Reckless Covid-19 Behavior & No Diversity - Manager Edwards Lifesciences Employee Review

EW is being completely reckless and irresponsible with employee lives, requiring all 5000 Irvine employees to return to work on campus in July in the middle of a pandemic. It was handled well in the beginning, where employees were working very well from home. It's understandable that some production and shipping employees have to be on-site, but the vast majority of employees have worked very productively from home. We can better protect those who have to be on site, by limiting their exposure to a full campus of 5000 employees. There are many positive Covid-19 cases on site, and they are not sharing it with employees. There are very old buildings and ventilation systems, making it extremely risky for employees to be indoor sitting in cubicles all day. They are not restricting hallways to through traffic only, so employees in cubicles are exposed to large numbers of people walking by unnecessarily. They will not provide any shielding (plexiglass or plastic) to shield workers in cubicles from the large numbers walking by. Leaders were told to have employees take sick or vacation days if they were uncomfortable coming in, but there is no one to cover our work. Once sick and vacation days are used up, employee's only option is to find a new job. In addition to the real physical health risks, these demands are causing extreme anxiety and depression among employees. They recently offered MASKLESS tents, so employees are being exposed to even more risk than necessary. Mask wearing in offices isn't being enforced either. In addition to reckless behavior in a pandemic, there is NO diversity at management and leadership levels. They say it is important, but it is not reflected in their hiring or promotion practices. Current leaders hire and promote people (white males) who look just like them, and think like them also. Both African American and female employees are not able to advance, while less qualified white male counterparts advance steadily through the ranks.