The Times reported that the company “kept its work force going through the week, despite complaints from employees, including those crowded into its call centers, working side-by-side in cubicles.

“Nothing’s really changed,” one employee said. “It’s just nerve-racking.

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 28, 2020

Employees received an email Thursday from the Uihlein Family, owners of the $5.8 billion company and big donors to Republican causes, thanking them for their efforts and saying that the “White House called upon us twice with huge orders” this week.

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 28, 2020

Manager at an Uline call center sent a note to employees.
“If you, or family members, are under the weather with cold/allergies — or anything aside from Covid-19, please do NOT tell your peers about the symptoms & your assumptions. By doing so, you are causing unnecessary panic

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 28, 2020

Company pushed back on story. But “two Uline staffers contacted the Journal Sentinel to say… Lots of employees in nonessential positions are being forced to go to work, they said.”
One employee is quoted as saying, “We’re angry and scared, but no one cares.”

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 28, 2020

So here is the obvious and deeply uncomfortable question: how much of Uline’s approach to the pandemic is driven by medical advice, and how much by a desire to send the right signal to an audience of one? How much is driven by science, as opposed to political loyalty?

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) March 28, 2020

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