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Business Impacted by COVID-19

In a world where business is done online more than ever before, digital engagement and communication are mission critical for all organizations. This is especially true for those organizations on the front lines during the COVID-19 crisis. Acquia provides the platform that powers many of the world’s most visited websites. We also provide the technology that allows thousands of organizations to engage their customers and the public. Many of our customers are already benefiting from the ability to rapidly design, build, and launch new sites that run on a platform with unmatched flexibility and scalability. During the duration of the crisis, Acquia is proud to offer our platform and services to government agencies, education, healthcare and non-profit organizations on the front lines who are communicating real-time information or providing relief to the public and employees.

Not a good time to retrench, lay off, let go, restructure or whatever vocabulary you use!

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Help us, Help you Dear employers, This is not a good time to retrench, lay off, let go, restructure or whatever cute vocabulary you use. People are looking for hope. Don’t see this disaster as an opportunity to fire people who kept your pockets full. hashtag # 21daylockdown hashtag # Covid19 Now is a great time to closely examine how we do things and why. Observe if your employers are hiding behind the rules to achieve their bottom line if their priority is the people that achieve that bottom line for them. Do not look for the big obvious ways in which people are taken advantage of. The situation is scary enough and nobody needs that in the back of their heads while trying to navigate through this pandemic. Look for the subtle ways through which some leaders tell you every day that they do not care about you. Situations like these usually bring the hidden intentions or priorities to the surface if we look carefully. In the same way, support each other and those leaders who...