Was anyone else here considered an "essential worker" during 2020? I feel like I'm still recovering from that year!

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It was rough working through that but i feel like 2021 and 2022 have been even more of a challenge.

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Ya, I agree with this. Things haven't started getting better. Inflation has been rapid but wages haven't budged. Yet we're working harder due to staff shortages. I'm tired, I think most of us are. Something has to give VERY soon.

Yes, I still don't understand how I was able to work that long without catching it. I think 2020 and 2021 were exhausting years.

Essential enough to put my life at risk but not essential enough to pay fairly. Yup, good times.

Yeah, I felt really good about being in it together but now it’s just getting by until I get a new job cause I’ve learned a lot about myself and my companies issues and I don’t want to be part of it

I was - although I don’t understand the justification. I work in the retail sector and due to the fact that people were stuck home online shopping on their devices I was told to open up a warehouse, plan and build another, figure out how to navigate working in a Covid environment when CDC themselves were figuring out guidelines. I did it all - grateful for the job and opportunity and petrified of catching something or bringing it home to my family everyday. I think I liberally inhaled Lysol as I used it like body spray - lol. Masks, gloves, stripping in the garage before entering the house. It was such an intense period. I am still reeling from it and I am very very exhausted

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Excluding the virus, why can't we go back to normal after this? There are plenty of discussions about how things will be different, but almost none asking why they don't have to be.

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Is it me or you as well postponed the plans for marriage/ proposals if any? I feel Iike this is a good time to bond at least with texts,calls or an outdoor meet and talk anything except covid. Just doesn’t feel like the right mindset to think about marriage with what is going on.

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Tips for just getting started, with the day especially, or even just a bad task later on after a few productive hours? I can have a stack of billables to do, but if it isn’t truly urgent, it’s just like a giant mental wall preventing me from getting things done. Medicine doesn’t help. It’s like I need the fear of god in me to get anything done and the moment I’m not scared of getting fired, I just... can’t. Things are OK at 2 am for some reason though.

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Could I get referrals @your companies for role of QA Lead/ Manager - 10 YOE | E2E testing, Embedded testing ,API testing, POSTMAN, cross browser testing, SQL, SAP

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Canadian D fishes, need to know what salary band an SM in Calgary for consulting can expect. I understand it’s vast but a range would be great.

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