Title:  2 Week Catch Up
Date:  20200314
Tags:  me
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I've finally been able to get caught up on my Gopher reading.  The last 2 weeks
have been rough at work due to COVID-19.

Where I work is a bit old-school.  Remote work isn't typically allowed and in a
lot of cases, not possible so they don't bother improving the situation for
those that could work from home.

The last weeks were non-stop chaos getting the team I support prepped for remote
work.  Luckily, for the past several years, we've pushed people primarily on to
laptops so most people already had a system they could take home.  A lot of the
work was teaching folks the idiosyncrasies of our (corporate IT's) technology
choices and policies in regards to remote work.

This Friday the company finally told everyone to work from home as much as
possible, which puts a merciful end to the preparation panic going around.  I
now get a weekend breather before the inevitable, "I can't do X from home and
didn't test it 2 weeks ago like you told me to" chaos that is to follow until
all this finally blows over.

Anyway, one of my friends and co-workers has a compromised immune system and is
now allowed to work from home without being harassed by the company about it.
Thank goodness.

Stay healthy out there.