FabSwingers.com forum: Key Workers

By *ove2pleaseseuk OP Man
over a year ago

Hastings

How do you consider as NOT a key worker.

I say not as I think the list might be shorter.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

This could be interesting

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

I am, Dick isn't.

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What about care staff

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"What about care staff"

Care staff working in homes and the community absolutely included

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By *ove2pleaseseuk OP Man
over a year ago

Hastings

Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Soldiers

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

Utility staff, keep the power, sewage and alike connected and moving

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By *oncupiscence73Woman
over a year ago

South

"What about care staff

Care staff working in homes and the community absolutely included

Water and power supply workers?

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By *oneyBear100Couple
over a year ago

Gatwick area

So many 'hidden' key workers in supply chains as well

And ffs Early Years, they hug you, snot on you and generally share everything!

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By *ove2pleaseseuk OP Man
over a year ago

Hastings

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

So builders electrical engineers plummets roofers

All supply chain people.

As said most are key in some way

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

BT/Openreach and other telecoms firms.

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker."

I think it’s anyone that works in a line of work that makes or distributes essential products. It’s an expansion of the line about production of food. As such is consider that to be a key worker if the company determine that your role is key to support the production, manufacturing and/or distribution.

Same with people working in essential services such as telecommunications, gas, electricity, internet etc. The list is endless really so naturally the more I think about it the more I add

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

My daughter in law is apparently a key worker... she works for sky customer service

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By *exleyboyMan
over a year ago

Erith

The company I work for has just issued or rather reissued the letters we were given back in March. I work in retail support so we were classed as Key workers last time

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

I was typing the above and watching Kier as I typed that. Hope it addresses the above

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

Timsons will be busy

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"My daughter in law is apparently a key worker... she works for sky customer service "

If learning becomes remote, internet and tech becomes critical to achieving that so I understand that.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

Now go through that list and add in all the people that have to go to work doing a job that enables all these key workers to be able to do their job.

The list is actually pretty big.

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By *ove2pleaseseuk OP Man
over a year ago

Hastings

As I said NOT key

Nowander we can't follow the rules we don't even read the question?

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"As I said NOT key

Nowander we can't follow the rules we don't even read the question?

I read the question. It’s easier to answer the reverse though

otherwise we have a list of 10,000 occupations surely

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

Now go through that list and add in all the people that have to go to work doing a job that enables all these key workers to be able to do their job.

The list is actually pretty big. "

Which was addressed in a later post

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

"My daughter in law is apparently a key worker... she works for sky customer service

If learning becomes remote, internet and tech becomes critical to achieving that so I understand that."
oh yeah get that but she works for sky store lol x

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By *crumdiddlyumptiousMan
over a year ago

Does it actually say just key workers or people who can't work from home not including retail food places etc

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By *oved Up 2Couple
over a year ago

nottingham

"Does it actually say just key workers or people who can't work from home not including retail food places etc

Believe it's work from home if you can

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Those responsible for the services to keep people healthy and alive, predominantly. This includes care, health, military, energy and utility services, food production, retail and delivery, supermarket and retail staff where of the dominant or key suppliers in an area, public transport and vehicle services, emergency service staff are the types that come to mind but there will be others.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

The list as provided by school earlier today in relation to key worker’s children

Health and social care - This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff

• Education and childcare - This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals

• Key public services - This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.

• Local and national government - This only includes those essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arm’s length bodies.

• Food and other necessary goods - This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).

• Public safety and national security - This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel, fire and rescue service, National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.

• Transport - This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

• Utilities, communication and financial services - This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision, the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications, postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

Utility staff, keep the power, sewage and alike connected and moving "

and public transport to keep all these guys at work ... should be able to operate on reduced services though so that less of them can be working

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"The list as provided by school earlier today in relation to key worker’s children

Health and social care - This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff

• Education and childcare - This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals

• Local and national government - This only includes those essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arm’s length bodies.

Which when you think through 4 or 5 random scenarios makes sense

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd class my self as not a key worker. im a delivery driver and my job just got harder again more shit to deliver just because there bored at home and that thing of the internet looks so nice.

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By *ldaCouple
over a year ago

sutton Coldfield

Journalists, obviously. They need to flit around around doing their useful reports in various different parts of the country. And the world

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By *eedsmale36Man
over a year ago

Leeds

"I'd class my self as not a key worker. im a delivery driver and my job just got harder again more shit to deliver just because there bored at home and that thing of the internet looks so nice."

You shouldn’t complain about having to work, when people are losing their jobs !

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

I am...have worked all through the pandemic

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By *ove2pleaseseuk OP Man
over a year ago

Hastings

"I am...have worked all through the pandemic "

Same as but did get christmas off un like lots

So every one is a key worker apart from.

Non-essential Retail.

Hospitality Pubs Restaurants etc.

Hair and Beauty.

Gyms sport and fitness.

Entertainment theatre cinemas.

Travel.

so most will be in work.

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

I work at an oil refinery making diesel and petrol... what do you think?

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

"Those responsible for the services to keep people healthy and alive, predominantly. This includes care, health, military, energy and utility services, food production, retail and delivery, supermarket and retail staff where of the dominant or key suppliers in an area, public transport and vehicle services, emergency service staff are the types that come to mind but there will be others. "
Few mention the police and army they are key workers

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

What about compliance business advice, helping companies comply with the ever changing covid guidelines.

A mate does this, was recently classed as an essential worker.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about compliance business advice, helping companies comply with the ever changing covid guidelines.

A mate does this, was recently classed as an essential worker."

it probably is essential but something the govt have determined should be able to be done at home

for example i work for a bank, but all back office services are being done from home , only customer facing positions (including i think most of the call centre but not all) were actually travelling out of their home for work when the measures were strictest, im expecting emails to the same effect tomorrow

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By *inkyrobinMan
over a year ago

Close to you

Postie here, still pounding the pavements

Love to be not working on 90% money in ferlough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker."

I think you are if you're part of the supply chain for household/personal essentials like toiletries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bank staff. Those in the branches and those working the phone lines from home.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Postie here, still pounding the pavements

Love to be not working on 90% money in ferlough "

i might have been keen for 80% last year in the spring sitting out and still naive enough at that point to think it was an extended holiday , but i really dont envy the stress of those of furlough now , id be too worried about having no job to return to and i think some might be getting as low as 60% now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Postie here, still pounding the pavements

Love to be not working on 90% money in ferlough "

Bless you friend - we love seeing our postie - makes it feel more normal. If the post stops it'll feel like the end of civilisation is at hand!

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By *ove2pleaseseuk OP Man
over a year ago

Hastings

"Postie here, still pounding the pavements

Love to be not working on 90% money in ferlough "

I get that feeling almost envious of people getting paid to not work .

I'd settle for 60%

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By *itguy21066Man
over a year ago

leicester

All Locksmiths

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

Work from home if you can

If you can’t , and your place of work follows Covid regs then you can go to work

It’s not rocket science

The only key workers are the NHS and the emergency services

Everyone else(including myself) just works as normal contributing to the economy as normal

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By *inkyrobinMan
over a year ago

Close to you

"Postie here, still pounding the pavements

Love to be not working on 90% money in ferlough

Bless you friend - we love seeing our postie - makes it feel more normal. If the post stops it'll feel like the end of civilisation is at hand!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I am...have worked all through the pandemic "

Me too - electricity distribution

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By *konCouple
over a year ago

cardiff

90 percent pay is a pay RISE . It costs you fat more than 10 percent of your wages to work . I’ve worked as normal since last March . Part of me thinks I’m lucky , the other part grinds my gears as I get up at 0200 thinking of those snoring on furlough . Funny old world

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"For me, Key workers in this context are:

ALL NHS, blue light and emergency service staff

Social workers

All staff manning emergency phone lines (111, 118 and 119)

Supermarket staff including delivery drivers

Teachers and education support staff

staff operating food production and deliveries.

DPD, Hermes, Amazon and all over delivery companies

BT/Openreach and other telecoms firms."

Yes, all telecoms infra , fibre , urban 5G, rural , plus all the finance and IT to keep the towers and loops running, we have permits to travel to most countries during lockdowns

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"90 percent pay is a pay RISE . It costs you fat more than 10 percent of your wages to work . I’ve worked as normal since last March . Part of me thinks I’m lucky , the other part grinds my gears as I get up at 0200 thinking of those snoring on furlough . Funny old world "

that might be your personal circumstance but its not mine or many others

the only way it costs you to work is if you chose to live a commute distance away and piss your money away on expensive coffee shop lunches ... many people walk or cycle and bring their own lunch with them (and you do still have to eat at home yes)

ive been working all the way through too but open your eyes and see that furlough is not the dream ticket that you think it is

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

Same here as others at my place were on furlough

If you think about it loosely, you’re working for 20%

You could be sat at home getting 80%

I made a fortune during it , though I think I might have to put a screwdriver through my tacho head unit

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By *ob198XaMan
over a year ago

teleford

"How do you consider as NOT a key worker.

I say not as I think the list might be shorter."

Swinger site moderators

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"The list as provided by school earlier today in relation to key worker’s children

Health and social care - This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff

• Education and childcare - This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals

• Local and national government - This only includes those essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arm’s length bodies.

Which when you think through 4 or 5 random scenarios makes sense

It does

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker."

Anyone who works during lockdown is a key worker.

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By *ustforfun49Man
over a year ago

chesterfield

I work in a supermarket so I think I'm a key worker

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people. "

it is the majority but even in those vocations some of the staff can work from home all of the time, others some of the time and for the likes of bin men forward planning of shift patterns could limit the number of people mixing in the same small teams per vehicle and then heading home to just their home bubbles

keeping 65% of us working doesn’t mean we need to keep 65% of us mixing if we are smart about it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people.

keeping 65% of us working doesn’t mean we need to keep 65% of us mixing if we are smart about it "

Did I say that they didn't work from home? I'm sure it's all being managed very well I was just giving an opinion!

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

"People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people.

keeping 65% of us working doesn’t mean we need to keep 65% of us mixing if we are smart about it "

You do realise that with bin men , it’s normally the same team in a lorry , each day

So bad example

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By *konCouple
over a year ago

cardiff

that might be your personal circumstance but its not mine or many others

ive been working all the way through too but open your eyes and see that furlough is not the dream ticket that you think it is "

Good point . Some costs of work will be higher in fact but ten percent is the UK average cost to work of the average UK salary statistically . It’s not just what you say , there are so many other factors to consider . You’re not going to buy hold ups to work from your lounge unless you do web cam shows !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people.

keeping 65% of us working doesn’t mean we need to keep 65% of us mixing if we are smart about it

You do realise that with bin men , it’s normally the same team in a lorry , each day

So bad example "

Agreed.

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker.

Anyone who works during lockdown is a key worker. "

Absolutely not....my job is neither essential nor key to anything yet I have to go to my place of work to do my job.

I simply cannot work from home and there is almost no furlough scheme here facilitated by the government either.

Any furlough is paid by the company from its own funds and it is hemorrhaging money at a shocking rate in the meantime too.

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over a year ago

"People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people.

keeping 65% of us working doesn’t mean we need to keep 65% of us mixing if we are smart about it

Did I say that they didn't work from home? I'm sure it's all being managed very well I was just giving an opinion!"

lorna once again I’ve made an expansion on your point and you seem to have taken it as a challenge that wasn’t there , i don’t disagree with your opinion or your right to have one

ill actively try to make sure in future i don’t quote something you’ve said because its clearly being misinterpreted every time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker.

Anyone who works during lockdown is a key worker.

Absolutely not....my job is neither essential nor key to anything yet I have to go to my place of work to do my job.

I simply cannot work from home and there is almost no furlough scheme here facilitated by the government either.

Any furlough is paid by the company from its own funds and it is hemorrhaging money at a shocking rate in the meantime too."

can i be nosy and ask what type of work you do that has no govt support?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"People seem to forget utility workers, tradesmen, people that work for DWP, postmen, binman ect..

35% of the workforce are essential workers and a further 30% as key workers.

So that makes up the majority of people.

keeping 65% of us working doesn’t mean we need to keep 65% of us mixing if we are smart about it

Did I say that they didn't work from home? I'm sure it's all being managed very well I was just giving an opinion!

lorna once again I’ve made an expansion on your point and you seem to have taken it as a challenge that wasn’t there , i don’t disagree with your opinion or your right to have one

ill actively try to make sure in future i don’t quote something you’ve said because its clearly being misinterpreted every time "

If you would that would be great.

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

I owe everyone an apology

We are all essential workers

To our bosses bank balance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I owe everyone an apology

We are all essential workers

To our bosses bank balance

Well thats true

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

"I owe everyone an apology

We are all essential workers

To our bosses bank balance

Well thats true

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By *tyoursCouple
over a year ago

southampton

Cleaners that clean hospitals and hospital units,police stations, firestations ect

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

"Cleaners that clean hospitals and hospital units,police stations, firestations ect"

While maybe contracted out , technically still working there

As far as I’m concerned, key workers

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker.

Anyone who works during lockdown is a key worker.

Absolutely not....my job is neither essential nor key to anything yet I have to go to my place of work to do my job.

I simply cannot work from home and there is almost no furlough scheme here facilitated by the government either.

Any furlough is paid by the company from its own funds and it is hemorrhaging money at a shocking rate in the meantime too.

can i be nosy and ask what type of work you do that has no govt support? "

Engineering. And it was offered govt support but refused it so that it could scale down the number of people they employ and sell off parts of the business blaming the state of the economy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker.

Anyone who works during lockdown is a key worker.

Absolutely not....my job is neither essential nor key to anything yet I have to go to my place of work to do my job.

I simply cannot work from home and there is almost no furlough scheme here facilitated by the government either.

Any furlough is paid by the company from its own funds and it is hemorrhaging money at a shocking rate in the meantime too.

can i be nosy and ask what type of work you do that has no govt support?

Engineering. And it was offered govt support but refused it so that it could scale down the number of people they employ and sell off parts of the business blaming the state of the economy."

Unfortunately there is a few companies doing this and using it as an excuse to get rid of people.

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By *indy1971TV/TS
over a year ago

Brynmawr

"Ok I work as an engineer for a company that makes toiletrys and supliments.

Would you class this as a key worker.

Anyone who works during lockdown is a key worker.

Absolutely not....my job is neither essential nor key to anything yet I have to go to my place of work to do my job.

I simply cannot work from home and there is almost no furlough scheme here facilitated by the government either.

Any furlough is paid by the company from its own funds and it is hemorrhaging money at a shocking rate in the meantime too.

can i be nosy and ask what type of work you do that has no govt support?

Engineering. And it was offered govt support but refused it so that it could scale down the number of people they employ and sell off parts of the business blaming the state of the economy.

Unfortunately there is a few companies doing this and using it as an excuse to get rid of people. "

I’m sorry to tell you , but your company have sold you down the river

As you said , it refused Goverment support which is their choice

I could have chosen voluntary furlough, my company could not refuse me but I chose to work