Costco Made Corporate Staff Come To The Office. An Employee Died Of COVID-19. The Office Is Still Open.
Target Tech staffers' work can largely be done online, employees told BuzzFeed News. The only exceptions are in-store activations and support visits — but people can activate their phones at home and get items shipped to them directly. Yet Target Tech employees are still required to report for their scheduled shifts, even in areas where MarketSource personnel are under medically-advised quarantine for having flu-like symptoms, an executive said.
Even after Target announced it would pay workers in quarantine in mid-March, MarketSource held firm. “All employees are expected to report to work,” MarketSource Human Resources wrote to one person who postedon March 18. “If the employee does not report the employee WILL NOT be paid.” “He said, ‘Just so you know you can only do this once,” she told BuzzFeed News. “‘Even if you catch COVID-19 you can’t take out again.’”
On March 15, days after President Trump declared a national emergency, one manager gave some oddly timed sales advice: Grab a pair of gloves and offer free phone cleanings to potential clients.It feels impossible to practice social distancing for Target Tech, said one employee, because most of her customers are over 50 and need patient and attentive assistance.
Chinks in the armor. The more lax we are, the longer it drags out & the econ suffers. “More than 3,000 Target Tech employees work in over 1,000 Target stores in close contact with customers, many of whom are senior citizens, who run the highest risk of dying from the coronavirus”
Target employees aren’t getting protection either!!!