SageRock and H1N1

I wanted to put a quick piece together here to let you know what the SageRock H1N1 Flu strategies are.

This information will be useful for clients, prospects and anyone who is maybe thinking about implementing their own pandemic business strategy.

First, while the SageRock team primarily works at the SageRock office, as a perk of working here we offer the ability to work at home.

Because we have a structure that is setup for virtual working, having to implement a “work from home” initiative due to a flu outbreak is not difficult for us.

All voicemail messages are immediately sent to the individual’s email account. So, if a phone message is received they will get the message instantly in their inbox. Also, if this became prolonged, we could setup our phones so they are automatically forwarded to a home phone number.

We use Google Aps for our email. So our email system is highly reliable.

The central SageRock file system can be accessed remotely and securely from home. So, we will have access to all files as if we were working at the SageRock office.

We also have a secure “emergency” Web page for all SageRock team members to access. It gives guidelines on how to effectively and easily work from home. It also includes a directory of contact information for all team members. We all have 2 email addresses (one SageRock address and one Gmail address), a Skype address, our SageRock extensions and our cell phone numbers listed on this page.

Again, this has all been previously setup for remote working. But also, we have been developing a disaster and emergency program here at SageRock for years.

As an example, our file system is backed up locally at SageRock and remotely to my home and to the S3 Amazon servers.

We have talked in detail about the symptoms of H1N1:

• Fever
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Body aches
• Headache
• Chills and fatigue
• Occasionally, vomiting and diarrhea

The SageRock policy during this time is that if someone at SageRock, or someone they are close to, comes down with any of these symptoms, they are to not come to work.

Based on how extensive the H1N1 outbreak is in Ohio will determine if and when we will enact a “work from home” policy.

Because we are setup so well to work remotely and because we take this very seriously, we will err on the side of caution. I feel that there is a high liklihood that we will be implementing this “work from home” strategy at some point during this outbreak.

I am hoping that this strategy will make people safer and also help them avoid getting sick… which ultimately means they can continue working.

If we do implement this strategy, you will be able to get information about what is happening at SageRock here at the SageRock blog and also at my Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/sagerock.

If I am not able to post to my Twitter account, Rocky or Greg will take it over and continue to post to it.

My Twitter account will likely have more updates than the blog. However, the blog will have key information like what our current situation is and if we are working from home or at SageRock.

While I know unexpected things happen in situations like these, we have tried to prepare ourselves for as many variables as we can.

I hope this helps you understand our strategy a bit better so that you will know how we will be handling the H1N1 outbreak.

Photo from: Reported/potential H1N1 Swine Flu cases as of 26-Apr-09 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

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