say suzy is about to get laid off. you and 8 of your coworkers can save her job by cutting 5 hours off of your own schedule for 6 months.


would you do it?

Are we truly saving her job or simply delaying the inevitable?

Byron said:

saving her job

Nope

luv4u said:

Fury said:

Yes

"by cutting 5 hours off of your own schedule for 6 months."

Fury said:

Then yeah, I would ...

For the record, where are those 5 hours being cut from? lol...is it 5 hours a week? A month? A day?

Byron said:

week..let's say you lose $50/wk $200/mth

Byron said:

I figured a week ....

Oh, and let me just add, this woman who's job I'm saving?...She better be DAMN worth it lol ...No quitting 7 months down the road because she got a better offer!! And she has to have 5 hours (at LEAST) cut from her work schedule, too ...

Byron said:

Fury said:

I'm just sayin'!! lol...How much would that suck to have her come into the office after 6 months and say "Thanks, guys, for sacrificing part of your paychecks for me so that I could keep working here! Oh, and by the way, I quit. I'm going to go work for the competition for more money now. Thanks again, though!"

Byron said:

or how aboutthe tension in the office...and you know somebody just waiting to say "bitch i'm paying your salary, get to work"

If this person is entertaining,helps make the day go by faster,buys me lunch a few times a week

yes

Fury said:

Exactly lol...

Hmm, maybe I should change my answer lol

I don't think I would. If you think about it, it would probably only be a temporary thing and there would probably still be a layoff.

ThreadCula said:

if she buys you lunch, aren't really just buying your own lunch?

I'm blessed right now to be in a position where I could do this and not really feel a pinch. I'd do it in a heartbeat, whether it was a permanent fix or not.

Now if I were in a tighter financial spot, I'd honestly have more to think about. I may be inclined to do it, but I'd have to consider my family and consult with my wife.

if a comp is this stupid to think hard times may not come then its the bosses who should do everything to help not the workers. Cut back on those aholes who get paid to do nothing but have a title.

Absloutly.

at my company, all employees took 2 weeks unpaid leave to try and keep a co-worker, but he still got laid off within a few months

I don't like my co-workers that much...sorry.

even the decent ones got flaws I can't overlook.

Nope. And not because i'm selfish or only thinking of myself, its because they will get laid off anyway. I had a co-worker (a good friend of mine now) in which we both were in danger of losing out jobs. Well we both found jobs elsewhere before the layoff occurred, and guess what...a year later she gets laid off the new job. It tough out here, but you never know if you are the one to go even while helping someone else who maybe getting laid off.

missfee said:

We actually in real life had close to this scenario....

I and my coworkers were told that if we all didn't take an additional 2 weeks off this year (paid time off from banked earned hours, or unpaid, it didn't matter), that several of us would be laid off, and the layoffs would be based on start date of employment and nothing else...

I already knew, based on my employment start date, that I was safe, and most people are senior to me as it is, but nevertheless, we all took the requested 2 extra weeks of leave this year, and nobody got fired. It's a small sacrifice to make...

It's not always the worst employees that lose their jobs, and I would have expected the same thing from my coworkers if my job was at risk.

Fury said:

hell no, i can't stand suzy

It would depend on how much of a cut it was--if I could still pay my bills, etc. then yes, I would like to try to. I would hope that others would do the same for me. Karma and all that, ya know?

Yeah, I'd do it.

I've taken furloughs (days without pay) to save jobs, granted it was a large employee base so the furlough was only 4 days a year. Now 5 hours per week, at this point, and I've got a couple kid going to college, that's a rough one. That's 32.5 days vs. 4 per year that's a major bite out of one's income.

in all seriousness, i would do it in theory, but in my present environment, i wouldn't do it. it's just not that kind of party where i work. we don't sacrifice for each other like that. there are jobs i've had in the past where i would have done it in a heartbeat, though.

sure