{"id":27356,"date":"2020-05-04T16:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/?page_id=27356"},"modified":"2020-05-12T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:01:14","slug":"varun-jog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/values-culture\/covid-19-staff-stories\/varun-jog\/","title":{"rendered":"Varun Jog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27356\" class=\"elementor elementor-27356\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae8cede elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"ae8cede\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d146bd5\" data-id=\"d146bd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7451c01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7451c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID-19 Staff Stories<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a1deb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a1deb7\" 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https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Varun-Photo-e1588622630960-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49858a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b49858a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The COVID-19 crisis has hit the world like a freight train, disrupting life as we know it at relentless speed, leaving us with little time to react. It\u2019s spared no one, and brought the world together like never before, as we try to come to terms with this new reality, this new \u2018normal\u2019. Each one of us has been affected personally, all in different ways.<\/p><p>To be honest, this is not what I had planned for 2020. I\u2019d completed my first full year in Canada in 2019, got a job that I loved, had plans to move to a bigger house and to travel to Europe in May with my wife for our 5th wedding anniversary. This crisis has derailed those plans and served as a timely reminder that there\u2019s only so much we can plan for or control in life. It\u2019s also helped put life into perspective. We often complain about things that seem so trivial now, we take so much for granted, and worry so much about the future that we forget to live in the present.<\/p><p>Personally, it\u2019s been hard, though I am doing things to make it easier. It\u2019s just my wife and me here, all of our family is back in India.\u00a0 This has left us fighting \u2018battles on two fronts\u2019; we lack a strong support system here, and are also worried about our families so far away. We know that it might be a while before we get to see them again with the travel restrictions that are likely to be in place for the next year or more.\u00a0 Thankfully, everyone is doing fine for now, and we\u2019re also lucky that in 2020, while we maybe thousands of miles away, regular communication is not an issue.<\/p><p>It\u2019s anxiety-inducing reading the news, and being on social media. I\u2019m on Twitter a lot, and I recently made the decision to follow and interact with more with epidemiologists, doctors and smart people with Ph.D.\u2019s who build data models. It\u2019s hard for me to not be on Twitter, but interacting with people who know what they\u2019re talking about, and treat this situation with a sense of calm has really helped to relax me. At the same time, it is equipping me with more knowledge about this pandemic that we\u2019re facing.<\/p><p>I\u2019m also so thankful that I still have a job and a steady source of income. Every day brings heart-wrenching stories of people being laid off or furloughed across the world. For all that I\u2019m anxious about, there are millions of people out there who are facing far worse times than me. I\u2019m fortunate that I work for a company like Delvinia, and can work from home. The transition to working from home has been almost seamless, with only a few minor hiccups along the way. Through this period of working from home, I\u2019ve felt pride and a sense of belonging and togetherness, which is so important at a time like this. There has been constant communication at all levels, including an email every morning and evening from Adam, which has frankly become an integral part of my day and something that I look forward to every time!<\/p><p>While I definitely look forward to getting back to the office and to some sense of \u2018normalcy\u2019, I do understand that the current measures are for the best. As mentioned in my opening paragraph, this is an unprecedented situation that has caused the world to come together like never before, and hopefully is just the beginning of some much-needed unity in our increasingly fractured world. As the days go by, each day brings more hope than despair, and I\u2019m confident that we will all come out of this stronger than before.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1e8bf2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1e8bf2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dec381\" data-id=\"6dec381\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f14ee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f14ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Share Varun's Story:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5180e8\" data-id=\"a5180e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffbfdba elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"ffbfdba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 Staff Stories Back to COVID-19 Staff Stories The COVID-19 crisis has hit the world like a freight train, disrupting life as we know it at relentless speed, leaving us with little time to react. 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