I am a software engineer in Texas in the house-building industry.<p>My employer is considered to be in a critical/essential industry and is allowed normal operations during the shelter-in-place order.<p>We (the software engineering team) have full technical capability of working remotely.<p>However, our CEO has a deep distrust of employees working remotely and will not allow us to do so for free.<p>We have only 10 remote work days allowed per year, to work remotely at this time, we must use up those days. Since this global corona virus situation is going to last more than 10 business days, I'm between a rock and a hard place.<p>Even though the recommendation from the government is that everyone who can work remotely should do so, my employer won't permit it in the strictest sense.<p>What are my options? Is it time to start looking for a new job?
You should probably just look for a different job anyway... WFH or remote should be no different than working in an office if your company is focused on the right stuff.
You said it yourself "critical/essential" business.<p>If you believe you may be an asymptomatic carrier of COVID-19 it would be immoral to infect your co-workers. Especially if they are unable or unprepared to work from home themselves. I would say that based on what we know you have 14-21 days of WFH that are possible based on the facts of the incubation time.