Thread by @derekjGZ

At @globalzero, we're taking the #CoronavirusPandemic seriously. For the next several weeks, that means:

✅ Mandatory telecommuting
✅ Work travel suspended
✅ No in-person participation at events
✅ Self-quarantine for 14 days after personal/household member trips to hotspots

Our team is used to working remotely, but it can be pretty isolating on a good day, let alone when you're practicing social distancing. So we've carved out 15 minutes every day to say hi and check in on each other via video. Also a weekly virtual happy hour ("beer thirty").

We've reassured our people that while we don't know what's coming, we're ready to roll with the punches and nobody needs to worry about their job security. Felt important to say explicitly b/c that's not the case everywhere and is a source of real anxiety, esp. for young staff.

I'm putting this out there b/c I personally found it very helpful when @macfound shared their internal guidance with grantees. That helped empower me to make decisions. These are tough questions, and nothing in my previous experience prepared me for them.

macfound.org/pages/coronavi…

We have a responsibility — to the most vulnerable people in our lives, those we inadvertently come into contact with, and the many, many more we'll never meet — to help #flattenthecurve. Whatever we can do to ease the burden on our communities and healthcare system, we should.

My hope is that I'll look back on this a few months from now and say, gosh, we really overreacted. My fear is I will regret not acting sooner.

What steps are your organizations taking to adjust their operations in light of this rapidly worsening pandemic? How are you coping?

P.S. Don't forget to wash your hands.

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