# FURLOUGH!!!

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**Created:** [May 29, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/furlough/267110 "2013-05-29T12:11:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/furlough/267110/28 "2013-05-29T12:41:30Z")

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> [@Beat the caption! \*\*\*WINNER POST #97\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beat-the-caption-winner-post-97/52869/11):
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> truthfully theyre sometimes paying me to sit on my ass for 5 hours instead of sending me to a job for possibly a few extras hours of time and a half.
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> Doesnt make much sense to pay me to not make them money instead of paying me to make them money and paying me a little OT.
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> We’ve been a little slower this month than previous months but alot of it has to do with contracts and scheduling since most of the work I do is prepaid except service calls.

then that’s the difference between employee retention with quantifiable losses VS firing then rehiring/training a replacement when they say sorry we dont need your services one day and ohh shit we are short staffed now that it picked back up the next day.

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