Why were people mad about the work from home song
Our next 'phase' is moving to rolling 1-2 week mandatory unpaid "vacations," cycling through each employee as long as we can keep our finances in a place to avoid layoffs. We immediately cut salaries across the board and cancelled bonus plans, with our C-level execs forgoing paychecks entirely to keep us afloat. My company is a very small startup, so this hit us hard from the get-go. We specialize in restaurants and hospitality, so it's understandable that as a hiring tool we'd be one of the first services cut as these companies try to stay afloat. When the Stay at Home regulations began across the country, my company was flooded with cancellations. My boyfriend and I both work in tech, for two different platforms in the hiring industry. I was mad that people weren’t taking it too seriously, but also got aggravated when people talked about it too much.ĬOVID-19 has turned my life a bit upside down, as it has for many. I was confused about if I should have wanted to be back in America more than I did. I was mad at myself for not having more hobbies. I was bored, but then I felt, again, guilty for being bored. I didn’t really know what I was doing in my job. I was cooped up, not interacting with many people again. Within a week, my boyfriend’s family asked me to move in with them for the time being so they could reduce the amount of people with whom they interacted. I started on a Thursday, and by the Monday we were all working from home.
#WHY WERE PEOPLE MAD ABOUT THE WORK FROM HOME SONG FREE#
I felt flat and boring when everyone was telling me to “use my free time wisely!” What does that even mean?! In mid-March, I finally landed a job (with a visa sponsorship!). I started questioning things just because I was scared. In short, it was two months of a LOT of anxiety. I embarked on the incredibly complicated “job + visa sponsorship” hunt. Somewhere down the line, I decided I wanted to quit my job and stay indefinitely. I was sent on a 5-month stint to Sydney for work where I proceeded to fall in love with the place, the people, the lifestyle, and a boy. The months leading up to this outbreak were some of the craziest of my life. But there are lots of complex emotions involved in #pregnancyduringpandemic to say the least (as I’m sure many are facing with major life events happening right now)! I understand we are lucky in many ways and people have it way worse than us. And the future is still uncertain as to whether my husband will be allowed to be in the delivery room with me when the baby is born, and whether our families can visit the baby afterward. I am worried about losing my job and what that would mean for maternity leave and financially supporting the baby. Each doctor appointment brings anxiety about contracting the virus while there. We could not tell our parents the happy news in person, despite living only a handful of miles from them.
My husband was not allowed to come to my appointment to witness our first ever ultrasound (thankfully I did get to FaceTime him!). However, it is difficult to ignore some of the disappointment and fear around being pregnant during a pandemic. I found out I was pregnant with our first child at the beginning of February my husband and I are thrilled and we ultimately just want a healthy baby.