Quote Originally Posted by sandm View Post
something else to ponder over:

amazon has been in the news almost daily for rona issues in their warehouses. I have hired several from local amazon locations in the last few months. all say they are required to wear masks, sanitizing is happening to their satisfaction and state that the company in these locations here are doing what they can to provide a good place to work BUT with volumes increasing and headcounts at amazon up more than 30% over last years' counts, the buildings are "packed with people" making social distancing next to impossible.
the US has all come to expect and demand amazon deliver in 10 minutes and if it takes days, everyone is up in arms. buildings are already running 24/7/365 and adding labor is the only way to increase capacity.

what do you do.
That is a relevant and concerned struggle. The employees bear the physical risk of such a situation. You in middle management bear physical, legal, future employment, and emotional risk. I know because I am in middle management. While executive management has fiduciary and legal risk.

To reduce the risk means modifying expectations. Which is easier to modify? Customer expectation, shareholder expectation, square footage, or hygiene theater.

All you can do is push up recommendations to get square footage. Consumer expectations vacillate daily. Shareholder expectations never change. Crappy position and I don’t envy you.