Is MRO liable if they bring staff back without proper precautions such as COVID tests and PPE? Will there be PPE and masks for all? Does anyone know if there have been talks on this? Haven't heard anything from them. A poorly planned re-entrance of employees to the building could have severe impacts on health. Does anyone know the latest on this?
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We can WFH so easy, why go back ever? Cancel that open floor plan building while you're at it, please.
Open concept in new building is no problem. They simply retrofit all cubes with plexiglass for safety, like a Kroger's checker. Completely enclosing the cube with clear plexi... Boom, private office. Win-win! (Or would that be a fish tank?)
Our old CFO Sult look like he had some immunity issues. The covid would have gotten him
Distancing in new building? No problem if no employees.
What does COVID and distancing do to open concept in the new office?
I’ve heard IT has to go back mid May. No one should be going back This early. Marathon cannot protect any one from the virus while in the office so no person should be required to return. All of my peers have been able to successfully wfh. Most colleagues at other companies I’ve spoken with aren’t required to return until mid June at the earliest. More and more information comes out about the virus every day. Requiring anyone to risk it all on 5/11 is irresponsible and negligent.
They should just force enough people into office to take a diversity photo for Linkedin and call it good for the summer. Execs need time to social distance in their mansions
Last I heard they won't force people back into the office even if they reopen. That might be my department though
Every time someone tests positive (because they will) will MRO shut down the building send everyone back home and hire an outside certified company to do medical grade sanitation of the entire building? Schlumberger next door had to do that several weeks back. We can only hope if we are sent back they will take these types of precautions. If not, I believe they'd be liable.
This is all hypothetical though. Will they even send us back? I hope not. Anyone with common sense would agree that bringing employees back to do what they can do from home is negligent.
What is the point to rush it?
If everyone wears a leather race car suit and a helmet we can open back up
I couldn't imagine risking my health so that this company could stagger another 6-12 months before going under., but I'd imagine the Kool-Aid drinkers among us are champing at the bit to show up at the office every morning at 6 am to prove how invested they are in making Marathon the lowest cost, highest margin producer in North America.
Just be a good Aggie and risk your life for the Company.
Companies can certainly be liable for not adhering to applicable orders and guidance on how to "re-open" their offices and businesses. For instance, a few jurisdictions are requiring General Health Screening (i.e., temp checks, thermal screening, etc.), COVID-19 testing, providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), ensuring sanitation measures to maintain a healthy work environment, and physical Distancing. Moreover, those same orders are saying if employees can work remotely, they should continue to do so.
If MRO decides to not adhere and take whatever measures the City, County or State mandate, any employee should sue them for negligence or willful disregard for employee's health and safety.
My guess is Harris County and Harris will be slower to "re-open" than other more rural counties in the State. Hopefully MRO's race car team is scrambling to prepare a return to work protocol but I doubt it. More likely, they are preparing more press releases highlighting dear race car driver's superior lobbying skills and knowledge on free markets, regulatory oversight and macro-economics. Let's just hope they don't highlight our stock price or business strategy the last few years....
Great! IT can be the guinea pigs. Covid for all.
IT team got notified they should be back on MAY
I get way more done wfh without all of the interruptions. There is no immediate need to go back to an office to risk our lives and health to do the same thing we're already doing home.
If we're all going to get laid off or forced into retirement they might as well allow us to stay healthy.
You miss the sh*ty p10 food????
I guess you might as well enjoy it, there won't be a cafeteria in the new place.
Based on yesterday's mess, it's more likely that they tell most of us not to come back at all :(
Everything I've seen on "re-opening" Texas is that employers can't compel employees to return to work and that employers have to meet certain requirements to even start reopening. I think working from home has been great. I'm finding there's very little reason for me to actually be in the office. I do miss P10 though.