Furlough time has arrived!

Last night they started the furlough process. They asked for volunteers and were taking up to 40. Only 24 volunteered and so that meant that they had to start the force volunteer process. There are 322 in the department and my number at this point is 235 so I was not involved in this first one, they went to 305. There was 1 volunteer in our team and 2 forced to furlough last night. Now it is time for the worrying every night when I go to work if they will tell me it it time for my furlough. I am currently applying for all permanent jobs that I am qualified for and hopefully I will be able to get one of them and then not have to worry about it, I will keep my fingers crossed and be on my knees asking the good Lord above for help.

Furlough time is officially around the corner!

We were called into a "meeting" in the hallway and they officially gave the "5-day furlough" notice. They are right now asking for 15 volunteers to be furloughed on Friday. If they get that many (which rumor has it that there will be more than 15 willing to go) then they will not use the recall numbers. My recall number right now is 235 out of a possible 322, so I have 87 people below me that could be called out before I am. The girls in my team that were there last year said that they did not even get a warning. They showed up for work and were told that if your number is between 250 and 310 (I think that was the number) then you are furloughed, clean our your desk, leave your badge, and go home. WOW, I hope that I takes at least a few weeks before I am furloughed. The longer I stay the better we are financially speaking. I was also told that if you opened a claim for unemployment within the last year, if you have not used it all up (which I did not) then you will receive the same amount as last time until it it all used up. That will really suck because I received unemployment in March for 2 weeks and it was based on my part time job pay, YUCK!!!! Also I applied for some detail jobs, where you work for a specified amount of days in a position; the ones I applied for were a day position and a swing shift position. I was informed that they filled the positions (16 in all) with permanent employees. That really bites my ---! They know that seasonals will be leaving soon due to the season is at the end and yet they filled the positions with permanent employees so that they can add that to their resume, while the rest of us have to figure out how to survive for the next say 6 months! UGH!!!!

Well I am off to take the kids to swimming lessons!

I Like FUNDER, but not RAINGING!

This is what was said by my littlest one the other night. I wanted to laugh so hard, she just cracks me up. Her brother was all upset about the thunderstorm and we had to sit him down and explain that he would be safe inside the house and not to worry, it was just noise made by he lightening. So then we have a discussion about "funder and rainging." Evidently "rainging" is not fun because you get wet but we like to see the "lightnin" and hear the "funder." I just love my kids, they keep me laughing which helps my sanity.

Last night at work I heard a rumor that they are furloughing the mail department which in essence we will be furloughed soon, probably in about 3 to 4 weeks. I have also heard that it will most likely be the end of June so that they do not have to pay holiday pay. DARN!!! I have been enjoying my new job (have a hard time with the last couple of hours though). I have enjoyed my coworkers and being able to get out of the house. I did not realize how hard it was to work from home, but now being back in the work outside the house force, I realized that I have so much less stress, not having to worry about getting my quota every day. Now I just have to worry about what recall number I will receive and when we will be called back. My manager warned me that it could be as long as January, but it will all depend on callback numbers and how many people they need. Oh boy, now the waiting......