Work at home and the new normal
By rsa101
@rsa101 (37933)
Philippines
June 9, 2020 7:31pm CST
Last week l had spent 3days reporting at work. This week I just stay at home to work and started attending webinars about doing work online under the new normal. Even our accounting system will have to adjust because of this. The office has approved to look for accounting system that is online and on cloud. Even the banking system we have to adjust from the usual check preparation to have it online for payments already. All of this so we can avoid going directly to banks which is just too long to line up and many things to do before you can transact your business there.
Today I am again scheduled to attend to a new normal webinar about labor rules about the different ways to do a work at home arrangements and its implications on laws that exist today. Hoping this would be an interesting topic to learn today.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jun 20
Banks are always crowded with the long lines so they advised to use online banking if the transaction is possible.
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
10 Jun 20
@Alexandoy Manual things are a challenge right now that we have to make efforts of having it signed to the signatory’s residence then pick them up after.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jun 20
@rsa101 we cannot do what we were doing before in the office. You have to adjust.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
10 Jun 20
It is the new normal.
Are those webinars sponsored by the company? I need to watch a webinar or two on how to punch someone through the screen during a Zoom meeting.
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
11 Jun 20
@allen0187 I kind of liking it to working on your house clothes no need to wake up early and dressed up for work to commute from home to workplace vv. But when there are documents to prepare that needs approval it can be cumbersome too that you have to travel to the approvers’ residence to have them signed. It could take some time before everything is done.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
10 Jun 20
so many things to learn now. this means internet have to be stable, same with electricity. it also means being vigilant about privacy and security about company and employee information.
i noticed the bank here is open now, but they say only until 2pm and no weekends yet.
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
11 Jun 20
@hereandthere The usual if you have the following symptoms right now, if you have traveled to places esp abroad for the last number of days. I think this is done to make the contact tracing easier once an outbreak happens in the place.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
10 Jun 20
@rsa101 what do you have to declare?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Jun 20
our dean of the college of nursing encouraged us part time instructors to attend the webinar. none of us attended because we all thought it is not applicable to us since we should be in the hospital setting.
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
13 Jun 20
@ridingbet Oh I mean during the webinar you could have raised that issue there. I am pretty sure there is a Q&A portion there and that could have been an opportunity to ask about your concern there.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
13 Jun 20
@rsa101 i cannot just go to school because the office is always closed.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
10 Jun 20
I hope you enjoyed the webinar
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
10 Jun 20
@rsa101 and I'm sure you must have learnt a lot from their experiences
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
11 Jun 20
@amitkokiladitya Heard a lot of labor cases as presented by the different employers situation. Some are kind of complicated some are simple cases.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Nov 20
I am working as a voice actor and recording at home is hard because of the noises I have to edit. I miss recording at a studio.
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
20 Nov 20
I see at least you have all your machines at home to do your job. Before I got infected I was going out of house and do some legwork going to banks and other offices. Now that I was infected and recovered they do not want to send me outside so I stay at home most of the time.
@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
13 Jun 20
Here's the irony in my life. When I worked outside the home I always wanted the option to be able to work from home. But my employers never gave it to me. So I hired myself and started working from home. Now it seems that everybody is working from home and all talking about the "new normal". The "new normal" for other people is something I always wanted to do anyway! 
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@dgobucks226 (34350)
•
19 Jun 20
Yes, many different things to get accustomed to as you mentioned. Good you have a job where you can work from home.
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