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Anyone here actually furloughed? • Page 4
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richarddavies 8,312 posts
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SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYeah I know you absolutely shouldn't be doing a thing for them in legal terms. Just wondering if anyone else is being leaned on already.
I think I'm just going to do this one quick job and then refuse the rest. -
Stuz359 492 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI get asked to send a file or update someone via email every now and then but that's about it. Pretty much doing stuff on PC all day anyway. -
AboutHalfaStevas 2,765 posts
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Registered 6 years agoIt's a difficult situation - which they shouldn't be putting you in anytime, let alone now. They clearly give zero fucks about your mental well-being: make a mental note to ditch them when/if you get the opportunity. -
Anecdotal, but I have heard rumours that any company who is found to be furloughing workers and still having them work runs the risk of losing their furlough entitlement for all employees. Probably bollocks, but I thought I'd put that out there. -
Stan546 1,343 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI'm on full working from home, I usually work 1 or 2 days a week from home so it was an easy transition.
Last week was OK, this week I'm really struggling with not being on site with a team around me. Really hard to stay focused and motivated when you feel so disconnected from what's going on. I'd kill to be back in the office on site again.
I'm starting to think I wouldn't mind the furlough, but I know it won't happen as my work isn't impacted for at least 4/6 more weeks. Just gunna have to deal with it. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWe only furloughed a small number, so I didn't have to read too much on the conditions, but as I understand it.
- If you furlough staff, they cannot work for you. At all.
- If you still need some tasks doing, like essential maintenance, then don't furlough all of your staff. Work out who you need and keep paying them yourself.
- Keep contact with furloughed staff to a minimum. Occasional (maybe fortnightly) "keeping in touch" calls to check on wellbeing are ok. Conversations about potential return to work are ok. Beyond that, don't.
I'm not expert, but as the furlough scheme operates on a by-company basis, it's at least plausible that a company found to be abusing the scheme could lose eligibility for all of its staff. -
brokenkey 11,128 posts
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Registered 20 years agoQuestion for anyone furloughed and working for a company that doesn't pay by bank transfer (ie, they normally pay you with cash or cheque). Have you been told how you'll be paid?
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SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYeah I've just refused to do any more anyway. I'm happy to stay in touch but I won't be doing any further work until I'm recalled. -
Dirt3 1,775 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDoes anyone on PAYE actually get paid by cash or cheque anymore ? -
Darren 9,637 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSolidSCB wrote:
I did some work for a client I do weekly bookkeeping for normally in the office every Monday and did it today even though I'm furloughed from 1st April. It's roughly half a days work. It looks like I will be doing this for the next few weeks at least.
Yeah I know you absolutely shouldn't be doing a thing for them in legal terms. Just wondering if anyone else is being leaned on already.
I think I'm just going to do this one quick job and then refuse the rest.
I spoke to one of the director's this morning and the company are trying to give me as much work as I can do from home, although it isn't enough for me to do a full week's work and therefore I won't be on my normal full pay. At one point, it was thought I could be un-furloughed for one day per week to do this client's work and then furloughed for the other four days, presumably to make up my salary to 100% but that is apparently not possible. It's either full pay as normal or 80% furloughed apparently.
On the one hand, I am happy to do as much as I possibly can, if only to show the bosses that I want to keep my job and keep clients in business, but on the other I can see that this will be free labour for them because even if I charged out my time there is no cost to them as the Government is subsidising the 80% of my salary that I will receive.
It's a grey area really. Likely though, I will only have 1 or perhaps 2 days work per week at most and I will probably be grateful for it as it stops me getting bored at home. Weird, how this last week, I have barely watched movies and played games as I would normally do while off work. Instead, I seem to have spent most of my time just reading and watching the news to the point where it takes up most of my day. Insane really but then I find it hard to concentrate on watching a movie or playing a game when it feels like I should be working. Just feels wrong somehow. -
brokenkey 11,128 posts
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Registered 20 years agoDirt3 wrote:
Well I know how many companies there are in the UK, and how many use the bank payment schemes to pay their staff, and yes, there must be quite a lot.
Does anyone on PAYE actually get paid by cash or cheque anymore ? -
Dirt3 1,775 posts
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Registered 7 years agobrokenkey wrote:
Suprises me. Because I think these days you have to have payroll software I believe to submit PAYE returns. So if you've got and can manage that then surely bank transfer is a doddle and much simpler and safer than handling cash.
Dirt3 wrote:
Well I know how many companies there are in the UK, and how many use the bank payment schemes to pay their staff, and yes, there must be quite a lot.
Does anyone on PAYE actually get paid by cash or cheque anymore ?
I thought vans turning up full of cash on a friday to distribute to workers went out with the Sweeney. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI wonder how long I can tolerate teaching these kids online, for some reason the problem students are way more cuntish at home than in class. It's almost like I can see the reason why they're like that. -
Fonzie 3,492 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMy wife works in retail and she is off on full pay till the end of this week and then on 80%. Great for us as we aren't going out for meals/pub etc now so won't really notice the drop in wage as we won't be spending as much.
I'm also spending way less on fuel as I'm not sitting in traffic to and from work. My journey home has gone down from 90 minutes to about 35 minutes. -
Ddanno 1,888 posts
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Registered 7 years agoHMRC's view is that working whilst furloughed is fraud and they encourage you to report your employer. -
Jono62 27,356 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThat'll end well. -
beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Registered 17 years agoJust been informed that I can work from home indefinitely. Bliss! -
Singularity 3,282 posts
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Registered 18 years ago@Rogueywon Train season ticket? You can claim back anything that is unused - I cancelled my annual ticket the moment that it looked like we were going to be working from home and got 2 grand back. Pretty sure you can do it on monthlies, too.
I have 56 minutes of employment left. Today was meant to be my last day, week off, then starting at a new firm. Except new firm have pulled the offer because of all this, so I'm screwed. -
X201 22,150 posts
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Registered 16 years agoJamboWayOh wrote:
Load of BBC key stage stuff + tv channel coming online on 20th.
I wonder how long I can tolerate teaching these kids online, for some reason the problem students are way more cuntish at home than in class. It's almost like I can see the reason why they're like that.
Point them at iPlayer for a break -
simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoAll the support staff in my team are expected to work at least four hours of what would’ve been their normal working day.
So are most of the adjacent teams.
We even kept the agency temps on. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoX201 wrote:
I'm not in England. Also some of the kids are just cunts in general in the actual classroom.
JamboWayOh wrote:
Load of BBC key stage stuff + tv channel coming online on 20th.
I wonder how long I can tolerate teaching these kids online, for some reason the problem students are way more cuntish at home than in class. It's almost like I can see the reason why they're like that.
Point them at iPlayer for a break -
Our company just let everyone know that over a 1000 to go on furlough till end of may. Some are chuffed at 2 months holiday on full pay.
I'm still working, our team is busier than ever -
AboutHalfaStevas 2,765 posts
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Registered 6 years agoThis is partly the problem we have. A lot of people are seeing this as a fucking holiday.
I mean, if you were planning on spending your next holiday being shut up in the house the entire time, then yeah. If you're fine with doing nothing else other than watching telly and playing videogames while the sun shines, then go right ahead and call this a holiday.
But that's not what holiday means to most people. -
Knighty 1,326 posts
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Registered 16 years agoNo but if you offered me that instead of working, with a great chance to save up for next years holiday, I’d bite your hand off! -
X201 22,150 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI had to do my bit towards compiling the furlough data about staff yesterday. Not fun.
Although I did spot a couple of surprises in the data though e.g. one sales person exceeding their sales figures for 2019 over the last two weeks, instead of the “fall off a cliff” graph of other sales people.
Our company is topping up pay though to make sure everyone gets 100% of their pay. -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI am and have been for a month (3 weeks since I was laid off and was sick for a week prior). I work freelance in entertainment and the entire industry has been shuttered. Being freelance doesn't make it easy as my income has stopped dead but thankfully the wife is still working from home so we're fine. Plus we get a cheque each from the goverment soon.
Been bored out of my skull. -
Sherrie 1 posts
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Registered 1 year agoMany will be unable to work from home, while others will find their work drying up as entire industries grind to a halt. But many companies will be reluctant to let their employees go altogether. -
Gibroon 2,658 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThere have a few furloughed at my work this month, I'll be furloughed in May for a month. Prefer that tbh, we have been asked to take an unpaid day a week for Q2 so we are all effectively on 80% pay anyway. -
Just been informed that from tomorrow I'm on furlough but still on full pay.
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