispenser in one if our crew rooms.

I'm so sad I lost a job I love but kind of glad I don't have to face international passengers in close proximity any more (not that anyone can fly anywhere much now).

The few that are left are unpaid leave and more to be let go apparently.

There literally is no work. Nowhere viable to fly to.

Probation Service. Thus far plagued by presenteeism. We have capacity to wfh but underlying culture is if you are wfh you are having a day off. Started 9.30 am skype meetings daily which seem to be about checking up on staff. Sneering at people with health conditions on list who are choosing to follow advice and wfh for 12 weeks. Insistence on staff coming in to see cases face to face who could be managed via phone / video calls just the same. Case likely to present high risk of infection to staff and not likely be making sensible decisions re self isolation. Comes at end of long period of appalling working conditions, severe understaffing, constant demands to do more. Bloody awful environment to be in and is upsetting me more than the virus is at the moment.

I’m on mat leave at the moment but have been checking in with work. The response seems pretty good - front-line & critical staff are being prioritised for resources (IT, etc) and those who can work from home (about 20% of employees) are doing so. The IT infrastructure is struggling a bit with this so workarounds are being implemented. The emergency contingency plan seems strong and workable. There has also been a call for recently retired staff to come back and support.

Mine are fantastic very small family business, all were sent home on Friday to wfh. I've been in the office to collect my pc and some paperwork. We have done ok with conference calls and emails.

Mine are great.
All offices closed, set up to wfh.
Full sick pay for anyone with symptoms not well enough to work, including those on probation who would normally get SSP. Won't count towards sickness absence.
Cancelled holiday can be carried forward.
Those who have childcare issues told to work when they can.
Daily updates from CEO.

HGV driver and nurse, so we're going in until we catch it.

Local Government, v similar to another post who I'm wondering is in the same organisation!

WFH facilitated as much as possible, extra kit ordered and hopefully in use by now. If you've got kids at home, do the best you can. Pay not affected. All coronavirus and cold symptoms excluded from absence management triggers.

Lots of our staff are key workers and we have to do our best to keep them operational in one form or another.

National retail business with requirements for physical contact. Been isolating all week and heard nothing no email. Rumours of half pay, letting people go, unpaid lockdown. No hand sanitiser provided and was took to the side by supervisor for washing my hands too much 🙄

I haven't been in work since Tuesday. I live with someone who is in a high-risk group so I was told not to come in.

I work in a university so the whole place is getting shut down from this evening.

Public sector here.
I'm in a higher risk group, so WFH full time. Some colleagues are still going in, which for some jobs us helpful but not essential. I feel a bit unhappy that I am allowed to be at home but some of my team are still required to go in 2/3 days a week, travelling on public transport, etc. That seems unfair, it's not a job that needs you to be in the office and we are all set up for home working.
I'm still paying my cleaner and have asked her not to come. I rent out a house too and my tenant has already asked for a reduction as her business is nosediving.

Hi there, @IsAnybodyListening - we've moved this over to the Coronavirus topic now.

Small engineering firm here - 17 of us in total, 2 part time cleaners, 2 office staff and the rest in the factory. not possible for any of us to work from home but have done a risk assessment and consider us a very low risk - no air con, plenty of space around work stations, no underlying medical conditions, only 1 person using public transport as the rest walk/cycle/drive from home. None have been abroad this year. No interaction with public. We have a very low rate of sickness anyway so nearly all staff, if ill, would get full pay for 4 weeks (only get this if you haven't had any sick days in the preceding 2 years). Unfortunately we have just had 4 really bad years and if forced to lockdown for more than a month, would not be able to afford to pay anyone. All our staff have over 25 years service and job skillset is very specialised. I'm very worried for everyone.

I work for a building society in a large call Center. I'm self isolating for 14 days and I'm on sick pay. I'm also in the 'at risk' group due to health reasons, I don't know at the moment what's happening but as it's a financial service I guess we will all be expected in

Work today have implemented a half hour gap between shifts to try to limit the amount of people on site at one time.
Better than nothing I suppose.

As of today I am on unpaid leave for the foreseeable future

Work have been great, Head Office is skeleton staff in, rest all working from home - we chose to issue laptops as part of our Business Continuity pan so we were prepared. We're in our second week of this. Our field engineers are working as normal and abide to the conditions of the site they are visiting. Those self isolating can work from home, no-one confirmed as a case yet. Parents can work from home to be around for children not in school now. The only downside is we may have to consider removing company sick pay if it becomes un-affordable.

I’m not working at the moment but my husband is a department manager in an international engineering design company.
The company, or at least the UK office, have pretty much buried their heads in the sand but they’ve now been told that WFH is possible if they need to so that’s what my husband is doing and he’s been very busy.

Just a few days ago they were handed letters informing them of a payrise and bonus as business was very good.

However, he’s now in the process of calling his team and informing them that they’ll now be working a 4 day week, as will he

Work in software development, often work from home anyway. Our offices closed 2 weeks ago and the global workforce are all WFH, no exceptions.

Office Manager in a manufacturing company here. Company are really behind the curve here - no antibac available for the machines on the shop floor, no WFH unless project driven (most of our Sales Office work is reactive not project based). One of my admin team members has school age children so I have said I will support as much as possible and have made arrangements around her working hours, does leave us short during the day but luckily I have a great team and we will support her as much as possible.

MD is off golfing.....

I work for our Local Authority and they have been great. DH's work haven't even acknowledged that anything is happening. One person who is in the at risk group asked to work from home or reduce hours. Apparently there's not enough work for him to do the former and too much for him to do the latter.
I honestly think they will keep people working in the office until someone dies in their chair.