Signing On

[kevin_standlee]

The hits keep coming from the North Lyon County Fire Protection District.



I'm still employed and busy, so I haven't quite got into that "what day is it" mode, but I can certainly understand how others are getting there.

Comments

[kevin_standlee]

One of the ways I've been lucky is how I eased into remote working. It goes clear back to when I lived in Fremont, commuting to the San Mateo highlands. At one point I did a deal with my then manager that I could telecommute on Fridays; then also in case of significant traffic issues on he San Mateo Bridge; then on any Spare the Air days. My work location changed a few times after that as the company moved me around, and for a while no telecommuting was allowed because my manager at the time was someone who wanted to keep an eye on everyone. But then things changed again, I was transferred to a team whose staff was strung out from Fremont to the US Midwest to Atlanta to Ireland and the Netherlands. I bought the house in Fernley along that time and my managers progressively let me spend more and more time working from there, and when my manager transferred to Portland, he said, "You might as well work from home all of the time, then," since he was the last person with whom I was directly working. Thus the current lockdown doesn't change how I work as I've been doing this for years. Almost every day I'm boggled by how fortunate I've been and how technology has changed from twenty-five years ago making it even possible for me to do my job this way.

[lindadee]

Same here. I retired nearly 3 years ago, and before that I'd had many opportunities to work from home. But the best advice I got when I retired was to find things to do, which I did, and I also made sure to get out of the house every day. Since I don't drive, I would walk to the mall every day for lunch in the food court, do some shopping or run errands, then walk home. About six months before Covid-19 hit, our mall closed and to be torn down and replaced with something else. The restaurants disappeared just before Christmas. Since then, I've broadened my walks, but other than that my life hasn't changed much, for which I'm grateful.