My son works for very large insurance company in Illinois. He just

[sinkingfeeling]

texted that they are going to WFH until March 30.

[luvs2sing]

1. My husband works for one..

in Ohio. They tested out WFH today. He has to go on tomorrow but thinks it will be his last day to go in until..🤷🏻‍♀️

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Located in Columbus, by any chance?

[luvs2sing]

9. Yes.

Nationwide. Maybe the same one?

[sinkingfeeling]

14. I was an IBM software person at Nationwide way back in mid 70s.

My son is in IT at State Farm.

[luvs2sing]

17. My husband is in IT.

Apparently it will be up to each department whether and which staff can work at home. Our fingers are crossed. Tightly.

[cilla4progress]

3. WFH?

please?

[jberryhill]

10. Walk Forward to Hell

You’re welcome.

[cwydro]

15. I live for your comments lately.

[guillaumeb]

26. I could not here you clearly.

Please remove your mask.

[jberryhill]

38. .

[Hortensis]

39. "What fresh hell is this?" Stuck at home indefinitely with bored kids

and spouses climbing the walls? I predict a spike in divorces.

[SharonAnn]

45. And a spike in pregnancies.

[Totally Tunsie]

50. My post from yesterday:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213076815

[Hortensis]

56. :). We'll learn the answer eventually for sure.

Pregnancies would be a fresh hell delayed. We adored our babies, but bless mother nature for at least making that ton of bricks impossible for old folk. Just the thought makes me feel like Biden may have when he decided he had to run.

[Totally Tunsie]

49. My post from yesterday:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213076815

[SamKnause]

21. Work From Home

[Blue_true]

48. Work From Home. nt

[euphorb]

4. Just spell it out please. WFH means "work from home."

I had to look it up. Yes, once you know, it's obvious, but why make us work for it. It's not a standard abbreviation, after all. And it's so easy just to spell it out.

[cwydro]

16. People think they're cool when they use the acronyms the kids are using.

Hilarious.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. The kids I know don't even know what the word "work" means.

I think they get it from their parents, who don't consider making meth as work.

[Midnightwalk]

31. Some of us use it regularly

Typical exchange

U in?

No wfh.

It’s a dialect of english. Sort of. We forget not everyone speaks it.

[tavernier]

44. Being a home health nurse

I never heard of it.

Hard to see patients , change dressings, administer meds from my house.

[Totally Tunsie]

51. Continuing:

OK

TTYL

[MyNameGoesHere]

42. OOO that make sense.

[littlemissmartypants]

47. Aaahhh, acronyms. DU couldn't function without them, euphorb.

I am more annoyed by spelling errors. Especially those involving homophones. But Good Luck changing the acronym thing. I gave up in 2013. ❤

[Lucid Dreamer]

52. It annoys me that people think WFH is an acronym.

WFH is an initialism because it isn't pronounced as a word.
RAM or SCOTUS are acronyms.

It also annoys me when people lecture online about unimportant crap like this, so I'll knock it off.

[littlemissmartypants]

55. If they aren't acronyms, Lucid Dreamer, then why can I look them up using an acronym finder?

I'm confused.



From dictionary

acronym
—noun

1.a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.

2. a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism.

3. an acrostic.

initialism
—noun

1. a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately, as FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.

2. a name or term formed from the initial letters of a group of words and pronounced as a separate word, as NATO for North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an acronym.

3. the practice of using initials or forming words from initials.

It appears that being an initialism does not exclude it from being an acronym. It just makes it a different type of acronym. Is that your take?

And don't feel bad for your pet peeves, Lucid Dreamer, I have quite a few of them myself. ❤

[Lucid Dreamer]

57. Definitions drift with time.

I can live with that. Doesn't affect my life at all.
Posted that just to vent... stress relief, you know.

When I finally accept "athleticism " as a word, I'll know I'm cured.

[cilla4progress]

5. oh ... figured it out

work from home, i guess.

didn't know it already has an acronym!

[Grokenstein]

7. I'm really starting to hate that shit...

TBH.

[Amaryllis]

18. TBH?

[Grokenstein]

23. Totally Backing Hillary

[GemDigger]

36. .

[Brainfodder]

24. to be honest

IDK = I don't know
IKR = I know, right?

[Aquaria]

32. Here in South Texas

It's IKH = I know, huh?

But that may be a Hispanic thing. I think it's tied with "Ay, ni modo," "¡Orale!" and "¡Hijole!" as the expressions we use most often.

Not to be confused with insults, which I won't repeat here. For now.

[jberryhill]

29. IKR?

[Initech]

6. I can't work from home. It would break me.

And I'm sure a lot of other people too.

[PCIntern]

12. I'm a dentist.

Fuck me.

[jberryhill]

30. That would be a cool bumper sticker, tho

[PCIntern]

35. That is VERY funny! Thx. nt

[shanti]

46. Are you getting a lot of cancellations?

I just cancelled my cleaning appointment two weeks from now. I'm self-isolating due to my age. The receptionist seemed ok with it.

[MANative]

8. I'm VP of HR at an apparel co in NYC

We're doing a 3-day work from home test next week. Production is the only dept that will remain on site, and only a skeleton crew. We'll reevaluate after that.

[jberryhill]

11. "A skeleton crew"

Are those the models used to show the clothing?

[MANative]

19. Haha, No, we use models of all sizes!

Petite, missy, woman. Very normal, lovely ladies, all of them! 😃

Could describe the wire mannikins used to drape first samples, though!

[bluestarone]

13. Hopefully WAGES will NOT

CHANGE!!!

[smirkymonkey]

20. We just got the word today that we are to WFH as well.

Until the end of March at least. I must say I am pretty happy about it for a number of reasons.

[mnhtnbb]

25. My oldest son works for a software company

and their local office here in NC was closed as of last Monday with everyone working from home indefinitely.

[D_Master81]

27. My company went to WFH except essential personnel

[sweetloukillbot]

28. I'm doing 4 days a week from home as is

I like it, but today, staring out a rainy window watching the world go to Hell, I could’ve used some human interaction....

[SoCalNative]

33. My company just sent the email

effective immediately we are all to WFH until further notice.

[Generic Brad]

34. I'm going to be holed up way longer

Since I'm critical I have been asked to stay home 24/7 possibly through the end of July. Sure hope it doesn't get that extreme. I hate working off of a laptop.

[Luz]

37. I work for a janitorial company. Im glad so many can work

from home, but it's trouble for us

[jberryhill]

40. With so many people staying home

Are some of the facilities easier to manage?

You are on the front line of our defense.

[Luz]

41. My building has fed and local govt offices. So far, i haven't

seen a decrease in workers or visitors.
We do our best under normal circumstances, but honestly we aren't trained or prepared for this, and i haven't seen any indication from my company that we will be. It's impossible to keep anything clean, much less germ free for more than a minute. Elevators, handrails and door handles alone would be a full time job.
My tenants are working while my team cleans, going from office to office, desk to desk...the perfect typhoid mary
We do our best, but this is new.

[Xolodno]

43. Farmers Insurance closed their offices in the Seattle area.

Their Home Office in LA remains open, though. But I heard WFH is being heavily encouraged.

[Freddie]

53. My daughter works for Aetna

RN Case Manager. Working from home indefinitely starting Thurs.
pretty sure Gov. Wolf is closing schools starting Monday so I’ll keep the kids out of her hair while she works. Did big grocery runs (the local Giant was nuts yesterday) already, ready to cocoon now.

[lunasun]

54. Our governor in Illinois today asked private businesses to have their employees WFH

No gatherings over a certain # will be allowed also but schools will remain open for now although universities here seem to be going online and some schools are shut down due to virus causes associated with the individual school Shut down for cleaning

I actually was doing exactly that when they held the news conference and am impressed they already had plans for this type of thing happening .
It’s late now I’m sleepy so I can’t remember the specifics but I think they did some trial scenario last year to plan a course of action if it occurred

Of course that was before the corona virus so it was based on a vague pandemic. This one really seems to suck but at least I feel I’m someplace it is being taken very seriously and the state has a basic outline of what needs to be done.

In Chicago and many suburbs we have excellent public transport but it is high density usage and if we can thin down riders by having many who are able to WFH do that along with college students study online it should help because there are plenty who do not have that type of work
Also less people gathering in big office complexes .