Here’s an email from my employer this morning:
Good Morning Everyone,
With the increase in COVID-19 cases and the guidance provided by Multnomah County, we are making a change to our mask policy. This new policy will go into effect starting tomorrow, Thursday 7/29/21 and will be reviewed in 3 weeks.
Starting Thursday 7/29/2021 the following will apply to all employees:
All employees must wear a mask at all times with the following exception:
- Employees at the main Jacobs Heating office location may remove their masks while at their workstation if they provide us with proof of COVID-19 vaccination and are fully vaccinated.
Masks or buffs are allowed, face shields are no longer allowed.
All field employees visiting the office are still required to wear a mask at all times while at the office location regardless of vaccination status.
In addition, all visitors must wear a mask at all times.
Each manager will be presented with a list of employees in their departments that are fully vaccinated, so they can enforce this new policy. If an employee is concerned about another employee not complying with this policy, they are to report it to their manager, who will take appropriate action. Deciding to get vaccinated is an individual decision, there might be employees who would prefer to continue wearing a face covering even if they are fully vaccinated. We will not tolerate any disrespectful behavior regarding this policy change.
In addition, we wanted to remind everyone that we are offering 4 hours of paid time per COVID-19 vaccine. Multnomah County is also offering $150 per individual to get vaccinated and $50 for any vaccinated individual who brings in someone else to receive the vaccine. You can find out more here -
Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics
Thank you for your understanding and compliance with this new policy. We hope this is a temporary measure to help curb the ongoing transmission of the virus and to keep our employees and their families safe.
Regards,
So because we are averaging 56 cases per week for a population of 735,334, they are recommending wearing masks indoors again, my employer is requiring it. I’m no math wizard, but isn’t that only ~0.00008% of the population? In a county where a majority are vaccinated. What the fuck are we doing here? My employer can suck my wiener. Good thing I’m taking off next week to hang out with my dog while the wife is out of town.