worked the whole way through and this week we have made half my team redundant. lucky to still have a job but have a huge gap which now needs to be picked up by the remaining people whcih is completely impossible. 2 out 6 people in my team have now gone off with stress after the first week of covering.

We’re being encouraged to wfh and they’ve just recanted on a pay cut, said thanks for taking the hit and have paid it back in full with a 5% kicker plus a day off on Monday. So I can’t complain. My new contract is home based anyway so I won’t have to go into the smoke as much as I have done over the past 10 years.

My mate’s sister is a nurse (England, South Coast) and apparently she said the cases she is dealing with now are much less severe than the initial wave. Is this true? Can a medical practitioner explain this? (I understand, vaguely, that the initial strain of a virus can be more deadly but then it weakens to become more transmissable as obviously killing its hosts doesn’t allow a virus to spread - but then I’ve also heard that viruses can mutate into more deadly strains too).

    You’ll miss the train beers I’m sure. How long is your commute, timewise?

      bosstrabs The number of severe cases in the UK is tiny (185) compared to even somewhere like Spain (617). It’s anecdotal, but it is a massive improvement

        Homegrove 30 seconds from bed to office mate. Quick slash en route. Gravy.

          Cheers. What about when you go to London?

          Smallman1

          My bants has defo taken a hit.

          It’s been noticed Smalls. From Level 2 ‘trying hard, but getting nowhere’ to Level 1 ‘no bants’

            I love working from home. I can’t really listen to music in the office, or browse the internet in peace because people always wanna be chatting and doing drive-byes of my desk/office (depending on office setup). I like only dealing with people when I need/want to, and working from home allows for a better work/life balance for me. My commute wouldn’t be too bad, but I’m still glad I don’t have to do it.

              303abuser If I had my way, I’d be posting in a retirement thread right now 😂 If someone can just help me out with some venture capital, I’ll be on my way….

                my thoughts exactly. working less the last couple of months seems like the way to go.

                Kells77 I can’t help but imagine work aren’t paying you to browse the Internet uninterrupted and enjoy music at your leisure. LOL. The only saving grace for some people at our place is that they browsed the internet more at work.

                    Along_the_Wire Hahaha….no, probably not, but at the same time I am damn good at my job, and work quickly. Whereas other people in my job (especially where I’m contracting, because I’m the most senior) take much longer to do the same thing. So…I make up that time by browsing the internet and “being available”.