We're sure you were shocked as we were when the SBA announced late last night that they are reopening the SVOG application tomorrow - on a Saturday!
The SBA has been preaching that they want to give fair and equitable access to ALL applications. Well, we're calling bullshit on bullshit.
By launching the application portal on Saturday, there are many venue operators and promoters that are unable to apply including:
- Sabbath observers
- Other religious groups that consider Saturday a holy day
- Parents that cannot find day-care for their children on last minutes notice
- Applicants that cannot pay overtime to staff to come in on Saturday
- Applicants that have previously scheduled commitments they cannot change on a days notice
This decision by the SBA also does a disservice to the hard-working employees who have been busting their ass the past 13 months to help small businesses get the funds they need in order to stay afloat during the pandemic.
We are pleading to the SBA to please reconsider this decision and move the launch date to Monday in order to give equitable access to all applicants.
Please sign this petition to support this move!
Dani, Gwendolyn & Madison
31 Comments
This is unacceptable. Less than 24 hours notice - I have a very special family event. You are forcing me to choose between family and my livelihood. This is unacceptable for so many reason. Move this to Monday please.
Months to prepare, day of is a failure. I believe a weeks notice should be implemented to reassign resources and personnel. 48 hours notice and forcing personnel across the United States to work the weekend because of your failure... unbelievable and unacceptable.
Announcing the reopening date of Saturday for the SVOG portal on Thursday, with no additional guidance published at the time of announcement, is simply irresponsible. Disrespectful to peoples time, and ignores the human element of those feeling the worst economic effects that this very grant is supposed to address! MOVE IT TO MONDAY PLEASE
The SBA needs to move the reopening of the portal to a weekday! I am grateful for the opportunity to apply for SVOG funds to support the organization that I manage, but doing so is not my only professional or personal obligation. So a sudden Saturday re-launch and the drop of a new 50-page application guide with less than 24 hours notice is disastrous. This rollout has not been equitable or reasonable.
Equitable access means including sabbath observers, parents, and business owners who rely on their weekday workforce. Please consider making this change!
So much for 'advanced' notice on the reopening.
The fact that the SBA would open up this portal on a NON-business day is absurd! As if we aren't already being thrown to the wolves, let's open this on a day when we will have zero professional help. PLEASE move this to Monday!!
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We're sure you were shocked as we were when the SBA announced late last night that they are reopening the SVOG application tomorrow - on a Saturday!
The SBA has been preaching that they want to give fair and equitable access to ALL applications. Well, we're calling bullshit on bullshit.
By launching the application portal on Saturday, there are many venue operators and promoters that are unable to apply including:
- Sabbath observers
- Other religious groups that consider Saturday a holy day
- Parents that cannot find day-care for their children on last minutes notice
- Applicants that cannot pay overtime to staff to come in on Saturday
- Applicants that have previously scheduled commitments they cannot change on a days notice
This decision by the SBA also does a disservice to the hard-working employees who have been busting their ass the past 13 months to help small businesses get the funds they need in order to stay afloat during the pandemic.
We are pleading to the SBA to please reconsider this decision and move the launch date to Monday in order to give equitable access to all applicants.
Please sign this petition to support this move!
Dani, Gwendolyn & Madison
31 Comments
A Saturday opening without changing the "first come, first served" policy is bad for: -- anyone who observes the Jewish sabbath -- anyone with pre-existing family or other obligations that are intentionally scheduled to avoid the work week -- any venue that relies on an accounting service that isn't available weekends On top of which, announcing a Saturday opening on Thursday night provides only one business day to read dozens of pages of revised materials to see what has changed and to pull new data if needed.
This is unacceptable. Less than 24 hours notice - I have a very special family event. You are forcing me to choose between family and my livelihood. This is unacceptable for so many reason. Move this to Monday please.
Months to prepare, day of is a failure. I believe a weeks notice should be implemented to reassign resources and personnel. 48 hours notice and forcing personnel across the United States to work the weekend because of your failure... unbelievable and unacceptable.
Announcing the reopening date of Saturday for the SVOG portal on Thursday, with no additional guidance published at the time of announcement, is simply irresponsible. Disrespectful to peoples time, and ignores the human element of those feeling the worst economic effects that this very grant is supposed to address! MOVE IT TO MONDAY PLEASE
The SBA needs to move the reopening of the portal to a weekday! I am grateful for the opportunity to apply for SVOG funds to support the organization that I manage, but doing so is not my only professional or personal obligation. So a sudden Saturday re-launch and the drop of a new 50-page application guide with less than 24 hours notice is disastrous. This rollout has not been equitable or reasonable.
Equitable access means including sabbath observers, parents, and business owners who rely on their weekday workforce. Please consider making this change!
So much for 'advanced' notice on the reopening.
The fact that the SBA would open up this portal on a NON-business day is absurd! As if we aren't already being thrown to the wolves, let's open this on a day when we will have zero professional help. PLEASE move this to Monday!!
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A Saturday opening without changing the "first come, first served" policy is bad for: -- anyone who observes the Jewish sabbath -- anyone with pre-existing family or other obligations that are intentionally scheduled to avoid the work week -- any venue that relies on an accounting service that isn't available weekends On top of which, announcing a Saturday opening on Thursday night provides only one business day to read dozens of pages of revised materials to see what has changed and to pull new data if needed.