I'm getting 90% to do nothing.

PixelPound

Thrugelmir said:

ToxicWomble said:

Many of us in the NHS feel that lots of people are getting an 80% paid holiday whilst again it will be us that are expected to pay for it via another decade of wage freezes.

Without the private sector there is no one to create the wealth to pay the tax. That will pays your wages and ultimately your pension on retirement.  This a crisis far worse than the last one. 

There are many people still working in private companies, even if from home, that won't be furloughed and may well feel similar, especially as it's compounded by the mentality of people staying home spouting at needing stuff to do to relieve the boredom. 

After this is over and they need to look at taxes etc, they really also need to look at the value they place on key workers who often get paid a lot less that those at home, whether working or furloughed.

suki1964

I know as a NMW earner who has had to work throughout this, Im going to be mighty peed off if the government comes after my wage packet looking to recoup what its. paid out in furlough

clive0510

who's nmw?

ToxicWomble

That’s just a whole new level OP

calcotti

clive0510 said:

who's nmw?

National Minimum Wage

sharpe106

suki1964 said:

I know as a NMW earner who has had to work throughout this, Im going to be mighty peed off if the government comes after my wage packet looking to recoup what its. paid out in furlough

They most certainly will be. Even if not from wage packet, will find some other way to take it from you. 

Whiterose23

As a furloughed employee in the private sector, I am more worried about whether i'll have a  job to return to rather than 'enjoying' being furloughed. I think the OP was simply stating his position, which is a strange situation to be in ... I find it the whole furlough scheme very worrying. It seems too generous and I think many  companies are taking advantage of it whether they needed to or not.

P1

SXX said:

ToxicWomble said:

Kind of wish I could be In your situation - sadly, I work for the NHS is we are busier than ever.
Sadly, when this is all over there will a massive bill to be paid for all these 80%s the government is paying and guess who will be paying it back.

Sadly those people who qualified for furlough but were refused or those to fell through the cracks will pay for bailing out even though they were not bailed out themselves.

I'm glad they got it though.  What a great boss!  I'm getting zero pay because my colleagues are still working, using public transport and sitting 2 or 3 people per van, for journeys up to an hour and a half at a time!  I don't think thats a good idea.  However, their foolhardiness and stupidity means I don't qualify for a penny in help from anywhere, so its nice to read about this guy!.    

PixelPound

Whiterose23 said:

As a furloughed employee in the private sector, I am more worried about whether i'll have a  job to return to rather than 'enjoying' being furloughed. I think the OP was simply stating his position, which is a strange situation to be in ... I find it the whole furlough scheme very worrying. It seems too generous and I think many  companies are taking advantage of it whether they needed to or not.

I'm not sure it wasn't because the OP was getting 90% rather than the standard 80%.
As it is 80% to "do nothing" I suppose many people have accepted it as much like an extended holiday, maybe if they had set it lower to say 50% or limited it to NMW there would have been a lot more resistance. It was obviously done to minimise the damage to finances (there have been posts saying that when taking into account the money saved from not commuting they are financially better off!!) and it was acknowledged that it was open to abuse but the priority was getting people on the scheme rather than putting blocks and checks t prevent misuse that would delay it.

They have probably used furlough as it is a little used term from employment law that was relatively unknown by most people. As another poster has commented the term used by most prior to the outbreak would have been temporary laid off - but in the public psyche the term lay-off has negative connotations so if the government had forced places to stay shut and announced a scheme to allow firms to temporary lay off staff there would have been a lot more resistance.