My manager is safe at home, yet all my colleagues are running throughout the city responding to service calls.
This job is absolutely non-essential.
There will be many questions needing to be answered in the months to come.
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All you have to do is report this to your workman's compensation insurance company that Xerox has. According to our local state government (Oregon) mandate, if an employee becomes sick from exposure at work from COVID-19 then the company's workman's compensation will cover their lost wages and medical expenses.
it is outrageous, we should only be responding to hospitals or urgent government calls, most offices have loads of printers in their buildings, remap if its urgent, crazy situation.my manager is unable to make a decision only following xerox official advice (what doesn't go far enough)
As the email States, you should keep doing your job until you show symptoms of the virus that shows no symptoms for two weeks, after potentially comprising other clients, co-workers and your family. After you're done spreading the virus and start showing symptoms, let corporate security know, so they can decide what you should do.
Well, I'm a production color analyst and I can tell you I thank my stars there's little implementations going on these days. Agree with the above. Essential means calls to essential customers i.e. gov or other businesses mandated to remain open. That quacky new age shop next door? NOT ESSENTIAL.
OSHA would find the workspace for almost all of our equipment out of compliance in normal times. The Customer Expectation Document means nothing.
File an anonymous OSHA complaint
I agree. Customers can go without their copier/printer for a couple weeks. They should be home anyway. Schools are still calling in on equipment, even when it’s just secretaries and principals in the office. Go home and stay safe. Don’t put techs in any sort of danger for a jam or a line.