My vaccine mandate restrictions just got worse [Canceled!]

[sd_shooter]

Originally Posted by Dan_Eastvale

So now all vaxxed have to work from home?

Yup. And heard that it wasn't even someone at work testing positive, but only that someone at the office had been _exposed_ to someone who tested positive.

200-300 people sent home. I swear, the leftist/woke leadership are scared of their own shadows!

[ProfChaos]

Sounds like my last employer.

Ok for triple jabbed person to get sick and cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars to hault production, but would be the end of the world if I tested positive because I came in contact with someone.

Covidicy is real

[MJB]

Exposed?

How do these people go out in public?

[stix213]

Originally Posted by MJB

Exposed?

How do these people go out in public?

Many probably don't. I've got many at my work like this.

One guy when he does come in he does so after hours, but on the rare instance he comes in during the day it is for as short as possible. Of course he literally is wearing double masks, safety glasses, face shield over that, and rubber gloves.

He says all that is to protect himself from getting his father sick, even though both he and his father are vaxxed and boosted. Unfortunately he's having to tend to his father now at the hospital, because he suddenly and unexpectedly came down with a serious heart condition. But keep getting that safe and effective vax though.

[Dan_Eastvale]

Originally Posted by MJB

Exposed?

How do these people go out in public?

There are clinics here in Salt Lake that dedicate treatment for the OCD.

[sd_shooter]

Originally Posted by MJB

Exposed?

How do these people go out in public?

These are the people driving around by themselves with a mask on - or wearing it while riding a motorcycle.

[terry4130]

SD what do you do in IT? My company has been hiring like crazy. Lots of full time remote


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[tjiken]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

These are the people driving around by themselves with a mask on - or wearing it while riding a motorcycle.

Not sure if you've been to the Bay Area; but here, almost everybody still goes out masked. Grocery stores, the mall, outside at parks ... everywhere.

[sigfan91]

Originally Posted by tjiken

Not sure if you've been to the Bay Area; but here, almost everybody still goes out masked. Grocery stores, the mall, outside at parks ... everywhere.

I only wear a mask when I swim or brush my teeth

[sd_shooter]

Was told today that Monday things will open up 100%.
- One week company says "Panic, go home!" when there's a case
- Next week they say "Screw it - everyone back to work!!"

Will find out soon enough

I think they're figuring out that everyone else has opened, and being in TX they're waaaaaaay behind the curve. The relevant company leadership resides in New York, that likely explains the thinking

Originally Posted by terry4130

SD what do you do in IT? My company has been hiring like crazy. Lots of full time remote


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I'm in engineering, not IT.

[ibanezfoo]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Was told today that Monday things will open up 100%.
- One week company says "Panic, go home!" when there's a case
- Next week they say "Screw it - everyone back to work!!"

Will find out soon enough

I think they're figuring out that everyone else has opened, and being in TX they're waaaaaaay behind the curve. The relevant company leadership resides in New York, that likely explains the thinking



I'm in engineering, not IT.

So now you don't need the jab?

Man I see very very few people wearing masks or doing anything covid related. School functions, stores, etc. Its pretty much back to "normal" for everything. Even the employees at fast food places arent wearing masks.

[sd_shooter]

So I guess the "good news" was false. Actually the center closed for a week - now they're just opening again after scattering like roaches.

Still have the restrictive vax mandate. (I'm not fired or force-vaxxed, but I must remain WFH while the rest are back in the office.)

[sd_shooter]

Update from HR:
- Unvaxxed (and those who chose not to disclose their health status) still 100% excluded
- Badges disabled
- Any complaints considered "local noise" and does not move the needle on their decision
- "The Pandemic is NOT over!!"

So I'm still 100% WFH

[SanDiego619]

Have you considered looking around for other places to work? I'd be fine with working from home, but you might be able to find some place you like more.

[b1gdave32]

Jus get a fake vax card

[smoothy8500]

Originally Posted by b1gdave32

Jus get a fake vax card

Actually a dumb idea. HR has become adept at sleuthing out incorrect date/vaccine lot info and now it becomes an employee termination event.

[Dan_Eastvale]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Update from HR:
- Unvaxxed (and those who chose not to disclose their health status) still 100% excluded
- Badges disabled
- Any complaints considered "local noise" and does not move the needle on their decision
- "The Pandemic is NOT over!!"

So I'm still 100% WFH

Do the majority of employees support the mandate?
Even though Texas, may be the reason management is dead set on it.

[sigfan91]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Update from HR:
- Unvaxxed (and those who chose not to disclose their health status) still 100% excluded
- Badges disabled
- Any complaints considered "local noise" and does not move the needle on their decision
- "The Pandemic is NOT over!!"

So I'm still 100% WFH

What's wrong with working from home? I work from home full time now and I love it. I save on gas, save on commute time (time is expensive), I can take short naps if I'm tired, I can do some quick chores around the house, and best of all, I don't have to see other people

[ProfChaos]

Originally Posted by sigfan91

What's wrong with working from home? I work from home full time now and I love it. I save on gas, save on commute time (time is expensive), I can take short naps if I'm tired, I can do some quick chores around the house, and best of all, I don't have to see other people

Its nice, but sometimes seeing your co-workers (that you like) and getting out of the house is nice. This just shows most jobs could go to a split schedule, a 2/3 split.

[SanDiego619]

Originally Posted by sigfan91

What's wrong with working from home? I work from home full time now and I love it. I save on gas, save on commute time (time is expensive), I can take short naps if I'm tired, I can do some quick chores around the house, and best of all, I don't have to see other people

It's the best. I don't understand people who desire to see their coworkers. I'd rather see my friends.

[GOEX FFF]

Originally Posted by sigfan91

What's wrong with working from home? I work from home full time now and I love it. I save on gas, save on commute time (time is expensive), I can take short naps if I'm tired, I can do some quick chores around the house, and best of all, I don't have to see other people

^^ Exactly

I only dream of WFH. I'd save hundreds of dollars in fuel costs, wouldn't have to deal with all the traffic and morons on the road, and I could roll out of bed in my boxers and never put on pants. Oh well, maybe one day...

[sd_shooter]

Originally Posted by Dan_Eastvale

Do the majority of employees support the mandate?
Even though Texas, may be the reason management is dead set on it.

Apparently so. Tech workers tend to be imported from CA or they're just otherwise liberal-leaning to begin with. Even my staunchest 'conservative' friends have been Vaxxed ("I wanted to go back to CA to see my family, didn't want to get hassled...")

Originally Posted by sigfan91

What's wrong with working from home? I work from home full time now and I love it. I save on gas, save on commute time (time is expensive), I can take short naps if I'm tired, I can do some quick chores around the house, and best of all, I don't have to see other people

Nothing, it's a dream job

Originally Posted by ProfChaos

Its nice, but sometimes seeing your co-workers (that you like) and getting out of the house is nice. This just shows most jobs could go to a split schedule, a 2/3 split.

Originally Posted by SanDiego619

It's the best. I don't understand people who desire to see their coworkers. I'd rather see my friends.

Networking. "Out of sight, out of mind." I don't care about climbing the corporate ladder but I'm excluded from all contact with others.

[sd_shooter]

Got a big fat email today saying restrictions to be lifted! Back to work by the end of June.

The timing is good. My wife is about to get a 100% WFH job, I'll need a place to escape

[anthonyca]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Got a big fat email today saying restrictions to be lifted! Back to work by the end of June.

The timing is good. My wife is about to get a 100% WFH job, I'll need a place to escape

Nice.

[fettonya]

You work for Elon? Haha. Good for you man, well if that’s what you want.

[sd_shooter]

Originally Posted by fettonya

You work for Elon? Haha. Good for you man, well if that’s what you want.

Well yes and no. I like WFH and don't plan to go to the office more than 1x/week just to get some 'face time' with the boss. What I really want to do is travel, normally go to Europe 4x/year.

[Dan_Eastvale]

What are the odds Beto wins in today’s climate? Abbott remaining in low profile.
The House and Senate now goes left.
Masks and vax (not to mention gun control) enforced in all states.
Terrifying.

[ibanezfoo]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Got a big fat email today saying restrictions to be lifted! Back to work by the end of June.

The timing is good. My wife is about to get a 100% WFH job, I'll need a place to escape

Good news? What made them about face?

[SanDiego619]

it all worked out.

[sd_shooter]

Originally Posted by ibanezfoo

Good news? What made them about face?

Possibly management pressure, "We want all our people back - especially sd_shooter!!"

(I have no idea)

Originally Posted by SanDiego619

it all worked out.

Yes, I think. Not vaxxed, that's what counts

[ibanezfoo]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Possibly management pressure, "We want all our people back - especially sd_shooter!!"

(I have no idea)



Yes, I think. Not vaxxed, that's what counts

Hopefully they don't treat you like a pariah when you go back to the office.

[SanDiego619]

Originally Posted by ibanezfoo

Hopefully they don't treat you like a pariah when you go back to the office.

He is one of the few remaining pure bloods, they know everyone else is gonna die soon. Sd_shooter will be the king of the office now.

[sd_shooter]

Originally Posted by ibanezfoo

Hopefully they don't treat you like a pariah when you go back to the office.

Originally Posted by SanDiego619

He is one of the few remaining pure bloods, they know everyone else is gonna die soon. Sd_shooter will be the king of the office now.

Oh I'll be treated like a pariah by some. I'm no longer on speaking terms with a handful of people who are very 'intelligent' in their own minds They won't even say hi or fistbump - they cross to the other side of the room.

[bruss01]

Congrats on staying the course and following your gut and your own independent reasoning, and being able to wait them out. Similar situation here, office re-opening in July, but they have not yet revised other "precautionary" measures for those who are going back. It won't concern me, as I've made arrangements to continue to WFH for the forseeable future. I believe by the end of this year they will drop the "precautionary" measures and it will be back to business as usual.

Side note: I've worked for this company 15 years, and in that time only one co-worker died. Except for 2021/2022, when five passed away suddenly.

"Doctors baffled".

[The Tiger]

That's good news, thanks for the update.

[ProfChaos]

Congrats on holding strong.

[Creeping Incrementalism]

Originally Posted by sd_shooter

Got a big fat email today saying restrictions to be lifted! Back to work by the end of June.

Wow. I mean, I always knew the unvaxxed would win because our will is stronger than theirs, and it has just been a case of how much suffering do we have to go through until they give up. But is is still striking that the moment has finally arrived for some.

My smaller financial industry company switched to 100% WFH allowed in Spring 2021. The un-vaccinated can go into the office with a manager's exception for work that needs to be done in the office (additionally, medical/religious exception from HR) and they are not super strict about the reasons people say they need to go into the office for, but the un-vaccinated have to wear a mask, which inevitably means a number of unfriendly reactions I would rather avoid (this being this is the Bay Area). I have gone into the office and seen my co-workers a number of time over the past year, but once the rule of masks for everyone got dropped, it gets increasingly hard to slip by unnoticed.

[j2048b]

We just got put back on mandatory testing for the unvaxxed… mainly because too many “vaxxinated” are getting sick and of course thats somehow our fault because nobody has pulled their heads out….


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[ibanezfoo]

Originally Posted by Creeping Incrementalism

Wow. I mean, I always knew the unvaxxed would win because our will is stronger than theirs, and it has just been a case of how much suffering do we have to go through until they give up. But is is still striking that the moment has finally arrived for some.

My smaller financial industry company switched to 100% WFH allowed in Spring 2021. The un-vaccinated can go into the office with a manager's exception for work that needs to be done in the office (additionally, medical/religious exception from HR) and they are not super strict about the reasons people say they need to go into the office for, but the un-vaccinated have to wear a mask, which inevitably means a number of unfriendly reactions I would rather avoid (this being this is the Bay Area). I have gone into the office and seen my co-workers a number of time over the past year, but once the rule of masks for everyone got dropped, it gets increasingly hard to slip by unnoticed.

They are still playing that charade over there?

[Wherryj]

Originally Posted by smoothy8500

Actually a dumb idea. HR has become adept at sleuthing out incorrect date/vaccine lot info and now it becomes an employee termination event.

I would imagine that here in CA the local DA would be more than happy to make it a criminal case as well. After all, what else have they got to do now that they are ignoring all of the real crimes?