2013-10-05, 12:07 AM
Sardines Wrote:When someone is laid off, they've lost the job. When someone is furloughed, their job has been put on hold.
You can't go back to a job you've lost. You can have rational expectations of returning to a job that has been put on hold.
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Right. No other differences though? I don't know, maybe I'm missing something. Apparently from what you are saying though, it's not even as serious as I thought it was, so there are no downsides to this shutdown, they didn't really lose their jobs, just a paycheck or two. Which, hey, that sucks, but losing your job definitely sucks more.

