I guess what I am wondering and no one else ever seems to questions is if these kids (grade school) aren't going to school in the fall where are they going? Hopefully all parents are back to work by then. My kids are back to daycare now. Is there a difference if my kids go to a daycare center vs elementary school?
My large company with offices across the country will have work from home for each location until schools are reopened (that’s the first criteria a location must meet to consider returning to the offices). We’re also going to have full telework for anyone at high risk indefinitely. Honestly, in our strategic reopening meetings it‘s pretty clear we are going to be full time telework for the next few years. The amount of remodeling needed in open offices to accommodate distancing and the expenses for increased cleaning just don’t offset bringing in people when everything can be remote. On top of that the plans for what we’d need to do if someone was found positive are so disruptive that it doesn’t make sense. For whatever reason, that isn’t being shared widely within the company (which I find annoying because the unknown increases speculation and anxiety).
I know many jobs don’t allow for the same flexible working arrangements, but wanted to share what some companies are thinking/planning.