Management likes to throw the line out that ''we care about our employees and their families'' but the company's actions demonstrate otherwise.
I'm honestly not sure why they even hired us if they don't feel we can be trusted to contribute effectively. The incessant auditing should ensure that everyone is doing their job no matter the location, right?
The obsession with being physically in the building in order to be considered productive has now become an endangerment, not only to employees but to public health as well. Unfortunately, actually being here doesn't mean anything as many employees spend hours watching videos, sleeping at their desks,and so on, but as long they are punching in and out for at least 47 hours a week it doesn't matter. Ridiculous.
From the 1 or 2 communications the company has sent its employees regarding the pandemic (the last being nearly a week ago and contained a handwashing reminder and to keep your cubicle ''tidy''), the message seems to be if you're not sick, you should be in the office. Which tells me that the company either doesn't understand or care about things like how COVID-19 is transmitted, and that employees are not necessarily concerned for their own health, but the health of their families and others in the community due to the ability to silently transmit the disease and lack of healthcare resources for people with COVID-19 and any other medical conditions. This level of irresponsibility has reduced several employees to tears on a daily basis, but I guess as long as we're crying in the office, it's okay.
Uline's response to this crisis, or lack thereof, reeks of selfishness. I guess they are figuring that if the rest of the world quarantines and makes sacrifices to slow the spread of this illness, Uline can keep chugging along and maximizing profits.
