We asked Facebook: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your career, whether you’re an employee or a business owner?
“Grateful to be a teacher and be able to continue my profession and outreach from home. Students and families still need our guiding light and we are happy to be there for them.” — Veronica Prostko
“Massage Therapist, over 25 years. Closed due to state mandated order, on COVID-19. Having to answer calls from clients/patients, only to tell them I’m currently not working. Not considered an essential business!” — Amanda Pierce
“Thankful for my nursing career in times like these. Store hours do make it difficult to shop.” — Jessica LeMire
“Yes graceful touch by Sloan have to shut down” — John Short
“Destroyed my business 100%. Now I deliver groceries for shipt. I’m having a good time helping people and making money though, so I’m good.”
— John Parker
“Still working feeding kids, being a single mom and now having kids at home all day is hard as long as am working my babies ain’t safe”
— Princess Torres
“I’ve had to lay off nearly 40 of my staff and am likely going to be furloughed myself.”
— Brandon Johnson
“Walking in to work was different each day with new protocols set based on the latest information received. At first I was assigned lots of hours to prepare for the influx of patients, but after the executive order to postpone non-emergent surgeries the amount of scheduled exams dropped and my hours were cut. Although I am not able to work at the clinic I feel that I am still helping the community and healthcare workers by staying at home.”
— Vicky Saunders