My last customer just got laid off.

[leftyladyfrommo]

She's a nurse practitioner at a huge teaching hospital.

Her boyfriend who is 61 has been furloughed for 3 weeks and thinks his job is on jeopardy.

All of my other customers are either laid off or working from home..

My gut feeling is that this is going to get a lot worse.

[Laelth]

1. I regret to say that I think you are right. n/t

-Laelth

[Sanity Claws]

2. A nurse?

OMG. I thought the jobs of health practitioners were safe now.

[EllieBC]

3. Depends on what kind of nurse.

Surgical nurses in many areas have been furloughed.

[DURHAM D]

6. My cousin is a surgical nurse.

She is on furlough. She has three children and is glad to be at home. She is ok financially because her husband and family are farmers.

[brooklynite]

4. NYC (and other hotspots) are hiring medical professionals today...

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. She had no warning at all.

She thought she was safe. She worked in dialysis. But she is older. Worked there 22 years.

I have been reading that a lot of health care workers are getting laid off. A lot of people are afraid to go to hospitals now so anything that isn't urgent is being put off.

I think some if these big companies are using this is as an excuse to slim down bloated work forces. Force older people out.

[gibraltar72]

7. Lots of medical staff has been laid off as hospitals have stopped non emergency practices

as a Covid 19 response. My local hotspot laid off many from the ortho floor as knees hips and shoulders aren't being done.

[FarPoint]

8. It is indeed going to get much worse...

NP's will be in demand soon enough is my take on this COVID-19 storm path....

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. I am in Kcmo north. It's not too bad where we are

Our mayor is holding firm for a data based reopening.

I was at HYVEE grocery store to pick up laundry this morning. It was busy but i didn't see anyone without a mask .
They were sanitizing carts and limiting the number of people inside. Still makes me nervous.