Two years

March 20th, 2020. Friday.

A day I will never forget.

On this day we did no work, but we were all in the office. A day we’d planned for but never really thought would happen.

Desks were cleared and cleaned, Lockers were emptied and bags packed. Sets of keyboards and computer mice were distributed alongside cables, monitors and, for those who wanted them, a chair. We were generally quite upbeat and the mood was light but we knew it was a serious thing we were doing and that we didn’t know when we were coming back.

We’d been planning for a few different eventualities as we read about the different ways Covid was affecting people and communities. We’d planned for different ways we’d be able to work in the office and at home, at different times and in different configurations across the multiple teams, but the thought of a total lockdown was one that only became reality in the last few days running up to the Friday.