{"id":107353,"date":"2020-03-06T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=107353"},"modified":"2020-03-23T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T21:57:34","slug":"our-march-6-covid-19-guidance-for-palo-alto-networks-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/our-march-6-covid-19-guidance-for-palo-alto-networks-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Our March 6 COVID-19 Guidance for Palo Alto Networks Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palo Alto Networks\u2019 global crisis management team is closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak with regional teams and taking action to mitigate risks to our people and business. CEO and Chairman Nikesh Arora on Friday shared updated guidance on work and travel for employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on recent changes around the world and here in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sccgov.org\/sites\/phd\/news\/Pages\/new-guidance-new-covid-19-3-5-2020.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" ><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Clara County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, below are new guidelines for work and travel. Remember, your better judgement should always be applied in your own situation. In addition, continue to monitor our internal updates and follow precautionary measures on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" ><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" ><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CDC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following guidance goes into effect at the <\/span><b>end of today effective until the end of March.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Working from home \u2013 all offices, at the option of employees<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can get your tasks done from home or via Zoom you may consider doing so. Please inform your manager if you do. Remember, if you are working from home, please ensure you are disciplined about being available to your team members and customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are optimizing meetings like all hands for virtual attendance to help you work remotely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need or want to come to the office you can \u2013 follow normal safety and health precautions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Visitors to campus<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are shifting all candidate interviews to virtual by default rather than in person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Executive Briefing Centers will offer virtual briefings to customers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If customers have travelled here, and you are scheduled to present, exercise your judgement if you would like to come personally or present via Zoom.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Travel business critical only<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are the key voice in travel decisions.<\/span><b> If you don\u2019t want to travel, please don\u2019t.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both international <\/span><b>and domestic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> travel is paused except for business critical.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business critical can include face-to-face customer meetings related to current or future business, or critical customer onsite support\/services.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please confirm business criticality with your manager, and managers if you have doubts consult with any of my direct reports. If you continue to have concerns, exercise your judgement or feel free to reach out to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will hold a <\/span><b>company meeting via Zoom <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to check in and address questions. Thanks to everyone for working together, and go Palo Alto Networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikesh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/our-march-16-updated-covid-19-guidance-for-employees\/\">March 16 updated COVID-19 guidance for employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto Networks\u2019 global crisis management team is closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak with regional teams and taking action to mitigate risks to our people and business. 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