Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus

Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus by mk89 on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:28PM (#22446545)

Italy wasn't yet on the list, indeed. However, nobody prevents you from sharing it and saying "I am going for a check up". His manager wouldn't have minded at all.

Also, sometimes it's just reading the f news. It's a global thing, everybody want it or not knows about this virus.

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Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus by ghaff on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:33PM (#22446600)

Fair enough, I would probably have asked my manager (who probably would have known I was in Italy). We do have APAC travel policies in place. Not sure about other countries. But if I were in the situation where I was coming back from Italy I would probably have asked (as an exempt employee who could work from home anyway) if I should self-quarantine out of caution. I would probably not have gone for a check-up if I felt fine. It's up to HR/Travel of course but things are moving quickly.

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