What's your work status now? Back at work? Furloughed? Working from home? Or bugger all?

[Pickman's model]

I voted "something else" because I never stopped working.

i thought you were an eddie cochran fan

 

[mr steev]

Before all of this shite I was managing a small cafe in a community center and ran a waste food project one day a week - the cafe is closed and the food project has snowballed. I now manage a team of volunteers and drivers and we deliver 150 Surplus food boxes every week. Just last month we collected and distributed 4 tonnes of surplus food and I had 3 days off all month. It feels relentless at times

 

[neonwilderness]

Main job - Part time working, mostly at some with the odd trip to the office and plenty of pointless Teams calls I don't miss being in the office full time though.

Freelance work - Working more than normal.

Overall I'm working a bit less than I would be usually, but the split is different.

 

[smmudge]

Working from home full time. To be honest I love it. They need the space in the office so no plans to go back yet, I hope they keep it like this for a long time.

My wife is furloughed still and has been since April. Funny thing is, her company are actually hiring people right now doing the same role she does. At least they can't legitimately make her redundant, although things don't seem that busy for them at the moment

 

[8ball]

should get should get a second and final one in about 2 weeks, but yeah, all signs seem to suggest its going to be a bit of a bloodbath for a lot of people when the various furlough schemes end.

It's really not looking good.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's really not looking good.

yeh they're expecting there to be a shortage of p45s.

 

[Mogden]

I'm really worried about my other half. He was furloughed and then made redundant and has applied for hundreds of jobs. He's had about 3 interviews but still nothing has come of it. He's been looking for 5 weeks.

I've only had one call back so far which I've ranted about on here cos they posted the ad with a specific location and a postcode that didn't correlate.

If I end up on UC I will just about manage by the skin of my teeth until I find something else. I've been grateful through this whole thing that I live a lemonade lifestyle on a lemonade budget. I can feel my despondency about the whole new job already oozing out of me already.

ETA: Can't even do my very part time job of life modelling either!

 

[souljacker]

Back working after being furloughed. Pre-Covid I worked either at home or at customer sites and this hasn't changed. Been to London, Bradford and now in Manchester. Like a little tour of hotspots. Next trip will probably be Wuhan or Florida.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I'm glad it worked out for you.

I thought you had been self-employed long enough to get the 80%?

Unless, of course, you hadn't been declaring much.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Been working from home full time throughout lockdown, currently on annual leave until August 13th when I have to log in and see what's happening regarding the coming academic year, my role in the enrolment process, etc. Under strict instructions to NOT log in until then, too.

 

[8ball]

yeh they're expecting there to be a shortage of p45s.

Gonna be shortages of more than that.

 

[editor]

I thought you had been self-employed long enough to get the 80%?

Unless, of course, you hadn't been declaring much.

I declared all I'd earned but it's not very much and being in a band there's no regular payments, especially when you're playing all over Europe. My writing job for a local mag basically washed their hands of me as soon as locked down started.

And then I was punished further after I'd ticked the 'gift aid' box on all the charity fundraising I'd done last year. Turned out I hadn't made enough tax to cover that so got an extra £400 tax on top.

 

[Pickman's model]

Gonna be shortages of more than that.

people will be given a gun and a single bullet, but the traditional large whisky will be teachers rather than talisker and a single rather than a double. and the gun will have to be passed on to the next person after.

 

[moomoo]

I voted "something else" because I never stopped working.

Likewise.

 

[8ball]

people will be given a gun and a single bullet, but the traditional large whisky will be teachers rather than talisker and a single rather than a double. and the gun will have to be passed on to the next person after.

On the whisky point, why is there no "Get pissed to help out!" scheme?

 

[aqua]

have worked full time throughout at home, won't be back in the office until early Oct and even then it'll only ever be a couple of days a week with the rest at home - I have been, and am, very lucky

 

[andysays]

I declared all I'd earned but it's not very much and being in a band there's no regular payments, especially when you're playing all over Europe. My writing job for a local mag basically washed their hands of me as soon as locked down started.

And then I was punished further after I'd ticked the 'gift aid' box on all the charity fundraising I'd done last year. Turned out I hadn't made enough tax to cover that so got an extra £400 tax on top.

That sounds like a shit situation.

Hope things improve for you soon.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Thought it might be timely to see how people are getting on.
As for me, I've got zero work, no furlough and just about zero prospect this year of getting back to my regular work (DJs, gigging, recording, writing).

if I've missed out an obvious category, tell me what it is and I'll add it!

I've made it so people can change their votes as their circumstances change.

Retired.

 

[Pickman's model]

Retired.

when did you retire?

 

[Sasaferrato]

when did you retire?

2017.

I'll be 68 in October.

 

[Teaboy]

I count myself very lucky through this period. I worked from home a fair bit anyway so was already set up for it. Meetings that used to take place face to face are now all being done via Teams which is working fine. I still get called to building sites occasionally but I'm only going when its absolutely necessary because quite frankly its impossible to observe any sort of distancing measures.

The mid to long term prospects look less clear because construction is always a bell weather industry and thinks look proper grim but for the time being I'm one of the lucky ones.

 

[Argonia]

Work part-time at a university. Went online in March. Now it's the holidays. Start again in October, I think a mixture of home working and working on campus.

 

[Looby]

Worked all the way through from home. I’m lucky that I have a job but it’s been very very hard. Now expected to go back into the office part of the week.
We were told this is voluntary but basically it isn’t. This is despite the guidance from our organisation clearly stating people should continue to WFH wherever possible. I don’t feel happy about it but don’t feel able to say that.

 

[strung out]

Worked from home throughout for an HE related organisation, but now back in the office one day a week because I was going crazy at home full time.

 

[frogwoman]

Still working from home. Got back another hour this week so I'm now on 18 hours per week (officially, in reality it's much more)

 

[Pickman's model]

2017.

I'll be 68 in October.

so you're under 'something else' or, should editor add it, 'the awkward squad'

 

[frogwoman]

2017.

I'll be 68 in October.

I thought you were in your 70s?

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought you were in your 70s?

many people thought he was the auldest man in the world.

 

[Sasaferrato]

so you're under 'something else' or, should editor add it, 'the awkward squad'

I voted 'something else', but am a lifetime member of the awkward squad.

 

[mx wcfc]

One of the lucky ones - full time working from home, full pay, saving a lot of money.

I am "not over-worked" though. Work in my field has fallen dramatically due to Covid. There is a constant fear that they will decide they don't need me.