The New Coffee Room

Does kluurs ever post here? Just got a FB friend request today and accepted, then I realized I already have him as a friend and am wondering if the new profile is a fake.

https://www.freshdaily.ca/news/2020/04/plane-landed-highway-canada/

@LuFins-Dad said in Anyone else still going into work every day?:

Sounds like they are really doing a good job and taking it seriously. Do you ever see any knuckleheads ignoring the new rules?

The only one really is people not wearing masks.

Hey guys! Haven’t been posting much partly due to being hella busy with work, and partly because I didn’t really like Tapatalk. George sent me a FB message this weekend about the new place.

For anyone who doesn’t know, I work for a large meat processing company, in a plant that produces sliced deli meats and hot dogs. I started out as an operator 6 years ago, and was a union steward for 2 years until I became lead hand for the thermal processing (aka cooking) area. This was still a union position and I was technically still able to remain a steward but I felt it was a conflict of interest and resigned as a steward. I’m now in a salaried (non-union) position, Thermal Specialist. I oversee all the cook and chill processes, with about 10 union operators who work under me.

@Mik said in Anyone else still going into work every day?:

Riley's job is essential. Canadians like to eat.

Riley, please accept my thanks for keeping all my northern family fed. What steps are they taking at your plant to keep people safe and distanced?

Thanks Mik. Quite a few steps, which have been gradually added over the past month. There are about 1000 employees, very few of whom can work from home. Before you can enter the building, you have to pass through a trailer where they do a thermal scan to confirm no fever. You’re then handed a mask which must be worn all day unless you are alone in an enclosed room. Inside there are cones everywhere to force traffic to single file. Plexiglass dividers have been installed at all break room tables, and only 2 per table for 4, one on each side of the divider. In washrooms and hand wash areas, every other sink is disabled. All staff, union and salary receive a bonus of $80/week.

What changes have been made?