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Huh. Large company we do a lot of business with has placed a travel ban on their employees for nonessential stuff like conferences due to coronavirus

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Mar 2 '20, 10:51

publicly traded Fortune 500 company. 80K employees worldwide.

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“Strongly discouraged” here for conferences and personal travel, only business-critical international travel is permitted. -- (edited) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Mar 2, 10:56
We got the same message on Friday. - spamlet Mar 2, 10:53 4
- educause cancelled a conference 12 hours before it was supposed to start. we had three people in the air who just stayed a night in SEA - amanda Mar 2, 10:58 3
  - Oh that sucks. At least let them stay in Seattle! -- nm - spamlet Mar 2, 11:10
  - I haven't bought airfare yet, but now I'm worried my Portland May conference is going to be cancelled :( -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 11:02 1
    - my friend just bailed on presenting at a conf in september bc COVID. from a univ meeting. - amanda Mar 2, 11:04

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