Issue link: https://resources.genetec.com/i/1316272
State of Physical Security 2020 Genetec Inc. 18 Please select the top 3 challenges faced by your organization as a result of the pandemic • Capacity shortage. • Employees entering the office to pickup/work from office. • It is challenging to maintain social distancing. • Continuous upgrading. • Privacy regulations. • Mobile badge solution. • Little income. • No major challenges or impact to business. • Maintaining existing system. • Remote technical support. • Telework improvement / facilitation. • Termination of projects. • Low budget. What HR challenges have been encountered as a result of the pandemic (Please select all that apply)? • New working conditions, social distancing. • Work load. • Finding enough substitute teachers and staff. • Unfilled vacancies. • Reduced wages. • Equipment shortages. • Employee productivity. • Non replacement of retired or fixed term employees. • Overtime limitations. • Hospital -> Quick access changes to protect residents. • Leave of absence for vulnerable persons. • Replacement of infected and isolated employees. Lack of staff. • Virtual trainings; virtual meetings; virtual presentations. • Dissatisfaction of employees at having to work in a pandemic. • Control of capacity, control of people authorized to work by crew, sanitary controls of temperature taking, use of masks. As a result of the pandemic what percentage of your physical security operations staff were set up to work remotely? • None because we were deemed essential service. • We do not have Security Guards. We have safety officers at our project sites. Our HR and Admin team manage the CCTV and Access control systems, including badging for Time Attendance. • Security officers onsite. All other staff work from home. • All staff, include security operations center are remote. • Only critical employees were working, non-mission critical did not work. • We lost half our staff due to cutbacks. • No teleworking possible for the teams in charge of security operations. • Our hospitals continued to provide the same services during the pandemic. • Only administrative personnel work remotely. Have physical security projects been delayed due to pandemic? • Government physical security projects were put on hold. • Pandemic has changed the way we operate with other involved parties which includes longer delays for plan and review responses. Slower to approve or deny applications. • Camera install crews unable to enter remote locations or travel across state lines. • None. • Only by 4 months - projects have restarted and are in progress. • Budget concerns have downsized some projects. • Suppliers stopping activities. • New projects to rollout due to the pandemic. • Cancellation of improvement projects.