Any members laid off due to the virus?

LUCKY 7 · Mar 24, 2020

Just wondering if any members (or family members) are laid off due to the virus. MY wife got laid off last friday and we applied for EI today. Took 1.5 hours to do it. I was more than glad that she was laid off as she worked at a daycare. Hard times for many people. 1/2 million people applied for EI last week. Going to be as much this week I'm thinking.

Bogger · Mar 24, 2020

My daughter lost both of her jobs in Hinton - Day care & Restaurant

We have laid off a bunch of folks over the past 2 weeks, much more of a slow down and I might find myself applying for EI for the first time in over 20 years.

RXN · Mar 24, 2020

LUCKY 7 said:
Just wondering if any members (or family members) are laid off due to the virus. MY wife got laid off last friday and we applied for EI today. Took 1.5 hours to do it. I was more than glad that she was laid off as she worked at a daycare. Hard times for many people. 1/2 million people applied for EI last week. Going to be as much this week I'm thinking.

So far I'm still hanging in. A good portion of our plant is working from home. Most of our contractors got laid off.

Scary times

Rotax_Kid · Mar 24, 2020

We work around the world. Alot of our project sites went into Care and Maintenance. Having to layoff a number of people as they can't travel. No idea how long this will go for, but a few of our clients have told people that initial projections are to go back to work in July.

AreWeThereYet · Mar 24, 2020

My youngest doesnt work, but myself, wife and my oldest daughter are in deemed neccessary jobs. So far work still going for now, hoping for the best for those that can get back to work.

doorfx · Mar 24, 2020

6900 WestJet employees laid off today

2kDoo · Mar 24, 2020

So like fort macs closed ?

Ronaha · Mar 24, 2020

We building a gas plant lots trying to shut us down including some at work instead of them just leaving.....it’s going crazy, I don’t really know what’s best yet, glad to finally be with my family after being away for 2 weeks!

CatMan16 · Mar 24, 2020

A friend I use to work with got let go last week and his wife was layed off this week. I don't regret leaving that company as I would have been let go too. Not sure how stable it will be where I am but for now still have a job.

AreWeThereYet · Mar 24, 2020

2kDoo said:
So like fort macs closed ?

There's enough drugs and alcohol in Ft Mac that the Coronavirus would have to take a 14 day quarantine.

rknight111 · Mar 24, 2020

I have to let my staff go and go solo for a while, Im giving them 1 extra week with pay then ROE;s go out.

snochuk · Mar 24, 2020

24 of the crew got ROEs last week.
54 of us still working, this will be our stable number

Had a great crew and was a chit job to choose who last week.
They understood and I talked to each individually just sucked doing it.
Client laid down numbers and rational.
Could have been much worse.

Trashy · Mar 24, 2020

I was supposed to be laid off on Friday 18th, but our commercial division needed a residential supervisor for a new build.
Thankfully they know of my exprience with wood 5 story apartment buildings and Monday I was still employed.
We have ALL been told, that once the City of Calgary, stops doing inspections and permits for new starts and possessions.
We will ALL be told to take an early vakay at home, which we all speculate for 30 days.

On a side note, I don't want this to happen. But I do wish our gov't would grow a set and shut down ALL of Canada, minus the critical essentials for 30 days and be done

Anvil1010 · Mar 24, 2020

I haven't been laid off but was told today to work at home for the next 2 to 3 weeks.

Turts · Mar 24, 2020

We are busier than I expected.
In the Equipment Rentals game.
As job site get shut down, everybody how’s home and starts home projects.
We are busy with lawn and garden crap.
My staff is pissed. We are supposed to be essential service providers but so far we are just moving lawn and garden gear.
This country needs to choose, are we free to roam around or are we quarantined?
This one is going to be hard to recover from whenever we get back to real life.

Ridgeclough Ron · Mar 24, 2020

Trashy said:
I was supposed to be laid off on Friday 18th, but our commercial division needed a residential supervisor for a new build.
Thankfully they know of my exprience with wood 5 story apartment buildings and Monday I was still employed.
We have ALL been told, that once the City of Calgary, stops doing inspections and permits for new starts and possessions.
We will ALL be told to take an early vakay at home, which we all speculate for 30 days.

On a side note, I don't want this to happen. But I do wish our gov't would grow a set and shut down ALL of Canada, minus the critical essentials for 30 days and be done

We were told by the building inspector on our job if everyone took the day off they could do the inspection. Without that inspection we will be done to working on my sister's house for free.

Got boost want snow · Mar 24, 2020

Company I work for sent all the rotators home. I expect if customer jobs are done on April 1 the company will send everyone home.

gdhillon · Mar 24, 2020

That really sucks.

Im considered essential and working from home, reading stuff like this really makes me thank the guy upstairs for my career!

Trashy · Mar 24, 2020

Ridgeclough Ron said:
We were told by the building inspector on our job if everyone took the day off they could do the inspection. Without that inspection we will be done to working on my sister's house for free.

That's a good point, inspectors here won't enter a building or house, if there is someone else in there

Ridgeclough Ron · Mar 24, 2020

Trashy said:
That's a good point, inspectors here won't enter a building or house, if there is someone else in there

There should be a exemption to some businesses that can prove they can work in a safe environment for the workers and public.

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