Originally Posted by
jungle
If they go ahead, and that is a big if, you are still far better off furloughed here than working at numerous other places. Most of us have been there and it isn't pleasant but at least you will have a job worth coming back to in the near future.
Don't give up the ship just yet.
Been there, done that furlough thing already like the "most of us" you mention.
I digress ... But at least AWA was on the verge of bankrupcy when they furloughed. And when ALPA offered a reduced guarantee to save furloughs, managemant actually told them the truth. That they would go ahead and furlough anyway even with concessions.
UPS and truthful negotiations ... ? ... I may be new, but I don't think so !
I hope you are right about coming back in the near future. But something tells me this place has a few other tricks up their sleeve if they pull the trigger on the furlough. Things that would keep folks on the street longer than "near future" recalls. Just my gut ...
Having a job worthwile job to come back to is good. But for many of us, one of the things that made this job "worth coming to" was the security. Which no longer exists for 300 of us.
At least it has been threatened ...