The company that DP works for furloughed a huge percentage of their staff and have now made a number of redundancies from this group too. DH has thankfully kept hold of his job but he did have to take a 15% pay cut, so not far off that for those who were furloughed. He has continued to work throughout lockdown. He worked long hours before Covid and his hours have now increased (with no increase in pay) as he is one of only a few people to be on the payroll plus working from home means there is no real end point to his working day.
What he is really struggling with is resentment 😬 towards those who were furloughed for 5+ months. He has been under a lot of stress from clients and all he has seen is the highlight reel from his colleagues. For example, they invited him to a zoom chat in the middle of the working day early on in lockdown. He was busy trying to juggle work and every one of his team sat on the meeting drinking a beer and talking about going for walks in the sunshine, binge watching something on Netflix and enjoying not having to work. His social media was full of colleagues sat in their gardens, enjoying a drink with their feet in the paddling pool. Most have now returned to work, refreshed after a long break from work and DP is more stressed than ever. He is so down about it and resentful and I'm struggling to get him out of it. I have pointed out that he is bloody lucky to still have a job and that millions of people are in his positioned having continued to work (me included!!) throughout lockdown. Anyone else felt like he does? I'm struggling to understand tbh!
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One of only a few that weren't furloughed - help me to understand DH's POV.
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WeatherObsessed · 09/09/2020 17:43
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