It was recently reported that British Airways asked its entire staff to take one to four weeks of unpaid leave and that the employees that choose to take the unpaid leave also have the option of working during that time. Talk about a creative way to work yourself out of financial debt.
I can understand where the company is coming from with this. They want to be able to save some money to help offset the financial losses, they continue to encounter, while keeping the planes flying. However, to ask a person to work for free, I just don’t get it. Now don’t get me wrong I am all for doing what is right and mission first, but when a company can just be blatant enough to ask for volunteers to skip a paycheck and work is a little off, if you ask me. There may be some method to this madness and everything is just right. Then again, maybe I really don’t see anything else, other than this is wrong on so many levels.
Now, I am also fairly certain that more than a few employees will step up and do what British Airways is asking of them to do. Hopefully, the company will truly recognize how much they are taking one for the team and give them something back. Time will tell on that one.
This should be an interesting experiment to see how well it is actually received and see how many other organizations will attempt to copy.
Referencing article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/16/british.airways.work.free/index.html
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