Welcome to Boss Files. I'm Poppy Harlow. We are all living in a new normal right now. Our world feels

completely turned upside down in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and there is so much uncertainty.

So for the next few weeks, Boss Files will be bringing you the voices of leaders from all around the world,

talking with us about how

they're coping and leading their teams and their businesses through this crisis.

From so many anticipated layoffs to skyrocketing unemployment to a downstock market,

we're having tough conversations about what this new normal looks like for businesses,

for workers, and for our economy.

To kick off our series, which we're calling Boss Files, a test of leadership, Facebook's

C-O-O Cheryl Sandberg, joined me. Here's our conversation.

Cheryl, thank you so much for doing this.

I'm so glad to be with you, Poppy, and I just hope everyone out

who's listening is healthy and safe and doing all right. This is hard for everyone.

It is Wednesday evening, March 18th. I'm at home, working from home. You're at home.

This is our new reality. And I just want to jump in with big picture. How is coronavirus

affecting Facebook, your employees? I know some of your employees have contracted it. And we hope

they're doing okay. What does this mean for you guys, big picture? Oh my God. It really affects

every aspect of what we do and also every aspect of like our personal lives, right? So

I think at the highest level, we're just really focused on keeping our services up and running

and making sure people get, you know, good information. Mark announced this morning a coronavirus

information center, a new hub. We are aggressively taking down any harmful misinformation on COVID-19, working really

closely with the WHO, the CDC, local health authorities to get people the right information.

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