Readers are abundant within our company. Now that COVID-19 has affected our lives, we've had to communicate even more with our employees. There are various tools to communicate during these challenging times, but we have been making good use of our bulletin boards. Sound old fashioned? Keep in mind that the majority of personnel in a machine shop do not have a personal computer at work. In fact, some choose not to have one, rather than it be about the money. Unlike the aerospace industry, we have not slowed down so the majority of our workforce has remained at work so we are happy to use non contact methods to communicate our messages.

Here is a sampling of the information we are ensuring we communicate on our bulletin boards:

1. Celebrations, such as birthdays and work anniversaries
2. Handwashing information
3. COVID-19 Best Practices Policy
4. Coronavirus health updates
5. Employee Rights under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
6. Medical carrier updates
7. Our core values
8. Contests
9. Ease at Work, which is our Employee Assistance Program
10. Wellness Program
11. Shift changes
12. #inthistogether Ohio poster

For the few employees that may not be back to the shop floor yet, we're letting them know they are greatly missed. We expect this furlough to be temporary and hope that the slowdown the aerospace industry doesn't come back to affect us (https://www.flightglobal.com/systems-and-interiors/slow-recovery-suppliers-to-be-hit-hard-aerospace-leaders-predict/137930.article). If it does then we will weather the storm just as we have in the past. We would reduce production but increase our cleaning efforts. A cleaner facility leads to improved efficiency.

We look forward to communicating face to face again with our customers and our employees. Until then, we will wear our masks, continue to practice social distancing and use the abundance of tools we are so fortunate to have at our fingertips.

Stay well!