{"id":27437,"date":"2020-05-07T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/?page_id=27437"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:58:51","slug":"amber-bartlett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/values-culture\/covid-19-staff-stories\/amber-bartlett\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Bartlett"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27437\" class=\"elementor elementor-27437\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f682f86 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"f682f86\" 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-3d2c767\" data-id=\"3d2c767\" 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-0acdfa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0acdfa9\" 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-c8f0097 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8f0097\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cac1683\" data-id=\"cac1683\" 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-eb6089d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"eb6089d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/values-culture\/covid-19-staff-stories\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Back to COVID-19 Staff Stories<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96a991a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96a991a\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e09880\" data-id=\"0e09880\" 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-069cea5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title\" data-id=\"069cea5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e1e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9e1e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ambers-photo-scaled-e1588625608981.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-27371\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ambers-photo-scaled-e1588625608981.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ambers-photo-scaled-e1588625608981-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ambers-photo-scaled-e1588625608981-150x150.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>I used to like numbers, they were so certain, so logical, so straight-forward and factual. I loved math; there was always an answer, numbers don\u2019t lie.\u00a0 Then COVID-19 hit and now I hate numbers. I hate what they represent. I hate the new uncertainty around the numbers, I hate tracking the numbers and I hate hearing numbers on the television.\u00a0 What happened to the certainty and logic behind numbers? What happened to numbers supporting facts? I keep hearing and reading numbers but no one seems to know the answer to the equation and the math behind when this will be over.<\/p><p>I learned a new number last week.\u00a0 Two. Two is where my grandma is on the waiting list to get into a long-term residence that has lost eighteen people.\u00a0 Two is the number that represents the difference between me most likely having or not having a grandma at this moment in time. Two is my new favourite number because I adore my grandma. She\u2019s funny and kind and she used to make me a lemon meringue pie every time I came home from university.\u00a0 I\u2019m so grateful she\u2019s doing well and is in a safe place. At the same time, however, my heart breaks for my hometown, and for one of my best friends who lost her grandma to this pandemic and for the other families who have been affected.<\/p><p>Five, five is another number.\u00a0 Five is the current number of weeks we\u2019ve been working from home, staying safe and doing our part to stop the spread.\u00a0 Five weeks of figuring it out. Figuring out how to work from home but stay connected. Five weeks of zoom meetings, so many zoom meetings! Five weeks of people accidently forgetting to mute their mic or talking over people because we\u2019ve all forgotten how to use telephones during the era of texting. Five weeks of trying to find ways to connect with your team, your clients, your friends. But soon it will be six and the week after seven. I don\u2019t know when the number will stop increasing. It\u2019s exhausting, and I think we\u2019re all feeling it. Scrap that, I KNOW we\u2019re all feeling it.<\/p><p>That being said, we\u2019ve been fortunate these past five weeks at Delvinia, in a lot of ways.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been supported by the executives and have regular updates on how we\u2019re doing as a business day-to-day.\u00a0 We\u2019ve had great conversations with clients about what they are seeing and doing and how we can support them.\u00a0 We have researchers reaching out and having open conversations about struggles and workarounds and what we can all be doing as a team, a market research industry team, to stay busy, to stay informed and to stay employed.\u00a0 We\u2019re in a fortunate spot many of us, both at Delvinia and industry-wide.\u00a0 The world still needs research, so we\u2019re all finding ways to support that in regards to both COVID-19 and more everyday data. Most importantly, I know when this is all over, we\u2019ll take care of those that didn\u2019t weather the storm as well.\u00a0 One of the upsides of being a small industry, we\u2019ve got each other\u2019s backs.<\/p><p>I like to think that when this is all over, I\u2019ll fall back in love with numbers. I believe they will find their way back into my heart and will make sense again. I certainly hope they do, I work in research because I love numbers!<\/p><p>I look forward to that day when the numbers make sense again and they represent positive moments in our lives. When the numbers represent economic growth, decreased unemployment, security. When they represent a friend\u2019s 40<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, or the number of beers I consumed on the local patio, or the number of minutes I spent playing with a friend\u2019s kid.\u00a0 I look forward to the day that numbers once again represent the mundane day-to-days we all use to take for granted. And with positive numbers I hope come positive outlooks and a kinder, nicer world. I want a nicer, kinder world!<\/p><p>But until that day happens, I\u2019ll remember to count the little things, like one awesome husband or my 30 second commute to work. I\u2019ll also remain grateful for the big things like the safety of my friends and family because that\u2019s all I can do. That\u2019s all each of us can do.<\/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-90b2119 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90b2119\" 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-ddb89c7\" data-id=\"ddb89c7\" 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-ca4cf13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca4cf13\" 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 Amber'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-9d24f3a\" data-id=\"9d24f3a\" 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-0dbcaaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"0dbcaaf\" 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 I used to like numbers, they were so certain, so logical, so straight-forward and factual. I loved math; there was always an answer, numbers don\u2019t lie.\u00a0 Then COVID-19 hit and now I hate numbers. I hate what they represent. I hate the new uncertainty around the numbers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":27495,"parent":27338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":[],"categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27437"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27564,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27437\/revisions\/27564"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}