January Business Trips Canceled
Jan. 3rd, 2022 12:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerIn mid-December I volunteered to staff a technical seminar my company scheduled for January 28. Pretty much immediately after signing up I had second thoughts. The pandemic wasn't over yet, and Texas, where the seminar is located, is a state where the governor and state legislature propagate harmful Coronavirus disinformation. My concern about traveling for that show increased when I saw the Omicron winter surge stats shoot up ten days ago... and the numbers have only gotten worse since then. I knew I needed to cancel my involvement.
Rather than tell colleagues over break or even first thing back to work today, "Hey, bad news, I need to back out," I waited a bit to see if the company would make a decision on its own. I didn't have to wait too long. By mid-morning Pacific time the word came down: the company is cancelling all in-person events for January. The two in-person seminars will be replanned as a single virtual seminar.
I'm both happy and sad about this. Happy, because it's the right decision given the risks at the moment. But also sad, because it's been nearly 24 months since I've met customers or prospects in person. Meeting them is part of my job!
The next in-person event is scheduled for March. We'll see what happens with that.
Rather than tell colleagues over break or even first thing back to work today, "Hey, bad news, I need to back out," I waited a bit to see if the company would make a decision on its own. I didn't have to wait too long. By mid-morning Pacific time the word came down: the company is cancelling all in-person events for January. The two in-person seminars will be replanned as a single virtual seminar.
I'm both happy and sad about this. Happy, because it's the right decision given the risks at the moment. But also sad, because it's been nearly 24 months since I've met customers or prospects in person. Meeting them is part of my job!
The next in-person event is scheduled for March. We'll see what happens with that.
