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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Beezerk said:
80% up to £2,500 a month which equates to £30,000 a year before tax.
Imagine you earn £50,000 a year, you're all of a sudden taking a 20k paycut, a lot of families cannot afford to take that hit.
Ok, you're at home on your @rse doing nothing so effectively getting paid for sod all, but I know the majority of higher earners would much prefer to be at work.
I thought I would never say the words, but I have a lot of sympathy for some of the higher earners who may now struggle to pay their mortgage.
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I think if I was in that position. Depending on length of service. I'd look to refuse the furlough. Which can be done. The company then have 3 options.

Find a role for you,
Pay the additional,
Make you redundant.

I had the convo at work and if I were to be furloughed then they woukd have made the difference up. It woukdnt have been as big a hit as you've painted, but woukd still have cost the company far less to top up than pay me off.
 
Papas1982 said:
I think if I was in that position. Depending on length of service. I'd look to refuse the furlough. Which can be done. The company then have 3 options.

Find a role for you,
Pay the additional,
Make you redundant.

I had the convo at work and if I were to be furloughed then they woukd have made the difference up. It woukdnt have been as big a hit as you've painted, but woukd still have cost the company far less to top up than pay me off.
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My company are definitely not topping up wages, I couldn't really go down any of the other routes as there is literally nothing for me to do. Just the nature of my job really.
 
Hobbit said:
Spot on!

I think what some people might miss is the number underneath a flat prolonged curve could still be very close to a curve that rises higher and fall sharply. As you say, all it does is reduce pressure and buy time. There is still no cure, only the potential for easier access to acute care if the flattening is achieved.
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Yup - the numbers under the flattened plateau may indeed be almost as many as a peak. The difference is that the NHS is not able to cope with the huge number under the curve of a peak but over NHS capacity - and very many will die - whilst if the plateau is at or under the capacity of the NHS then a great many fewer will die. The numbers infected might not be that different.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Not lying but being straight with us about what is realistically achievable rather than aspirational. I thought that that was obvious from ‘being straight with us’
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Yup......agree with that, here is another who has gone a full 360 on Hancock. Very good performance yesterday compared to his previous cautious, scripted, don't scare the horses efforts.
He is getting closer to Nicola Sturgeon's standards now.;)
 
Beezerk said:
My company are definitely not topping up wages, I couldn't really go down any of the other routes as there is literally nothing for me to do. Just the nature of my job really.
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I guess it depends How desperate times are. For me, I could get by ok on furlough. But if needs be, I’d have forced their hand. Having 12 years service I’d be entitled to a significant pay off and the. A true of the business I’m in means as soon as this is over. A job would be easy enough to find.

i realise not everyone is that fortunate.
 
clubchamp98 said:
I bet the CEO would get a bonus for keeping the business running in this tough time .
So why not the workers?
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Interesting moral dilemma. My company pays an annual bonus but it is based on the results for the calendar year Jan to Dec so technically I should get one. If I don't I will be disappointed but given what many others are experiencing right now it is hardly the end of the world if I don't get one.
 
Fish said:
If Kharnage hadn’t reduced many services people wouldn’t be as crowded as they find alternative routes, station changes are then crowded, the mans an idiot and has defied the government’s directive not to reduce services!
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The plunging footfall [down by 90%+] is, for me, an endorsement of Sadiq sticking to his guns... If team tory wanted the tube to stay fully open to appease its paymasters... Then restoring its funding, from Westminster, would've been a good first step...
 
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HowlingGale said:
Just wondering what people's thoughts on deliveries from online companies were.

Are you still ordering any old tosh and getting it delivered, or are you keeping it to essentials only? I'm trying to keep it to essentials only but have a real hankering to start spending money.
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We are keeping deliveries at a normal ISH level but the things we have ordered have changed

For example we ran out of some bits for the daughter craft wise.. so Amazon had it.. means we don't need to leave the house to get something to keep her entertained during this

Not that I could go get

Companies want you to order to keep their money coming in. Take away food for example they need to make money still

The post office have said their staff will work the best they can to get people what they need

I get all my medication via the post anyways ... So that hasnt changed

Mrs got the daughter some 3-4 clothes as she's starting to grow out her clothes ATM and it's not like you can go get them

Life still needs to happen you just have to adapt the way it happens
 
MegaSteve said:
The plunging footfall [down by 90%+] is, for me, an endorsement of Sadiq sticking to his guns... If team tory wanted the tube to stay fully open to appease its paymasters... Then restoring its funding, from Westminster, would've been a good first step...
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I disagree, the many retail stores now closed along with all the office wallers that can work from home has reduced that footfall, and now most of the construction sites are giving way also, Kharnage won’t get any credit for that from me, although like most things, he’ll attempt to take credit. He’s reduced the services, causing crowded rattlers, people haven’t chosen not to come into the city just because of reduced services, that’s nonsense imo, the directive is, if you can work from home, do, so most of the city can and have.
 
Fish said:
I disagree, the many retail stores now closed along with all the office wallers that can work from home has reduced that footfall, and now most of the construction sites are giving way also, Kharnage won’t get any credit for that from me, although like most things, he’ll attempt to take credit. He’s reduced the services, causing crowded rattlers, people haven’t chosen not to come into the city just because of reduced services, that’s nonsense imo, the directive is, if you can work from home, do, so most of the city can and have.
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Spot on.

Remember he said it was impossible to get sick on public transport........
 
Fish said:
I disagree, the many retail stores now closed along with all the office wallers that can work from home has reduced that footfall, and now most of the construction sites are giving way also, Kharnage won’t get any credit for that from me, although like most things, he’ll attempt to take credit. He’s reduced the services, causing crowded rattlers, people haven’t chosen not to come into the city just because of reduced services, that’s nonsense imo, the directive is, if you can work from home, do, so most of the city can and have.
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Team tory wanted the tube to remain at full capacity to justify non-essential construction to continue... Sadiq didn't jump when told to do so... Leaving no justification for non-essential construction folk to be travelling into town... Pretty sure Londoners will be showing, come the next Mayoral election, who they believe made the right calls...
 
MegaSteve said:
Team tory wanted the tube to remain at full capacity to justify non-essential construction to continue... Sadiq didn't jump when told to do so... Leaving no justification for non-essential construction folk to be travelling into town... Pretty sure Londoners will be showing, come the next Mayoral election, who they believe made the right calls...
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Where do you live Steve?
 
Mate is a Beefeater and is in lockdown at home in the Tower, he posted a 30 second video of the main entrance outside of the Tower this lunchtime, absolutely gobsmacked at the number of people bimbling, sitting around, out for a stroll and then add in the those out exercising.

How the message is going to get through to some of these people is beyond me! I’m all for those walking the dogs near home or those taking some exercise, but most of these were almost “tourist” like.
 
clubchamp98 said:
I think it was about his wife’s mental health!
Hi daughter went with them as she couldn’t be left at home!!
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Yes and dogs need new places to sniff, hear and see for their health and well being. Their primary sense is their nose. No good taking them round the block all the time they’ll go mad. I wish it was that easy!

But I’m a biased people hating, dog lover.
 
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