CoVid-19 Part VIII - 292 cases ROI (2 deaths) 62 in NI (as of 17th March) Read OP

Poor_old_gill · 18-03-2020 08:27AM

I know it’s the question on everyone’s lips after last nights Taoiseach address, so I’m gona ask it:

Why can’t we just kneecap the damn virus?

Looney1 · 18-03-2020 08:27AM

What would a rent freeze mean. Living in the house for free!?? Would we have to pay it back later

Vodkat · 18-03-2020 08:33AM

James 007 wrote: »

Can anyone from HR give me some solid advice here. I am an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist in a Pharma Plant. With the Covid-19 outbreak I have been asked to provide 'EHS Leadership' for the facility by working at the site fulltime.

This changed from a morning conversation that I had with the General Manager, we talked, he said you will be able to work from home, I said yes no problems, but I am not far from the facility so could come in twice a week & rotate my office with our Facilities Dept employee at the facility as the office is quite small.

All this changed in the afternoon whereby he showed me a presentation from a morning meeting from a 'Global Leader Forum' & it mentioned all essential employees for the running of the facility are required to be on site one being 'EHS Leadership'.

Guys,
I am not a member of the Site Leadership Team
We don't have an EHS Manager on site or an EHS Dept, I am the only person
I don't make EHS decisions, its always Management

Really, I am concerned that management seem to want me now to be at the facility full time & perhaps they will be the ones working from home, can anyone give me some solid advice here, thanks.

I'm getting Deja vu!

You have 2 options
1. Take the role they have described and hopefully you will be rewarded in the future.
2. Tell them to shove it where the sun don't shine and potentially lose your job as you were unwilling to step up to the mark when they needed you.

But I have a feeling your only looking for one answer to your question.

igCorcaigh · 18-03-2020 08:40AM

Looney1 wrote: »

What would a rent freeze mean. Living in the house for free!?? Would we have to pay it back later

I don't know, would it be for only those out of work?

I'm a renter and am so happy I started a new job back in late January. My partner is a chef and is now out of work. I'm lucky to be able to work from home, so should be able to cover our rent.

obi604 · 18-03-2020 08:43AM

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

I know it’s the question on everyone’s lips after last nights Taoiseach address, so I’m gona ask it:

Why can’t we just kneecap the damn virus?

That’s one of the stupidest and unfunny things I have ever seen.

BluePlanet · 18-03-2020 08:45AM

James 007 wrote: »

Can anyone from HR give me some solid advice here. I am an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist in a Pharma Plant. With the Covid-19 outbreak I have been asked to provide 'EHS Leadership' for the facility by working at the site fulltime.

This changed from a morning conversation that I had with the General Manager, we talked, he said you will be able to work from home, I said yes no problems, but I am not far from the facility so could come in twice a week & rotate my office with our Facilities Dept employee at the facility as the office is quite small.

All this changed in the afternoon whereby he showed me a presentation from a morning meeting from a 'Global Leader Forum' & it mentioned all essential employees for the running of the facility are required to be on site one being 'EHS Leadership'.

Guys,
I am not a member of the Site Leadership Team
We don't have an EHS Manager on site or an EHS Dept, I am the only person
I don't make EHS decisions, its always Management

Really, I am concerned that management seem to want me now to be at the facility full time & perhaps they will be the ones working from home, can anyone give me some solid advice here, thanks.

Sounds like you are the only person on the ship with the skills so it's your time to shine.
Sure, the company doesn't have all their Roles and Titles compliant with whatever but that is an ecumenical matter.

Poor_old_gill · 18-03-2020 08:46AM

obi604 wrote: »

That’s one of the stupidest and unfunny things I have ever seen.

Thank you.
It’s good to know that I have carried out an accurate portrayal

frillyleaf · 18-03-2020 08:50AM

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Totally. Leo and Simon have fukked up Royally. Doesn't matter what heroics they perform from here on in. They made a catastrophic mistake from the get go, the results of which will begin to be realised over the next week or two.

I really hope you are wrong

my worry for people is the lack of hospital resources.

Fakediamond · 18-03-2020 08:51AM

James 007 wrote: »

Can anyone from HR give me some solid advice here. I am an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist in a Pharma Plant. With the Covid-19 outbreak I have been asked to provide 'EHS Leadership' for the facility by working at the site fulltime.

This changed from a morning conversation that I had with the General Manager, we talked, he said you will be able to work from home, I said yes no problems, but I am not far from the facility so could come in twice a week & rotate my office with our Facilities Dept employee at the facility as the office is quite small.

All this changed in the afternoon whereby he showed me a presentation from a morning meeting from a 'Global Leader Forum' & it mentioned all essential employees for the running of the facility are required to be on site one being 'EHS Leadership'.

Guys,
I am not a member of the Site Leadership Team
We don't have an EHS Manager on site or an EHS Dept, I am the only person
I don't make EHS decisions, its always Management

Really, I am concerned that management seem to want me now to be at the facility full time & perhaps they will be the ones working from home, can anyone give me some solid advice here, thanks.

Ask to be made the EHS Manager, with commensurate paY and conditions.
Stick to your original plan of occasional site visits, always being available to visit if necessary and work from home the rest of the time. I would be very disappointed if the management team were not providing “global leadership” by being on site themselves to lead by example.

stephenjmcd · 18-03-2020 08:59AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

What country is that happening in because it's not Ireland. I'm on the bus to work. It's packed

Not sure what bus your on, but dublin city is near empty at 8am.

Very very few people around

Van.Bosch · 18-03-2020 09:00AM

If China, a country of 1.4billion people has 80,000 cases and seems to have it currently under control (who knows what will happen when they try to revert to normal), why do people think we will have 2 million cases?

Is that over the next 18 months etc?

ihdxwz4a3pem9j · 18-03-2020 09:02AM

frillyleaf wrote: »

I really hope you are wrong my worry for people is the lack of hospital resources.

Resources are finite. Resourcefulness and dedication are not. The Irish health system is top class for a myriad of reasons. The response that I have seen from the government, my colleagues and hospital management has been northing short of truly terrific. We will optimise our chances in an otherwise very poor situation. This whole country is making a lot of sacrifices in the war against the virus. I know that these sacrifices will be rewarded with preserved human lives.

Have a good and safe day to all!

Happy4all · 18-03-2020 09:03AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Not sure what bus your on, but dublin city is near empty at 8am.

Very very few people around

On a private bus commuting into Dublin. They are just running 1 instead of the normal 3 buses between 7 am and 7:30 am. Normally 3 full buses with 58 seat capacity. The only bus today has about 20 people onboard

STB. · 18-03-2020 09:03AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

What country is that happening in because it's not Ireland. I'm on the bus to work. It's packed

Where ?

Do you have job that you cannot work from home ? Employers are being encouraged to get people to work from home.

There are unscrupulous and selfish employers who do have these capabilities but cannot see the long term picture, i.e. they will have no workforce very soon if they ignore the advice.

Blueshoe · 18-03-2020 09:06AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Not sure what bus your on, but dublin city is near empty at 8am.

Very very few people around

That is simply not true

stephenjmcd · 18-03-2020 09:08AM

Happy4all wrote: »

On a private bus commuting into Dublin. They are just running 1 instead of the normal 3 buses between 7 am and 7:30 am. Normally 3 full buses with 58 seat capacity. The only bus today has about 20 people onboard

Tells you all you need to know really, bar one or 2 usual roads into the city at Heuston where theres a bit of traffic everywhere else is empty. Never seen the quays so quiet at rush hour

kathryn1985 · 18-03-2020 09:08AM

Just walked from ranelagh to harcourt. Very few people around and on bus now. Only myself and two other people on bus

Gynoid · 18-03-2020 09:10AM

Maybe mentioned before but there is a story of coincidence doing the rounds that in Anzu, northern Italy there is a Basilica which contains the relics of St Corona, a 16 year old girl killed in 165 AD for being a Christian. She is one of the patron saints of plagues and epidemics.

stephenjmcd · 18-03-2020 09:10AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

That is simply not true

Ok, so I've driven through the city in the last half hour and its extremely quiet, the roads are near empty bar 1 or 2 places.

Its nothing like a normal day.

stephenjmcd · 18-03-2020 09:11AM

kathryn1985 wrote: »

Just walked from ranelagh to harcourt. Very few people around and on bus now. Only myself and two other people on bus

Probably the only time ever it'll be like that during rush hour for the next while. Its very eerie

beggars_bush · 18-03-2020 09:14AM

Van.Bosch wrote: »

If China, a country of 1.4billion people has 80,000 cases and seems to have it currently under control (who knows what will happen when they try to revert to normal), why do people think we will have 2 million cases?

Is that over the next 18 months etc?

Communist country
People are used of being denied liberties

lawred2 · 18-03-2020 09:14AM

Gynoid wrote: »

Maybe mentioned before but there is a story of coincidence doing the rounds that in Anzu, northern Italy there is a Basilica which contains the relics of St Corona, a 16 year old girl killed in 165 AD for being a Christian. She is one of the patron saints of plagues and epidemics.

What's the coincidence?

joeguevara · 18-03-2020 09:16AM

lawred2 wrote: »

What's the coincidence?

I presume Italy, st.corona and epidemics

lawred2 · 18-03-2020 09:17AM

joeguevara wrote: »

I presume Italy, st.corona and epidemics

Ah I missed the St Corona bit.. fair enough

All the same, file under superstition

c.p.w.g.w · 18-03-2020 09:19AM

Happy4all wrote: »

On a private bus commuting into Dublin. They are just running 1 instead of the normal 3 buses between 7 am and 7:30 am. Normally 3 full buses with 58 seat capacity. The only bus today has about 20 people onboard

Intel workers bus?

lawred2 · 18-03-2020 09:19AM

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Intel workers bus?

Any Intel bus would surely be going the other way!

joeguevara · 18-03-2020 09:20AM

lawred2 wrote: »

Ah I missed the St Corona bit.. fair enough

All the same, file under superstition

As long as there isn’t mass gatherings to pray for help we are ok.

lawred2 · 18-03-2020 09:21AM

joeguevara wrote: »

As long as there isn’t mass gatherings to pray for help we are ok.

I wouldn't rule that out at all

c.p.w.g.w · 18-03-2020 09:24AM

lawred2 wrote: »

Any Intel bus would surely be going the other way!

There is a few that run Midlands to leixlip (pretty much Dublin)

Deep Thought · 18-03-2020 09:25AM

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

There is a few that run Midlands to leixlip (pretty much Dublin)

Eh.. no. Leixlip isn’t pretty much Dublin

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CoVid-19 Part VIII - 292 cases ROI (2 deaths) 62 in NI (as of 17th March) Read OP