On the evening of March 15, 2020, as the reported Coronavirus cases and deaths, and job layoffs, were increasing at a staggering exponential rate all over the country, I wrote a company-wide email to my employees offering what I hoped would be some much-needed solace and reassurance during this unprecedented crisis. I made a pledge to not layoff any employees or reduce salaries due to the Coronavirus pandemic. My message read, in part:

My pledge to our employees was made long before any announcement about possible government financial help, and continues to hold true today even without any help from the SBA. In fact, KERAMIDA continues to hire staff amidst the COVID-19 crisis, and still observed Good Friday by giving the day off as a paid Holiday to all our employees, as we have done every year.

We are here for our clients and we will continue to be here for them, intact, when the crisis is over.

Thank you,

Vicky Keramida, Ph.D.
CEO & Chief Technical Officer
KERAMIDA Inc.