40 hours of doing something else...

So the mothership, in a move many of you are more than familiar with, dropped a sweet 40-hour furlough on us this week.

I'm looking for temporary work options for a couple reasons.

1. I can't afford to just lose all that time.
2. To stick it to the man. If they want me not to be there for 40 hours, I'm going to give them what they want.

I plan to call some landscapers and see if they need a week-long temp, and I've got a few other irons in the fire as well. Just wondering if any of you have done anything similar in that situation.

I'm not Bartles or James... but I thank you for your support.

 

How much notice did you get about the furlough? Was it dropped on you all of a sudden, or did you have ample time to find a temp gig?

 

Start a pr0n Web site.

 

No rumblings, no nothing until Monday. Just a nice little gift via e-mail.

 

Beats the permanent furlough a lot of people at my place got.

 

Man. Three days notice? That blows.

Tis the season for yard work, though. I'm sure you'll find something there.

Good luck.

 

I've mentioned this before, but my sister owns a few bars in my hometown, so I'm spending my five-day furlough working for her. And enjoying a long Memorial Day weekend as well.

 

When is your furlough?

 

We had the same thing in my office, though they had the decency to give us a two-month window and let us pick a week. I took mine last week, though all I did with the time was hang out with the family and relax.

The forced furloughs are bad enough. To do it with such limited notice and no flexibility truly sucks.

 

Just go to the local Randstadt office and stand out on the sidewalk. Apparently people find work that way.

 

During what normally would have been vacation last March, I took a 2-week temporary job in the ticket office at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament.

With the layoff ax hanging over me, I decided I simply could not enjoy the tournament as a fan this year as I had been doing the previous 15 years. So I made a little extra money, made a couple of contacts, and stayed busy and kept my otherwise job-depressed mind occupied.

At least they didn't consider me "overqualified" and ignore me.

 

Is your sister single? Um, a friend was just wondering.