For Many Colorado Businesses, Work From Home Is Nothing New - Colorado Public Radio

So far, many of Colorado’s large companies with a relatively mobile workforce have been able to navigate the rapidly shifting landscape. According to the latest Census numbers, 9 percent of Coloradans already work from home, the highest rate in the nation by far.

Google, which opened a Colorado outpost in Boulder in 2017, says the company is limiting access to its buildings there, and that only employees whose roles have been deemed essential to business will be given access to the facilities. The campus was operating under work-from-home guidance prior to the most recent directive from Polis, according to the company.

At Arrow Electronics, the largest publicly traded company in the state, the firm “supports alternative work arrangements if the job can be reasonably performed away from the office,” John Hourigan, vice president of global communications for the Centennial, Colorado-based company, wrote in a statement.  “Arrow was essentially already in compliance before (Polis’) directive.”  

Comcast, the cable giant that employs 10,000 people in Colorado, said the story is similar.

“Even before Governor Polis’ order, the decisive actions we’ve taken to implement virtual work options for the majority of our employees are enabling us to keep our employees safe,” said Leslie Oliver, a spokeswoman for Comcast said in an emailed statement. “We will continue to work with local, state and federal authorities to protect the safety and health of our employees and customers.”

Employees at Western Union’s Denver headquarters have been working from home since last week, a company spokeswoman said in an email. 

While some companies are able to respond to the changing conditions, the economic impact of effectively shutting down large sectors of the economy rippled through the state this week.

Unemployment claims surged to unprecedented levels, with the service sector bearing the brunt of the impact. About 25,000 unemployment claims have been filed in Colorado this week. Polis has pointed to economics so far as the reason for resisting placing the entire state under a shelter-in-place order. 

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