Fucked by Corona

[YouSir]

There's a working from home thread I see, so why not one from those who can't? Deliver the bad news, who's screwed by this shit?

 

[Epona]

Yep, utterly - I am recently self employed and cannot do my usual work (will do warehouse work if I can find any mind you, no luck yet), OH is zero hours agency in the hospitality industry - restaurants, hotels, bars etc. He is similarly applying for warehouse work but also no luck yet.

 

[YouSir]

Yep, utterly - I am recently self employed and cannot do my usual work (will do warehouse work if I can find any mind you, no luck yet), OH is zero hours agency in the hospitality industry - restaurants, hotels, bars etc. He is similarly applying for warehouse work but also no luck yet.

Not alone, if it's any comfort. We are legion.

 

[Raheem]

I'm not going to be able to work or get paid for the duration of this. There's some chance I might be forloughed, but it's not looking especially likely, and I have no idea how it would be calculated, because my pay is so uneven.

To be honest, though, I'd have expected it to be devestated, but I'm surprisingly not bothered. My partner's a keyworker (not in the NHS, thankfully), so her job is not at risk. We're not going to really suffer financially. I'm doing home schooling, which gives me something to do.

I'm wondering whether I might come out of this with a different attitude to working. Maybe I'll change what I do, or maybe even stop working and find something else to do with my time. Just thoughts at the moment, rather than plans.

 

[Almor]

Uber eats cyclist since November last year, there's a wage subsidy here in nz that covers self employed people including uber 'partners' but it's based on a 30% drop in earnings against this time last year, when I was unemployed, so I'm not likely to be eligible, I'll continue looking for proper work when the household has settled down a bit
Good luck to you all

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Uber eats cyclist since November last year

Would have thought you'd have been overloaded with work since the restaurants are all closed - I know Deliveroo in the UK are super busy.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Yep, utterly - I am recently self employed and cannot do my usual work (will do warehouse work if I can find any mind you, no luck yet), OH is zero hours agency in the hospitality industry - restaurants, hotels, bars etc. He is similarly applying for warehouse work but also no luck yet.

The supermarkets all sounded desperate for additional staff a couple of weeks ago, is that not the case any more?

 

[Almor]

Would have thought you'd have been overloaded with work since the restaurants are all closed - I know Deliveroo in the UK are super busy.

Nah, restaurants seemed to close before the lockdown (alert level 4) here, some days before, I picked up from some that were closed to the public, some closed on the day, I don't think many were open after, and they're all shut now as far as I know, uber eats has suspended operation for the duration of the alert (4 weeks from 27th April March)

NZ is taking lockdown more seriously than many places although there are still some employers taking the piss, and some people obviously.

Some people seem to be taking it a bit too seriously given the low level of community transmission but I'm ok with the lockdown if it keeps NZ from going the way of UK /US

 

[spanglechick]

My partner is a jobbing builder - normally works for a small firm but no contracts, paperwork or anything.
Not eligible for any benefits.

I’ve been trying to get him to open a bank account for years now, but he has no legal proof of address.
I finally made him register with HMRC so he could get some ID, but that was a week and a half ago and nothing yet.

Once he has a bank account he can apply for proper jobs with contracts and hopefully sick pay and holiday pay too. And he can pay tax, too.

 

[StoneRoad]

Much sympathy to everyone in the current disaster ...

My work is restoring large timber objects - we can't take the items home to work on them ! (at least, not when they are back into one piece !)
A 34foot railway carriage is a bit too big for my garage ...

Currently just about half the workforce are off for various reasons - none actually have covid-19 symptoms - and several of my bigger suppliers are shut, others only doing "click & deliver" or "collect only" ...

Recently, I succeeded in getting a new project after being cheated on during / after the tendering process on what was going to be the follow on job from the big carriage which is now almost done, we've nearly finished what became the two fill-in jobs for between the two big uns.

Certainly non-essential work - but the workshop is big enough so the few staff members can keep well away from each other, even if they were all at work, so assuming the clients can still pay - which is by no means certain, we can keep working / paying people.
Everybody travels by private car (or cycles) and relatively short distances in a very rural area ...

So, provided I can still get all the materials and lockdown doesn't shut us up for the duration, we still have work for almost everybody ...

tl;dr - work continues, despite loads of different problems.
If we do go deeper into lockdown, we'll be able to furlough and use grants etc to keep a basic team going - and there should be at least some work on the other side.

 

[ruffneck23]

ominous meeting request this morning:

Can everyone please attend this meeting.
If you have any conflicts then please re-arrange them to ensure you can attend this

we shall see...

 

[SheilaNaGig]

How did it go ruffneck23 ?

 

[frogwoman]

The company is being very good and I don't want to name them on here but I've got some right fucking stories to tell about some of our clients.

 

[ruffneck23]

How did it go ruffneck23 ?

So... most of the company has been furloughed for 3 weeks,but not my team , its 4 on .4 off then if this still goes on , then my half of the team , me inc go off for 3 weeks. For the first 2 weeks we get 100% pay then after 3rd week on wards we are being asked to give up 1 days leave per week. Unless a bank holiday falls.

TBH I was looking forward to having some time off, but if I'm fair there isnt that much work for me to do and I cant really see this being over in 3 weeks , plus we have easter in between. Not that anything means anything these days.

But it has got me onto sorting stuff out in the house, trying to turn a box room which if full of crap into an office / games room. Its going to take a while but I'm not exactly going anywhere