[News] Has your business been affected by Corona virus?

[Icy Gull]

We have a week booked in Madeira over Easter and so far it appear to be ok, but we are getting a sinking feeling that it may be cancelled.

Probably a better bet rhan a cruise

 

[WATFORD zero]

Oooh! That is why we as a company recommend everyone does a DR test at least twice a year.

In 25 years in the industry I am amazed that companies think they are all hunky dory, and the have a disaster like a CER room get flooded when the air con overflows and as they haven’t tested, or made plans , they crash and burn...or get cowboys to recover their systems at horrendous daily rates!

I know you're old school back-office but, after that, I hope you get the same commission as sales

 

[zefarelly]

Not at all . . . .It was right royally shafted by brexit. Bat flu's a ****ing doddle by comparison

 

[zefarelly]

Probably a better bet rhan a cruise

I thought only people who were waiting to die went on cruises anyway?

 

[Papak]

Massively.......our flights have been reduced to HongKong from London by 50% and connections into China Mainland by 90%. I work in the freight business so all a bit worrying.....we are hoping it comes back to normal by Apr/May time...but taking 3 weeks unpaid leave is not fun

I'm struggling to get something air freighted to Shanghai without paying well over the odds (due to lack of flights) and even if I get the parts shipped out there the road to the final destination is closed due to the virus so I'm sitting tight waiting for things to improve.

 

[Stat Brother]

Not at all . . . .It was right royally shafted by brexit. Bat flu's a ****ing doddle by comparison

Same.

 

[Driver8]

I thought only people who were waiting to die went on cruises anyway?

It looks like it will certainly speed up the process now.

 

[Muzzy]

That’s correct. Multi-tasking; dishwasher, laundry, some work and reading the relentless weekday NSC posts of [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION] and [MENTION=11350]LamieRobertson[/MENTION] who are also ‘working’.

The internet seems to be a skivers charter.

I mostly work from home these days. Can I join your skivers club please?

 

[Steve_PPP]

Not to bad yet, working in IT infrastructure but the channel vendors saying stocks are getting lower and lead times will increase soon.

We have an office in Beijing and Xi'an, not heard a peep from them in weeks. They're homeworking but I suspect there's a lot of work that's just stalled and their productivity will be way down....

 

[Weststander]

I mostly work from home these days. Can I join your skivers club please?

Do you manage to get lay-in’s or do you have to get kids off to school? For us, it depends who’s on ‘breakfast duty’.

 

[dazzer6666]

That’s correct. Multi-tasking; dishwasher, laundry, some work and reading the relentless weekday NSC posts of [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION] and [MENTION=11350]LamieRobertson[/MENTION] who are also ‘working’.

The internet seems to be a skivers charter.

Guilty (not today, but will be tomorrow [emoji106])

 

[Muzzy]

Do you manage to get lay-in’s or do you have to get kids off to school? For us, it depends who’s on ‘breakfast duty’.

I manage a lay in. If you class 07:30 ish as a lay in? No kids to worry about but Mrs M is up at 05:00!

 

[Timbo]

We had a hand sanitiser installed in the office kitchen today. Terrifying times.

 

[portlock seagull]

The world needs to learn lessons from this but won’t. Coupled with climate change, every business should quickly be reevaluating risk eg few understand their supply network beyond 1 up or down. It’s like Mother Nature has grown tired of its spoilt child and is about to administer a good old fashioned slap!

If we can no longer get Fujian Water so be it!

 

[Surrey Phil]

We had a hand sanitiser installed in the office kitchen today. Terrifying times.

We’ve had hand sanitiser in the office for the last 3 weeks and I would suggest an employer not doing so now, is not protecting its staff!

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

We’ve had hand sanitiser in the office for the last 3 weeks and I would suggest an employer not doing so now, is not protecting its staff!

Soap & water with paper towels is far more effective than any sanitising gel.

 

[essbee1]

No.

Can you not post something a little more livelier Dr?

 

[Wozza]

Not great for THIS business...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/corona-beer-report-loss-coronavirus-outbreak-a4373606.html

 

[Lower West Stander]

Carnage in the financial markets.

Lots of gallows humour on the trading floor.


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[portlock seagull]

I can’t grasp the logic in swerving Chinese restaurants, one of our clients had the worst Saturday in years last weekend.

Because the British public is by and large stupid. It’s as simple as that I’m afraid. Look at the ex prats and tourists demanding government intervention. The sense of entitlement was breathtaking. And those idiots on the Cruise ship and their so called adult son too continually bleating on...strewth!