One of my coworkers was crying. She sits in Indiana. I am in Illinois. I'll call her "Donna." All of us work from our homes, including each of our managers.
I got another message..this time from "Golda" (in North Carolina). She was panicking. She said that our employer, a super sized IT services provider, has made a decision to cut everyone's pay by 15%.
I said this is probably a rumor -- and you shouldn't worry.
Then I got the presentation describing the pay cut and the reasons why we were getting it.