Anyone else being furloughed?

[gretchenindisguise]

Mine starts on Friday.

First Friday could be fun.

2nd not so much.

11th damn near horrible I think.

Yay sequester. fml.

[joenali]

We had some furlough days last year and the year before. Not due to the sequester though. We had half days. We had to be out of the school by noon, can't check email or do work from home, because if we did we would have to be paid. Ummm, we take work home all of the time and don't get paid, it was ridiculous.

[gretchenindisguise]

Jul 7, 2013 22:59:29 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

H is. It's not going to be easy to be down 20% salary (I sahm) for 3 months.

We're just trying to look at it as extra family time, and make the best of it while pinching our pennies.

Fun times. Lol.

Yeah, I'm the breadwinner. It's going to be great.

I think if it continues into August, I'm going to have to pull L from preschool on Fridays. 

[snipsnsnails]

Not through the Furlough Fridays, but for the 2nd year in a row, they've worked in a week of furlough days throughout the year for DH's company. Lots of government contracts on hold. : /

[joenali]

Jul 7, 2013 23:17:41 GMT -5 tators said:

Yes, 14 coming up. I however lucked out. I make the lowest you can make and they cant pay me less than that, so I get paid time off. It is not so great for the teachers that have been there longer. Its a shitty situation.

Yikes!! 14??? We had 3 spread out over two years.

[joenali]

Jul 7, 2013 23:24:09 GMT -5 tators said:

Jul 7, 2013 23:18:21 GMT -5 joenali said:

Yikes!! 14??? We had 3 spread out over two years.

Oh yeah, you know when your district fucks up and somehow loses almost 6 million, youve got to make it up somewhere .

Spread out over a year. They also had teachers do "volunteer" furlough days last spring. Its a mess.

Holy crap, I thought it was bad in my district!! Have the parents been livid??

[joenali]

Jul 7, 2013 23:31:04 GMT -5 tators said:

Jul 7, 2013 23:26:03 GMT -5 joenali said:

Holy crap, I thought it was bad in my district!! Have the parents been livid??

Yes, they have been pretty supportive of teachers though. Its been insane, like teachers paying for copies out of pocket, oh we havent had subs- we sub for each other, shit like that. Its just awesome. If I didnt love my admin I would be out.

Wow! That is just insane! My district looks golden compared to yours. Kudos for sticking around during a shitty situation!