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What do people who understand the furlough scheme think will happen once the 12 week allowance is up? If we still cannot return to offices?
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  • bradders1983
    bradders1983 Posts: 5,684 Forumite
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    Havent you already started a thread to ask this question?
  • bradders1983
    bradders1983 Posts: 5,684 Forumite
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    My mistake. This is the third thread now. What was wrong with this one?

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6139702/furlough-approaching-the-end/p1
  • col81
    col81 Posts: 338 Forumite
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    Yes not many ideas as to what may happen. What do you think? Sorry I'm just scared 
  • bradders1983
    bradders1983 Posts: 5,684 Forumite
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    People have answered you in the two existing threads. 
  • suki1964
    suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite
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    col81 said:
    Yes not many ideas as to what may happen. What do you think? Sorry I'm just scared 
    Scared of what?

    You will either go back to work somehow, be that at home or on reduced hours or shift patterns, or you will end up on UC. The country cant afford to be paying people 80% of their wages forever. Your company needs to be making the changes needed to get back open and working
  • Mrsn
    Mrsn Posts: 1,430 Forumite
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    Nobody has a crystal ball for these things.

    I work in a school and have much uncertainty as to what will happen going forward. It’s the same principle really, I have no control and will just have to go with it.... Suki is right we cannot keep furlough going forever and people are going to have to accept that we need to start getting back on track.
  • poppy12345
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    No one can answer your continuous questions because we can't see into the future. As advised on your other thread, people have already started to return to work. You could be asked to return anytime.
  • just_trying
    just_trying Posts: 1,010 Forumite
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    Mrsn said:
    Nobody has a crystal ball for these things.

    I work in a school and have much uncertainty as to what will happen going forward. It’s the same principle really, I have no control and will just have to go with it.... Suki is right we cannot keep furlough going forever and people are going to have to accept that we need to start getting back on track.

    Yes, we will but a bit ironic coming from someone who's been claiming universal credit from the government  for a while! 

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  • jayzor
    jayzor Posts: 65 Forumite
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    What exactly do you sell? Obviously this will have an effect as some markets will take longer to pick up that others.
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