I didn’t even know what that meant
Looks like I have a little time off on my hands coming up. Read here for details.
And do you know what “furlough” means? I didn’t before 1:00 today.
It’s amazing what one email can do (and how much it can change your way of life.)
I’ve got to head out, but there will be more later….
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To continue my earlier post…..
I’ve used the word “furlough” in many different ways this evening. I seem to be finding the humor during this very tough time. I’ve been furloughed, furloughing and I need to furlough. My time off will be a furlough. It can be everything – noun, adjective, verb. The word works well in any sentence.
According to my dictionary (which Mai went directly to when we got back to my house tonight), furlough is a leave of absence and was specifically referenced to in a prison sentence sort of way. Hmmmm…..what does that say?
According to wikipedia: furlough is a temporary leave of absence, especially from duty in the armed services or from a prison term.
Again, there’s that prison term.
Sometimes furlough is a vacation. Not in this case, but I have to make the best of it.
My time off is not to be interrupted by email or phone calls related to work. Should be interesting. I don’t remember my last vacation that didn’t involve me not answering a phone call or checking my work email.
If I take a week off (5 consecutive days), I can go ahead and file for unemployment and skip that week waiting period should this happen again in the second quarter. If I take the 5 days off sporadically, I lessen the impact on my wallet for several weeks. Sure it’s the same amount of money, but to think that I’ll just miss half a paycheck one week is a little much to wrap my head around. Oh, and with the sporadic 5 days, I don’t get to file for unemployment. (You can read about everything here, too) If you google furlough, Gannett makes it in the top 3 of the search listing.
What to do, what to do.
For now, I’ll just furlough myself into bed.
how are you taking yours? I sorta knew what it meant. Going to be interesting….in terms of finances and production, of course!
Soo, I was reading the article and this part ” a furloughed employee must strictly observe a no-work rule, not even “reading or responding to e-mails, calling or responding to calls from colleagues” is so crazy! You can’t even read email? I hope yours is seperate from work, or I guess we’ll just be chattin it up on the antique phone. Sorry to hear about all that =(
My personal email is completely separate from work. That’s basically saying if someone from the C-T called me at all during my five days of furlough, the furlough would be null and void. No contact whatsoever. And I get to spread my 5 days across the next 12 or so weeks.
I know what you mean about calls when off.
i think you should take your furlough, and find a bunch of applications to fill out.
I think I agree with Steph.