Many employees fear to see the fifth wave of Covid-19 Spoil the holidays and want to go back to work at work to limit the risks. A wish that often faces the refusal of employers.
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The epidemic due to the new coronavirus flambos again in France and it does not spare the world of the company. “In a month, we went from” it goes pretty much “to” it’s shit “”, summarizes with clear bitterness, employee of a communication agency in Strasbourg. “Is it due to the new variant [Omicron]? Has a relaxation of barrier gestures? In any case, in the last two weeks, on my eleven colleagues, four had the Cvid-19. It really gives the Printing that the vise is tightened, “says the 34-year-old woman, vaccinated, who says he says” overbound nervous “by a pandemic that ends no longer.
The rapid circulation of the virus in the company of Claire illustrates the explosion of cases in the country: with a little more than 45,000 new contaminations as of December 6 – on average per day on the seven previous days – this fifth Wave has already exceeded peaks from the previous two (about 24,000 cases mid-August and 35,000 early April). The number of patients in resuscitation should “reach 4,000 around the holidays,” said Wednesday, December 15, the spokesman of the Government, Gabriel Attal.
From the testimonials collected by Le Monde, a majority of employees fear to see the virus spoil the New Year’s Eve. A week of Christmas, many of them want to see themselves to limit the risk of transmission and make serene agapes.
For the moment, within private companies as in the public service, the government advocates “two to three days of teleworking per week” when possible. The Executive also recommends “limiting face-to-face meetings”. This new health protocol, Posted on December 8 , insists on respect for physical distancing, the ventilation of the premises, the port of the mask and the vaccination . As it is not mandatory, it is differently applied and despite the epidemic recovery, the entrepreneurs seem to privilege the status quo.
“It’s as if nothing had been”
“My boss makes the ostrich, he refuses to see the curves up”, traps Malik, a 37-year-old Iséris, employed in a training company. “My chefs decided that we would stay on a single day of teleworking a week. They completely focused. When we see the current health situation, it’s sorry,” says Sylvie, 52, who works in the neighborhood of The Defense, in the Paris region. “The arrival of the fifth wave and the ads of [Jean] Castex have changed nothing. Apart from the cancellation of the Christmas meal with the whole team, it’s as if nothing had happened,” says Lynda, administrative staff in Toulouse. Several employees consider “incomprehensible” the reluctance of their superiors to increase remote work. All claim to be as productive at home as the office. What confirms a study by three French researchers.
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