When furloughs aren’t what you envisioned
By anthony balderrama on Jun 15, 2009 in Featured, News, Work, Work/Life
The “Be careful what you ask for” adage has proven true for many workers in the last year. Plenty of us have wished for extra time off for work or longer weekends. Then the company announces layoffs or furloughs and we think, “Well, that’s not exactly what we meant.” When we said we wanted three-day weekends, we were thinking a few more Labor Day-esque holidays, not unpaid, mandatory time off.
This article in yesterday’s New York Times looks at employees who are forced to take furloughs, but they’re still having to work on their supposed days off. I think it’s worth a read because, if you’re in a similar situation, you can take comfort in knowing there are others out there going through the same thing. Plus, as frustrating as it is, you also see why some employers have their hands tied–fewer employees means they can’t do enough work, which means they’ll never earn the revenue needed to keep the business afloat.
Can you really be shockedthat so many workers are burned out? Not really.
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