Bluehost has assured its clients that everything is in order despite the outbreak of Corona Virus. However, the company has decided to allow its workers to work from home in a bid to prevent them from contracting the disease.
Here is a full message from Bluehost:
“We
wanted to reach out today and assure you that we are monitoring the coronavirus
(COVID-19) situation closely and are working to ensure we meet the needs of our
customers as well as provide for the health and safety of our employees. We
realize this health situation has already been disruptive to many businesses
across the globe and wanted to share facts about what we’re doing to support
both our customers and employees.
To ensure our customers’ businesses are
supported we have taken specific steps as part of our business continuity plan.
These steps include:
- Moving employees to work from home in a thoughtful, choreographed manner. This ensures your businesses continue to receive excellent stability and support.
- Working closely with our partners to make sure we have additional equipment and supplies to take care of employees, and by extension, our customers.
As a company proudly serving the small business
community, we know how critical the online tools we provide are in helping our
customers maintain their business during difficult and complex times like
these.
As the situation evolves, know we will be
investing in our capabilities, equipment, and support and reacting in real-time
to make sure we are here supporting our customers through this”
Several other companies have also ordered their employees to work from home, they include Twitter, Facebook and Google.
Corona Virus is not an ordinary disease; it need stringent measures for it to be contained. Currently, there are over 200,000 cases around the world and the number of infections continue to rise.