Up to now the plan was to be home for two weeks as per our governor. My store is closed and I am on paid leave. Our company foresees up to eight weeks of paid leave, if needed.
But things change so fast in these days.
Today our company informed us that we will be on furlough as from Wednesday, April 1st ( No, don’t even think April Fools Joke………. ).
It was quite a shock. I will have to apply for Unemployment Insurance (Gina and Wilhelm is doing that too). BUT I will have a job – I stay employed and the company will maintain our benefits – I just do not get paid.
All this makes my head spin – what happens at my store and my employees and my own admin there, what has to be done (EVERYTHING is non-routine), things to remember, trying to get relevant info to react to our new environment, etc. etc. etc..
To calm down a bit, I wrote this, deliberately by hand:
My handwriting still needs a lot of practice….! I even got the date wrong – it is supposed to be 3/30/2020.