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A comment on Twitter – “we are strongly encouraging all employees globally to work from home”. Parent comment

Re:Twitter – “we are strongly encouraging all employees glob... by zdragnar on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:40PM (#22470710)
Your CEO probably isn't a health care professional and doesn't want to promote or advise specific behavior that isn't in line with official recommendations.

It is also worth pointing out that not everyone can work from home. I know someone who would love to, but two autistic children under school age at home makes that essentially impossible.

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Re:Twitter – “we are strongly encouraging all employees glob... by Polylactic_acid on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:00PM (#22471171)
Work from home doesn't have to literally mean home. You can set up a laptop in the library and work there. Fairly often they have tables and decent chairs with a power point available and you aren't expected to spend any money or get out of the way like in a cafe.

Although I now realize this suggestion is entirely useless for avoiding sickness. Still useful if you want to work away from the office in normal conditions.

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Re:Twitter – “we are strongly encouraging all employees glob... by pbourke on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:45PM (#22471354)
> It is also worth pointing out that not everyone can work from home

A WFH-if-able policy would benefit them as well, because fewer people would be at the office, reducing their risk of coming in contact with the disease.

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