The New Normal

    While this is the first time that I have ever blogged in my life, I enjoyed it the first time around. My topic was interesting to me because a lot of people that are in my life were effected with their jobs in one way or another.           Due to the pandemic that we are all facing, I also knew that I was not the only one seeing friends or family members stop working. When coming to such a halt like that it can be concerning whether you will make it through the storm or not. I have seen both of my parents worried about getting laid off and have seen some of my friends having to file for unemployment. It is tough and I did not want people who were labeled as an unessential worker, to feel alone.  There are many businesses going through it right now and in a way, all nonessential people are fighting this fight together.      While it was difficult sometimes to keep longer updates on these three businesses, I managed to a...

    With the numerous amounts of layoffs that United Natural Foods Inc. has endured, the company now is pulling up some of their own employees to fill the shoes of former employees. While UNFI has lost a portion of their team, those who are still with the company are being interviewed and examined for promotions. The company now has less employees and are able to keep the same pay for those employees that are still there.      Many Zoom meetings, Skype calls, and conferences have been taking place these past few weeks in order to help decide current employers positions at UNFI. Buyers are all in competition to get to the next promotional level.      For buyers, many wish to be promoted and given the opportunity to have more responsibility within the company while also getting to be paid more. The next position higher for a buyer is a forecaster . This job requires a lot of responsibility and can carry a lot of pressure and stress. ...

     Many people have been affected by COVID-19. People have lost their jobs, in person education abilities and overall regular life.       Because of this virus and its shadow that it has casted across the world, many are weary for what is to come in the future.       With schools being closed for the remainder of the spring semester, no one is quite sure for what is to come this summer.       After Governor Polis announced that businesses can reopen, many heads have turned to the educational aspect and have been waiting to see the decision that is made.       Based on recommendations by Governor Polis, American Academy moved forward with their student summer programs. This involved some very strict guidelines based on the guidelines from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.       The maximum capacity can not exceed 25 people for outdoor camps and cann...

    With all of the grocery shopping being done, product owners are in a rush to get their own items on every shelf at every store. New products come and go, but with COVID-19 forcing many families to only go out for certain emergencies, or in other words, for food creates a lot of traffic inside grocery stores. With grocery stores being one of the only places to stay open during the pandemic, many companies wanted to push their new products to the shelves of many of these grocery stores.       Buyers are beginning to purchase more and more products to put into stores. These stores can include places like Whole Foods, Natural Grocers, King Soopers and Walmart. Places like these are super popular and known to sell a variety of products.       Because of the pandemic, a lot of buyers are buying new and never heard of products to be placed on the shelves of your local grocery store. New brands of popcorn, chocolate milk and sparkl...

    Due to recent events, Deka Lash decided to reopen to the public and invite all of their customers back. While doing this, it was difficult to accumulate their average amount of customers right off the bat. However, after being open for less than a month, Deka is already filling up with appointments.       Lash employees are only to work between two to three days, but in those days clients are beginning to book them for a full day. As of lately employees have only had between one and three appointments per shift, but now appointments are beginning to fill up quicker than before.       Deka employees are booking between four and six appointments per shift now and things could be slowly getting back to normal. With this being said, there is no telling when Governor Polis will lift regulations, but when he does, clients will be able to come in mask free and Deka will be able to host more clients at one time.     The only t...

    After just reopening Deka Lash Company last week, business began to boom once again. Although Deka is not nearly as busy as they used to be, they still managed to pick back up rather quickly after the stay at home order was lifted. Upon reopening each lash technician has been able to book appointments every day that they work and everyone is able to still see the majority of the regulars again.      Deka Lash does require customers to wear a mask upon arrival and customers must wear them for their full appointment as well. While the employees have always worn masks to avoid the heavy fumes, they now have more of a reason to wear them.      Many people are still nervous to go back into the world after the storm that COVID-19 created, but many women are excited and happy to have salons reopened again. For many Deka Lash employees, it was their first full time job and most did not have any other financial compensation coming i...