What's most likely to prevent you from going back to the workplace?

[Orang Utan]

Aye, was only talking about the specifics of my job. Another thing is books get circulated all over the city so could be another way of spreading it further

 

[wiskey]

Nm - I don't have time to get into the discussion

 

[Looby]

Really? That's interesting. There's two T1 and I don't know how many T2 diabetics working in my a&e and at no point has there been any suggestion that we shouldn't be working.

Has there been no conversation at all about the increased risk to you?
The guidance was always that people with diabetes are more vulnerable (but don’t need to be shielded) and should WFH wherever possible. Obviously I know that isn’t possible in your job.
Frankly the guidance is shit and vague and doesn’t help workers at all. I’ve had no advice from my GP.

Me and my colleague (she’s asthmatic) have been WFH since march and aren’t visiting due to the increased risk to us. After figures like that I’d be very worried about being expected to be back in the office or visiting homes.

 

[wiskey]

Has there been no conversation at all about the increased risk to you?
The guidance was always that people with diabetes are more vulnerable (but don’t need to be shielded) and should WFH wherever possible. Obviously I know that isn’t possible in your job.

No conversation past a cursory 'don't kiss any patients, let's see how this pans out' discussion towards the end of march.

That's not to say work has demanded that we go in - lots of people are 'team a' which is all the ones who can't work with the covid patients. Lots of people are shielding (older ones, ones with resp illnesses etc) on full pay.

 

[Chilli.s]

Poll fail. No "I fucking hate work and never want to have anything to do with it again" option.

 

[mango5]

Current expectation is that everyone on fixed/temporary contracts - about 40% of staff including me - will not be rehired from September. This will have a knock on effect on the rest, either huge workload increases or redundancy due to reduced activity on campus. tbh I'm not sure I would want to go back as distancing would make the work much harder and it's unlikely that would be recognised with a pay rise or any other incentive.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I don't expect to be back in the office for several months at the way its going - it's just too risky until the virus is completely under control and a vaccine is available. My dodgy lungs likely mean I'd be doomed if I caught it. Thankfully I'm on a permanent contract and my employer has been great (so far) - I can do my job from anywhere.

 

[equationgirl]

It's unlikely we're going back anytime soon, the building we're will be a nightmare for social distancing, corridors are narrow and bathrooms are tiny. Lifts would have to be single person only, but there's nowhere in the foyer to safely socially distance so it would be impossible.

 

[Clair De Lune]

I honestly have no idea. Still on furlough but no idea for how long. But it seems more likely I'd go back to working from home than face to face since I work in schools and colleges.

 

[ska invita]

It's my civic duty not to go on public transport.
Following orders

 

[weltweit]

Current gov advice is still if you can work from home you should.

I wonder what conditions need to be like for them to change that advice?

For the time being I can envisage continuing to WFH.

That said my employer has gone through all the risk assessments to have people working on site so given a small adjustment I could also work there without too much risk. Prefer for the time being WFH though.

 

[kabbes]

The thing that will mostly stop us from returning to the office is that everything is working perfectly well with everybody WFH so why would the company risk suddenly losing loads of staff to sickness (as well as things like anxiety and commuting failures) when they can avoid that risk for little ill-effect? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.