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| thm_w:
--- Quote from: MapleLeaf on March 31, 2020, 10:21:43 pm ---I was just was told that my 5 days a week became a 3 day work week. But, get this, the two days that i am off i get payed full for the next 8 weeks. Something to do with the gov. After that i will have to burn vacation time. I have accumulated 300 hours of it so i am good for another few months. As long as i keep this up i get full benefits also. This may be the best summer I have had in 40 years ;D Almost as good as a sabbatical. --- End quote --- I agree, always nice to work less hours. That offer is about as good as you can get. Allowing you to use vacation hours however doesn't make sense to me, unless they want the building shut down 2 days/week. That or they have the cash to burn now knowing you'll be working full hours when its over. |
| Electro Detective:
Before people start sinking the boots in on businesses, think about this: Decent business owners cop it many ways: concern for their own families, doing the right thing for their employees, staying in business without going under and losing their homes, with little to no 'career downgrade' opportunity for a low paying employee job, to put food on the table. undecided on whether to keep going till things may get better eventually/gradually/too long, or pull the plug, close shop asap and cut losses before everything gets wiped out. ...meanwhile the rent and outgoings, bank payments/interest and employee wages need to be paid So go easy on the decent battling businesses folks :-+ and pray those businesses run by assh0les will get what's coming to them >:D |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 31, 2020, 11:26:47 pm --- Before people start sinking the boots in on businesses, think about this: Decent business owners cop it many ways: concern for their own families, doing the right thing for their employees, staying in business without going under and losing their homes, with little to no 'career downgrade' opportunity for a low paying employee job, to put food on the table. --- End quote --- I had a conversation with a relative the other day. Their business had to close but they are hellbound on keeping the employees as they will need them more than ever to chew through the backlog of work that is accumulating. I hope the bank takes it easy on their to postpone interest payments. |
| TomS_:
I have two friends that have been furloughed in the UK, although one of them was brought back in relatively quickly. He and myself are both stuck in Australia at the moment due to the resulting flight cancellations, and me personally, I am forcibly unable to work (I could to an extent, but they wont allow me to) while Im stuck here. My day job is network engineer, so mostly working at command lines etc, and that in theory can be done from the beach. There are some internal rules that prevent me from working in this situation though, as strange as it seems there may be some legalities involved (specifically about being in a foreign country to where I am employed and I surmise because Im not here for business reasons). My airline managed to get me rebooked onto a flight in early May, and Im sort of half expecting that I may be furloughed aswell. The only silver lining I see so far is they said I would continue to be paid. So not exactly lost it yet, but I feel like Im on a knifes edge, definitely not exactly enjoying my "extended holiday". |
| donotdespisethesnake:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 31, 2020, 11:26:47 pm --- Before people start sinking the boots in on businesses, think about this: Decent business owners cop it many ways: concern for their own families, doing the right thing for their employees, staying in business without going under and losing their homes, with little to no 'career downgrade' opportunity for a low paying employee job, to put food on the table. undecided on whether to keep going till things may get better eventually/gradually/too long, or pull the plug, close shop asap and cut losses before everything gets wiped out. ...meanwhile the rent and outgoings, bank payments/interest and employee wages need to be paid So go easy on the decent battling businesses folks :-+ and pray those businesses run by assh0les will get what's coming to them >:D --- End quote --- Yeah, I'm just worried for all those shareholders who might lose their dividends. |
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