HI54UNI wrote:93henfan wrote:
<serious 93henfan speaking> We'll be OK. It's only 20% and the duration was cut in half. I do feel bad for those your age who are taking the cut. I know a new employee with $60K in student loans to repay. Youch.
<not serious 93henfan speaking> If you would just shave the beard, get the eyebrows worked on, shower daily, use deodorant, and start wearing traditional western garb to interviews, you might start getting some bites.
Can you pick how you handle your furlough days? The state of Iowa did furloughs a couple years ago. I know a guy that figured out if he took them all in a row rather than spacing them out he would be eligible for unemployment so that is what he did.
And I'll donate once my wife gets back the permanent 20% pay cut she took 1.5 years ago.
But your wife is probably a tough person. I'm a Government employee. I'm not used to such adversity!
My particular chain of command has mandated a single down day each week for the unit: Friday. I am off every Friday anyway, so instead of working four tens, I now work four eights. Some commands are allowing people to manage the days themselves, but the caveat is that if they take all of their furlough days and then the furlough gets farther reduced later, they don't get paid for those days. So, nobody I know of has chosen that option.
There is a decent chance that the furlough will be reduced even more. The Navy went on the record a couple of months ago that it did not need to furlough civilians, because it could offset the cuts elsewhere. I believe the USAF was in the same boat. Hagel, however, wanted all of DoD to feel the pain equally.