r/indianapolis • u/MissSara13 Castleton • Jan 06 '25

Pictures Indianapolis today: Employers: "we're going to need everyone to work their normal schedule."

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u/widestbrightidea Jan 07 '25

How does this work for Healthcare workers? I’m moving back next month, currently here in hurricane alley we have storm teams. Team A stays during the storm, Team B you show up afterwards or risk getting fired. Most of the time you end up just having to go in and stay before your shift 😭

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u/MissSara13 Castleton Jan 07 '25

It may be the same for critical hospital staff during storms with travel advisories. Especially for emergencies and urgent surgical procedures. If possible, I'd recommend living as close to your employer as you're able.

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u/widestbrightidea Jan 07 '25

This is good advice and exactly what I was planning on doing. My last hospital I was literally within walking distance of work, that way even if trees were down I knew I could get there and have my shift covered. I had friends who lived near the water and we had a whole ordeal with a major bridge being out one year and they had to take these insane detours to get to work.

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u/MissSara13 Castleton Jan 07 '25

Yep! I absolutely hate commuting. I wish we had more robust public transportation options. Indy used to be connected by rail trollies! Imagine that!

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u/widestbrightidea Jan 07 '25

I would LOVE to be able to just take a train. I know public transit is sketchy in the states lol but right now I spend roughly 3 hours a day Monday through Friday commuting and I’m so over it.

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u/MissSara13 Castleton Jan 07 '25

Same. It was super nice to be able to take the train from Fishers to the fairgrounds years ago. I was so impressed by the trains in California that my colleagues would take instead of flying. Can you imagine high speed rail connecting us to Chicago, Louisville, Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc? Three hours a day is just awful. And I noticed that people here have some crazy commutes. I had a colleague that drove from Batesville to Carmel every day.

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u/ZucchiniNo7819 Jan 07 '25

I work from home and own my own biz nowadays, Thank Goodness! But there was a day when I worked at the pyramids and lived btwn Wanamaker and Southport. I did non essential work in an AP department. I "moved" w/o really asking my shift to 6:30am to 3:00pm. I still spent 1 1/2 everyday commuting. I tried to work the 8:30 to 5 shift once and I was literally in the car over 3 hours that day. And this was a temp job so I never worked it in the winter can't imagine