Me? I am in food manufacturing. Management has been informed by feds, we WILL remain in operation.

Our warehouses are seeing about double the outgoing traffic this week compared to normal for this time of year.

I have plenty of accrued vacation, and sick leave to boot. I could sit this out at home with Momma for a year. But, for now I am still coming in every day.

I am in food production.

Yup.

We support aviation, and that would include stuff for emergency services, police and other government, and national defense. We are as busy as we want to be, and maybe more.

Idaho Shooter: I think "I" am in a critical profession - I am retired and lovin it!
I do though, in all seriousness, remain thankful for the first responders being available 24/7 and for the folks in the medical industry for "being there" when "we" need them.
The restaurants in my small town are on "take out" only mode.
And I thank them for keeping that option out there.
We'll get through this - it's not gonna be easy or painless but we will survive (most of us!).
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I’m a retired firefighter . My son is a paramedic in a small fire department. They have modified the response for both police and fire here. Never done that before in my memory.

Well lets see..... the industry and job I work at allows me to pay a mortgage, utilities, phone, insurance, groceries, taxes to support our "critical guberment" uh yeah, I work in a critical industry. SMH.

Thats the funny thing about socialism when you start deciding who works and who sits and home you have to decide who makes the money for the ones sitting at home.

Wife works for water department. They are taking this verrrrrrry seriously. If the water supply is compromised, or even perceived as such, you haven't seen panic yet.

Wastewater facility manager. Want me to shut it down?

Ah Veolia?

Yeah, but you make your own choices. And your job is the very definition of social distancing.

stay well

Good reality check for the entertainers, actors, and athletes to realize they are the first unnecessary thing that is shut down when things get sporty.

Grocery. 1300+ store chainin 6 states.

In my younger years, I saw a local building with the sign "Solid waste department". For a few minutes, I was extremely dismayed to think that some poor souls had to deal with nothing but human turds all day. Then I saw one of their grapple trucks and and the light bulb came on.....

yeppers, the .gov considers us "essential personnel"

About time for athletes , "artists", entertainers, taverns, and casinos to learn their proper place in society!

There is a problem when a huge percentage of the GNP is service industry. Nothing being produced, just money changing hands.

You three fellas keep up the good work....................just so's folks don't need to start poaching game yet.



You, tell your wife thanks, even though I live with my own well. Maybe she can keep the juice flowing so folks won't run out of water when their hoarded supply is diminished.




No No No NO! Someone is going to have to deal with all this extra toilet paper usage.

Geno

PS, I retired 3 summers ago. I consider everything I do around here "critical industry"..........on my own schedule that is.

We farm, raise cattle, own 3 commercial fishing boats and one seafood restaurant.

Internet here.

Keeping the world working from home.

Me too-as a taxpayer, am also a quite critical component of keeping my household and biz afloat.

Depends...

I work in transportation. My current role has me managing a team for a digital freight marketplace as part of the 6th largest 3PL in the country which is an agent for Georgia-Pacific, a Koch Industries company.

LOTS of TP being made and shipped right now. Up to 200% more than normal.

So yeah, critical in the sense of the hoarding. Not essential in the sense of does the public need the amount of TP they're buying? Probably not.

What about all the Fire's Truckers.

Very critical right now. Probably why we don't see any posting. Too busy keeping the stores full enough to keep the real panic from happening.

I have seen very little about whining or complaining about sports/entertainment shutdown -- good.

However, there are a ton of people who loose a ton of money when things like March madness is shutdown, the food vendors, hotels, etc all take a beating.

Apparently, the Toronto film industry has basically rolled over and died. A lot of films get shot there. Friend of a friend is in post-production and they’ll likely lose their house. There is nothing going on.

And I agree, in Shakespeare’s time acting was the profession of wastrels. How they came to be sought for their supposed erudition is beyond me.

Work in the IT department of a hospital.

To keep the public from storming the place and overwhelming the doctors and nurses our new website banner reads "Take two chloroquine and call us in the morning."

I feel for those in the hospitality, travel, and restaurant industry.

I'm retired. To me, that's damned critical. I'm the ultimate consumer.

Where is your hair net?

It's hard to keep a hair net on a cow.

Does the "friend of a friend" make a decent living normally?

If so, then Why do they not have a few months worth of mortgage payments saved then? Even one or two would help.

And is your government not helping out?

Geno

Hey now! Jim is just big boned.

Yowsa!

Hahaha!

TFF !!

Love the spirit Rooster !

& yep, our .gov considers my business, an essential service, ............................ Thankfully !

Yours too, big bloke !!

I’m a trucker. I haven’t heard a word one way or another. I will say that if you’re waiting on me to deliver to a grocery warehouse you’ll starve to death. I swore I’d never deliver to one again over a decade ago and I’ve kept that promise to myself.

Grow and truck fish to market. Our motto “you sell it or smell it!”

Down about 80% since this mess started. Nobody wants to clean fish at home.

Food production.

We are on a company wide travel ban. Week before last there were only 12 of us that could fly. I’d guess in a normal week there are multiple hundreds flying.

As it stands, we are not allowed to even visit plants that are in the same town.

Jim, that is LOL.

I hear that from a lot of the drivers I load. Too bad those jackals treat you folk like that.

Typically a truck, incoming or outgoing, is on my dock 15 to 20 minutes. And gaurandamnteed to be loaded legal.

Less than 60 minutes weigh in to weigh out, unless the docks are swamped and we have a line. But that does not last long.

No. But just got 2 weeks off with pay.

I guess it depends upon what city your taking processing for! Sounds like you take a lotta crap from people you don’t even know! memtb

I kid. I kid.

Damned old plumber, not too critical, unless something backs up. I become important then.

I dig ditches. Looking to cash in, soon.

Too early?

Wife and two daughters work at the local hospital. ER, Cancer Center and Lab

Health Care IT Project Manager.

Everyone is working from home but still working so far. Starting to see project stalled but not cancelled so far.

I gotta buddy who is a commercial fisherman—he was told to pull his nets yesterday—I suspect the processing plant is shutting down. This is the busiest time of the year for him. It could put him outta bidness.

Maintenance. It breaks I manage the crew which will fix it. 1.5 times pay for next 3 weeks for all of us. 4 people counting me.

Journeyman lineman for electric company. I think that qualifies for a critical industry.

OLD retired beaver trapper and pro BSer. Not many of us left soon......…...

They shut me down.
Middle kid told to work from home starting tomorrow.
The ol lady is corrections, supervisor came in on her shift and told her two coworkers since they're over 60 they could stay home for 2 weeks and not get dinged.
Stupid fugger didn't ask her, she's 62.

Yeah, she's pretty riled up right now.

Banking so yeah we’re essential... don’t know what it’ll look like but I’m sure we’ll at least be loading ATMs?

ATMs and drive throughs here starting tomorrow.
Not spending any money really.
Just lay low.
Think my Jeep had it's second full tank of gas, ever (owned 4 yrs now).
1.74 a gal.
Doubt I burn a quarter tank in the next 2 weeks.

Nothing to do. Live close to anything I might need, and far enough away to avoid hassle (edge of town).
Traffic way less, main road outside housing addition.

Traffic is way down (but auto plants shut down).
Might learn how to take a nap
Eerily quiet.

Former LEO so I still keep up on the guys I hired...They are pretty essential now

Transportation, specifically bridge maintenance. Engineers and office staff such as myself are working from home as much as possible. Field staff are rotsting shifts to keep the facilities no more than 50% staffed to reduce likelihood of spread. (If that's even possible).

We will all still be working if nothing more than on an emergency basis as roads will have to remain open to keep the supply chain going.

fer sure dude,

gotta keep the juice flowing to all them recently purchased and filled freezers.

Stay safe. You are critical.

Geno

Very subjective definition.

Local county shut down gun dept at Murdochs, not the store mind you, just the guns...

but the reefer dispensaries are to be open, along with about 5 other classes of retail. All you can so is sit there an' wave... sittin' on that sack 'o seeds...

Old farmer here, most of you knew that, I tried to retire ten years ago. I keep gettin' put to work. I do work, but under protest.

yes. i should be getting a letter here in a day or so that supposedly allows me to travel to work if there is a total shutdown. only way i would have to would be if there was an equipment malfunction that required hands on. happens about 3-4 times a year.

Supervisor on a floating oil platform. Company thinks we are essential. Rumor is they may keep us at work since we are all healthy. We are scheduled to go home Tuesday.

UPS package driver here. To the people I’ve been delivering tp to now for 4 days, I’m more popular than Santa.

Damn people have lost their [bleep] minds....

Since I wasn’t on the list of folks approved to work from home, I suppose somebody must consider me critical.

I don’t necessarily agree.

Same.

We build sewage pumps.

People can do without gas and liquor.........the sewers back up??

Torches and pitchforks and open rebellion!!!

Ditto.



Actually delivered a box of 36 Pop-Tarts............Next Day Air.........to a house today. This is what my life's purpose has become.

I'm still waiting for my new copy of Tombstone on Blu-Ray and my 1911 books by Kuhnhausen.

It sounds funny when you put it like that, but you’re delivering comfort and putting folks at ease.

Thank you!

I'm a respiratory therapist. I work with ventilator patients in ICU at a regional health center. So yeah, I guess I'm critical. I had to shave my beard I've had for several years for proper fit of the N-95 mask. Oh well. I'll grow it back later.

Chemicals....ketones, esters, acrylates, various industrial alcohols.

People can do without paints, coatings, inks, cosmetics. But hand sanitizer? That seems to be critical right now.

We are sold out on two alcohols that go into that end-use...I cannot take any new orders for shipment before April 27th.

People are calling in from Asia and Europe to buy. Sorry Charlie, my stuff is staying right here for Americans to use! Even though we could sell it for a lot more in those export markets.

Armed hospital security. I'm on my 10th straight day at work. Might get Monday the 23rd off? In the last week I have witnessed occurrences of hysteria and a total lack of common sense, and rational thought.

Yup! Making the best dehydrated potatoe products you can buy. We passed what we sold in March last year by March 9th this year. These last few weeks have been "fun".

I am glorified hired man at the cow farm and don't cha know those cows like to eat everyday and dis time of year we hafta feed them(everyday).

AND the most stressful time of the year is now upon us, aka calving and an uber mud season.

And my dad's dog is dying of cancer. Poor guy, it's a tough deal.

It is a sonuvabitch right now but like I told my parent's this morning, we HAVE to stay positive.

God bless and protect you guys on the frontlines!

That really puts it in perspective.


God Bless for sure.

Critical? Depends what time a year it is .I work for the DOT the tasks that I am normally involved with( construction & materials) won't get going for another month. But I still have my CDL and snow plow cert so if the weather goes to hell I'm critical in a hurry.Right now I'm at home by the governor's order. MB

My patients still need help, it's work that has to be done. I've noticed less traffic while I'm on the road between calls

Self employed locksmith on the fence if I’m a critacle industry

Heavy Duty Truck Parts Delivery. If the trucks don't roll, nobody is gettin' nothin'. We received a memo from the owner that states we will be "business as usual".

Magnum Bob, I drove a municipal, tandem axle snow plow for 22 yrs. in Wis. Never heard of "Snow Plow Certified". State or local cert?

We just taught the new guys which levers worked the plow (up, down, left, right, front blade or side wing) and how the salt spreader worked.

Took about 3-4 eight hour shifts. If 2 trainers gave the O.K., they were turned loose.

Yeah, if it snows those guys are critical.

Officially retired from the fire service 2 years ago but there has been some talk of rehiring retired members if manpower drops due to sickness. My name was brought up by my replacement but he was given the stink eye by everyone from the chief on up so I think I'm safe from being called up.

Where I work part time is considered "essential" due to the merchandise we sell and that we also sell gas. I am considered "essential" within the store as I have a good working familiarity with many of the products in most of the departments and am often used to assist outside my regular department as needed. I am so "essential" that I have over 40 hours again this week with one more scheduled day tomorrow.

I just drove across Texas (West to East) on I-20, and I can't say I saw any reduction in traffic anywhere including Dallas/Fort Worth. Midland / Odessa might be slightly reduced but there are still a bunch of idiots on the roads.

My job is critical while the company is spending $100,000 plus a day on construction labor and equipment rentals, but we are winding this project up now and will probably get to sit at home and raise a garden this summer before the next project begins.

Damn Sam, Sorry to hear that about your Dad's red heeler. From pics and stories told here, he has been a hell of a dog. A good dog is almost as hard to replace as a good horse, and they do not train overnight. The best part of a good dog is they make the cow pony's life so much easier.

Good luck getting them cows out of the bushes in the meantime.

Thanks man.

I fix residential furnaces, so I guess if they call I am critical to them. But between the normal spring time slow down and this stuff it’s been slow. It’s 10 degrees with a strong north wind so we will see what tomorrow brings.

I do think people are being more cautious about having any type of in home work done either plumbing or heating

I'd like to have 2 weeks off to relax, but if the .gov is telling me I can't, then [bleep] them I'm working.

Yep, will be runnin freight night and day as normal.

FWIW, I recently hoarded five or six replacement filters.

Filtrete 20x20's, change every 30 days.

I work in the design, build, and deployments of much of this nation's 911 systems.

I started 25 years ago in South Carolina, building up all of the 911 infrastructure at the MCAS and MCRD, plus the city and county of Beaufort and City of Hilton Head.

After that, more or less lead the development of wireless 911 solutions, (GPS location, hybrid network OTDOA/trilateration, etc) in this country......

Now deploying cutting edge Next Generation 911 solutions.

So, working from home to keep team members safe, but ACTIVELY working from home. We are on point.

Depends on the definition, I worked on an emergency Covid-19 staging area last week in King County. We support construction project and design projects for infrastructure.

Healthcare, I will not be getting any extended vacations.

I work for a small mfg facility. We make hermetically sealed connectors that get welded onto sealed compressors. We feed larger subsidiaries that are big in the refrigeration and HVAC world.

I'm part of the Enterprise IT-- don't work for the facility or the larger subsidiary. I'm considered "critical." I've been told that as long as the large subsidiaries are running, I've got work. However, I may have to work at home for a while. I've told them I've checked out my VPN connection in the turkey blind-- no problem.

Yep, not looking forward to the overtime on this one.

Some of our product is used in the process of
manufacturing IV bags. I 've never needed one...
It employs 4 people in our plant about 1/3 of the time.

The rest is not as critical.

Well, if we aren't coating paper, in a little while, there won't
be any utility transformers built. Critical ?

Seriously, what's critical?


Our Governor lists paper manufacturing as critical.
Logging, isn't.

How fugging long does he think they can make paper
without wood.

Truck drivers were just Rude, Crude, Dumbasses blocking the
highways 2 weeks ago. Now you see people kissing their ass
over how important they are.

Most jobs are critical. Restaurants aren't considered critical.
Tell that to the truckers who couldn't eat, crap, or wash their hands
driving the 350 miles across the most expensive highway in the
nation. The Pa Turnpike.

Manage a Water & Wastewater District.....I don't even have to ask if we are supposed to continue operating.....LOL

I have under two years left. Catching no breaks here.

Have been told to plan on staying on the job site for 21 days minimum, have to keep power on the grid. I am a Operations shift supervisior and outage boss for a large electrical producer. They have brought in beds that are scattered around the admin area, and plan to fly food to us.

The part that stresses me out is the wife. The kids are happier than a pig in s#^t, staying home.

I'm in the optical industry-a dispensing optician for Walmart. We have been determined to be an non essential medical operation, and as such, have been shut down. My options were to work out in the main store, or take a layoff. For the foreseeable future I'm running a front line register. All the optical shops around us are shutting down for the run of this, so it's not like I could switch my allegiances to another shop. We've got bills to pay, and the main store's not closing down at this time, so I'm darned glad to have a job.

I operate a power plant. No big deal, ya'll don't need electricity.

I’m a registered nurse who works a local community hospital. We have a total of 7 “PUI” (person under investigation). I’ve now had two shifts where I cared for one of these folks. He is improving. His oxygen demands have decreased since Wednesday from 4 liters to 1, moving air much easier, afebrile and regaining strength slowly.

I believe this is day 7 or 8 waiting for his results from his Covid19 screening to come back?! This guy is gonna be clinically appropriate to discharge yet we don’t have the screening back which is absolutely retarded.

What diagnostic value does a test have if you don’t get the results back till after the patient is on the mend? Or in this case may not get the results back.

My wife's an RN and works in a women's cancer clinic... Cancer never sleeps..

Facility manager for a couple of. Gov departments. My family won't have to worry about me bringing it home......I'm buried in work.

Is there a list of critical industries? Not sure if my trade is considered critical, but I damned sure know that my paycheck is.

Vesta? West?

Has your department discussed bringing retirees back? My department is talking about hiring retired officers back at an interim level at peak rate. That would be a 1000hr job.

I used to work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons We were open no matter what was going on.....even during the government shutdown in the 90s a lot of us had to work without a normal paycheck distribution.

Food manufacturing. We were told we are going to be running full out. Then yesterday someone in the plant tested positive. Now I am home for an indeterminate amount of time...

They say my job (one of them) is critical, but scaring off terrorists is really boring if you're good at it.

The other 21 days a month I am a fishing guide. I would say that falls more in the entertainment category.

Here's what kills me. We are trying that social distancing. Programs, medical waiting area, stuff like that. Yet at yard close we are packing 250 in a dormitory housing unit. Logic is often not part of the decision making model.


It's, "Do Something." even if doing something makes no sense at all.

Security management here. They sent most of the bank employees to work from home but the retail branches are still open and I gotta keep staff around for them and to keep folks from stealing all the toilet paper out of the corp. office buildings.

Got a bunch of buddies from back in the day who are still pro musicians. They’re screwed.

Myself ,heavy equipment can set. Farm goes on.
Wife is nurse in nursing home .. so

Friend who manages an Interstate Battery Supply says he is not essential just expendable.

I'm the lead IT Specialist for a Fire Department and EMS Dispatch Center.

Never missed a minute, was fortunate

Laid off 2 months.
Didnt do chit.
Messed uo an elbow and read 3 months of nothing might let it heal.
So.....2 months I did nothing and it does feel way better.

Back to work, favor the one that got messed up, now my other one hurts all the time ( but nothing popped/ tore like other ).

The ol lady bitched, told her surgery would force 3 months off and sick pay would suck.

Her job supposedly critical, so that didnt help w her attitude.