Gilbarco Veeder-Root is closely monitoring updates regarding COVID-19 to ensure the safety of our employees and to minimize the impact on our customers.
The COVID-19 coronavirus is having a profound impact on every industry—including ours. We are aware of the uncertainty and want to share what we're doing here at Gilbarco to help address this.
Out of an abundance of caution for the safety and well-being of our employees and their families, Gilbarco has banned all non-essential travel globally. Any exceptions to the travel ban will require senior leadership approval and will be limited to only instances that are essential to business operation and that can only be accomplished in person—and not via remote communication—and which don’t create any undue health risks.
At Gilbarco’s Greensboro campus a measure has been employed to reduce person-to-person contact to minimize any potential spread of the virus. We are practicing social distancing to reduce contact among individuals and ensure work spaces are not congested, large group meetings are not held, and the concentration of people in close spaces is minimized. With these goals in mind, we are taking a variety of steps to stagger start times, breaks and lunch breaks, conduct virtual meetings, and ensure working areas are less concentrated.
Additionally, we have identified groups of workers who are able do their jobs remotely to reduce the number of people in the Greensboro facility. The goal of this action is to improve the health and safety for all employees who are required to be in the facility to ensure production continues with minimum interruption.