laid off?

I thought I would be worse off, but I have actually had a job every day this week... Knock on wood. My wife, on the other hand, works in healthcare with HealthSouth and has been laid off indefinitely.

Originally Posted by hills

Well ... i don't exactly know as i would call it corona bs. It's getting pretty real. The state of Maine is going into lockdown tomorrow. I doubt they will enforce it, but, we are looking at a penalty of up to 1,000.00$ fine & six months in jail for violating the stay at home order.

If that doesn't " flatten the curve " .... we're likely looking at stronger measures.

At this point i almost wish i were laid off, but my job is considered to be in essential services. The situation is changing day by day though. I do wonder if there will come a point where they shut down my end of the company and re-deploy me to a different job where i would be more useful. Possibly, working in even closer proximity with the public than i am right now.

About all i can do is hold turn and try to keep my sense of humor in a difficult situation.

Hills, forgive me if I have asked and forgot, but where in Maine are you? My wife is from Woodland (actually Baileyville, they changed the name because there was another Woodand in the state and there was only allowed to be one)near Calais, down east by the Canadian border.

Originally Posted by t00nces2

I thought I would be worse off, but I have actually had a job every day this week... Knock on wood. My wife, on the other hand, works in healthcare with HealthSouth and has been laid off indefinitely.



Hills, forgive me if I have asked and forgot, but where in Maine are you? My wife is from Woodland (actually Baileyville, they changed the name because there was another Woodand in the state and there was only allowed to be one)near Calais, down east by the Canadian border.

It's all good T. I don't want to get too specific but i'm on one of the islands near Bar Harbor. If you thought Bar Harbor ... that would probably be close enough.

We've been sort of an undiscovered secret up until the last few years. We're seeing more tourism now. Ordinarily, that would be a good thing for the local economy but this really isn't the best time. We're not equipped to handle a sudden influx of people fleeing the city to get away from the covid thing. We just don't have the medical resources to provide for their needs should they come down ill and require hospitalization.