I almost quit at the start of covid, to be honest. It was manual labor, in food production.

My team had some people with serious health conditions, and some people who had family members with serious health conditions. Our GM called everyone together for a meeting, and people understandably asked what policies the company would put in place to keep everyone safe.

The GM decided to be a complete asshole, and went on a long spiel about how we were lucky to even have jobs and that if we didn't continue working as if nothing happened, the we wouldn't have jobs. He said he didn't want to hear anyone's "sob stories" (those words), and that we had better not lose productivity. Thank fuck for the mandates on workplaces. That guy is long gone, thankfully. He had no business overseeing other people. The kicker is that it was a family company.

But yeah, those stressful years were NOT great. The whole covid thing fucked up so many things for SO many people. I was shocked by how disgustingly people in that industry were treated by the general public. I feel horrible for everyone who had to deal with the public. No one should have to deal with vile, terrible people just to make a living.

With how much I've seen people struggle to even wash their damn hands, I wouldn't be shocked if some other mass disease appears in my lifetime.