to be irrationally annoyed with the furloughed?

[awaywiththecircus]

I know I am but I'm jealous that they have all day to lie in the sun, home educate their dc, bake, sew, watch TV whilst I'm busier than ever trying to do it all whilst working from home.
I heard on the radio it's going to cost £50 billion over 3 months and I feel annoyed that the economy is totally f**d because we're paying everyone's salaries, and they're at home doing nothing.
I also know none of this is anyone's fault and IABU.

I’m a bit at the many furloughed people who’ve said they are bored. Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done.

My understanding is you can get another job while on furlough so long as you can go back to your old job as soon as they need you to.
As soon as schools open I'll be looking for a temporary job.
Im not getting 80%, neither are my colleagues or lots of other people who work in hospitality because tips and bonuses are not included in the calculation even though we pay tax on them.
Tips usually make 30% of my wages, sometimes more.

I’m jealous of them too

My ds has been furloughed but he’s still wfh as technically he’s a trainee

I can't imagine anyone on furlough is revelling in it. It's an anxious time of feeling very insecure...how do you not get that!
I'm currently furloughed and I'm incredibly fortunate that I know I'm heading back into employment next month when a project kicks off that I'm down to work on, but if that project had failed to take off, where would I be...would I have a job to come back to? I imagine that's the view of most people on furlough.

Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done.

Like what when the shops are all shut??? I've got bits done in the garden and house but only as I had some paint and materials left over. People get vilified for "non essential" trips to B&q so what would you have us do???

Jealousy isn't an attractive quality. We didn't ask for this. Also it's our jobs not yours at risk of redundancy at the end of this

Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done

Like what? Genuinely what are these huge amounts of productive things furloughed workers can get done about the house?

I got all my house stuff done in the first week because nothing really needed doing, my house is clean and tidy and topped up every day but it takes an hour max. I can't go anywhere other than to exercise and grocery shop.

It's not a holiday, I can't nip out to see friends, get my hair done, go for nice things to eat. I'm sat in my house either looking after bored kids or on my own with a very limited amount of things to do.

Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done

People need to factor in the impact of anxiety and grief on productivity.

@awaywiththecircus have you read any of the responses on here??
You are being incredibly insensitive.
Normally I operate at 100 mph, juggling work, kids, house.
Have had rug pulled from under my feet THROUGH NO CHOICE OF MY OWN.
I have no motivation to do anything and also think that when I am made redundant, I'll have months to clean, tidy, etc so what's the point now. It's not like I'm going to walk into another job anytime soon.
This is why its NOT a holiday but clearly you struggle to understand what people are facing here. Loss of income = possible loss of family home for example.
Does that make you feel better?

Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done

Let's see now
House cleaned to within an inch of it's life...done
garden weeded, tidied, lawn mowed....done
Umm..... nope that's it, nothing more that can be done so what do you suggest?
Baking....can't get flour
Batch cooking....no where to freeze it
Decorate the house....can't get the supplies (no diy stores within 20 miles).

So yeah I'm bored.

I'd like to not be working but I wouldn't like the massive pay cut and subsequent inability to pay my bills so, yes you are being unreasonable.

I’m a bit hmm at the many furloughed people who’ve said they are bored. Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done.

So it’s ok for you to feel jealous but not for others to feel bored?

Personally I have a lot of diy to do but I can’t a) buy paint etc or b) afford it because I have been furloughed. Luckily I do have ongoing projects to work on but after a while they grind to a halt due to lack of supplies. I don’t get bored but I can see how other people do. Plus there is the constant nagging anxiety that you might be unemployed imminently.

I can't help but feel the op is just goading people. 13 pages of responses and her take away is that furloughed people are bored and need to be more productive.

I’m a bit hmm at the many furloughed people who’ve said they are bored. Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done.

What you mean like the gardening and decorating that people who think we're all just having one big holiday complain about us having time to do at their expense because they're paying our wages while we fuck about in the garden and with a paint brush? That's assuming that you have paint or can get any without facing a lynch mob. And of course doesn't factor in people like me who with the doors shut, their companies have no income at all, I have gone without any wages for 6 weeks (and yes I had a modest amount of fucking savings for you holier than thou twits as they paid some of the rent and other bits for the last 6 weeks but they're about gone) so can't afford it.
I have cleaned and rearranged everything in the damned house.
I volunteer for a local group 3/4 days a week.
I would normally be working between 40 and 60 hours a week, especially with this weather. From now until September is where we make what will see us through winter when it's quiet. We're not going to have that now.
Can't go anywhere or do anything because everything is bloody shut.
With no fucking money and no fucking access to stuff and every fucker complaining about how fucking easy life is on furlough, there's pretty much nothing left!
Oh not to mention the abusive notes and neighbours shouting shit when I go out to volunteer because they think I'm breaking the fucking rules.

You know what I did have the utmost sympathy for those who had to continue working through this, I really felt for them. Now I don't, because if I'm painted as a lazy and entitled twat when the reality is so different then fuck you as well. Don't see why I should try and see things from someone else's pov when I'm being vilified for stuff that's not even true!

I agree @Notverybright.
I'm fed up of the posters on this and previous threads talking about "the furloughed" and suggesting what they should/should not be doing.
Today I will be lying in the garden in the sunshine, thank you.

OP I understand were you are coming from, I'm not furloughed but most of my friends are, they are in safe industries and know they have a job to go back to, they are also treating it as a holiday at home as our WhatsApp group shows. I'm struggling working at home with my teen with ASD who has got worse over time and I can't get support as everything is closed. I'm having sleepless nights stressing about the next day. I don't finish work till 11 as I have to stop so often to manage my teen. I've even requested to be furloughed, my workplace is understanding but cant. My mobility is worse as I cant do my physio which means I'm also in pain, hobbling around the house most of the day.

I go through days were I hate my life and decide I will hand in my resignation to grateful that I have a secure job. It is frustrating when you have friends who are having a great time, with no cares whilst you barely have time to breathe.

I must admit I do roll my eyes a bit when people clearly on massive salaries moan about the amount they get. I’d have thought earning a decent salary might have meant most people would try and build up a nest egg to use for a rainy day.

Pregnant and furloughed here. Terrified I may have no job, no maternity pay and no security at the end of all this. I’m the only income for my household.
My office hasn’t shut, there is just no work for me and won’t be for a very long time.

What exactly do you want me to do to make YOU feel better? I don’t even have a fucking garden.

How’s can you be bored?

Some people really aren’t getting this. Being furloughed for this length of time is no time a holiday.

I work in hospitality We were told to close, the whole industry has closed! No choice at all! THE whole class company is furloughed. I’m going to be furloughed for a while yet according to reports that the hospitality industry will be the last to open,, I can’t go get another job as that was part of the furlough agreement.

No holiday for me as I’m a student still doing college work to qualify this summer. I also have been offered a new job and don’t know whether that offer still will stand! It’s such a Worrying time .

I’m not sure why people cant focus on their own lives rather than being jealous or annoyed at other people situation! Concentrate on your own family and your own situation.

Hopefully we might get a change to the NHS out of it and a smaller state and perhaps payment up front for NHS services for those over weight and thus at more risk of covid 19 but I won't hold my breath.

More fat bashing. You really are a vile human being. Why stop there? What about smokers, alcoholics, people who use sunbeds? Or is it only fat people you would do this to as the sight of them offends you?

Mamagee double check your agreement regarding second job.
Mine definitely allows it so long as I'm available as soon as they want me back.
Some of my colleagues on furlough are doing temp jobs in shops.

@Dumbie

I don't underestimate how difficult it must be. But it's hardly a unique challenge, is it? And with an employer who is being both flexible and lenient, and sustaining full pay whilst fighting for business continuity, frankly, they need to catch a grip.

This isn't about competitive difficulty - but I'm working hard under unique and unpredictable challenges that I'm entirely unprepared for.

The last thing I need is staff who appear to have no idea how relatively well situated they are complaining. To be honest, I find it personally hurtful that as someone who has made sustained, tangible improvements to their working conditions over the years in terms of pay, flexible working rights and relaxed rules that they don't give me a break, one human to another, when I'm trying to keep the business alive and thriving through this.

What productive stuff am I supposed to get done? I live in a rented flat. I'm pretty organised anyway so it's always clean and tidy. I can't decorate it because it's rented. I have no garden to do gardening.

YABU. You clearly don’t understand how it works.

Hear bloody hear @Unworthie

Surely this is a great opportunity to be productive and get loads of stuff done

Ok,

Cleaned my house - to within an inch of its life. Several times

Cleared out the loft - I now have a massive pile of shite in the shed that I can’t get rid of because the tip is shut

DIY - I’ve painted my dining room but now run out of paint and supplies. B&Q is closed and anyone who goes anywhere near The Range gets shrieked at for spreading death

Gardening - I really can’t mow the lawn again, I’ve been painting my fence but now run out of paint. I have plans to build a pergola over my patio but have no materials - see above re B&Q and The Range. Garden centres are closed

I have been finishing off loads of craft and sewing projects but have run out of stuff. Craft/sewing shop is closed and I’m murdering delivery drivers if I order anything online

Baking - can’t get flour for love nor money

Volunteering - I did, but there was such a massive influx of people volunteering to start with that we’re not all needed so my application hasn’t gone any further.

So yeah, I’m bored. I was doing ok, but this week I’ve hit a wall