Returning to work post-furlough
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I’ve been furloughed for over 10 weeks. I‘m feeling fearful of returning to work after being off for so long. I feel like I will be deskilled and no longer worth my salary. It’s going to be so hard going from doing nothing each day to a high-pressure stressful job. Does anyone else feel this way?
This week set the alarm for the normal working week get up get ready in time for when you’d leave the house. That’s an easy thing to get going.
Sounds like a non phased to work return so your just going to have to man up and work. It might be much longer hours than previously as you find your feet but better than no job
Sounds like a non phased to work return so your just going to have to man up and work. It might be much longer hours than previously as you find your feet but better than no job
Cannae imagine what furlough was/is like.
I've had to work from home plus travelling out only for essential fault and fix. That was weird but settled into a routine around that.
Now things are ramping up the idea of being on site more often building up to full time and being more busy feels weird too.
Putting the alarm back to the normal time is probably a good move and will have to accept getting out of the habits of the being at home advantages.
I've had to work from home plus travelling out only for essential fault and fix. That was weird but settled into a routine around that.
Now things are ramping up the idea of being on site more often building up to full time and being more busy feels weird too.
Putting the alarm back to the normal time is probably a good move and will have to accept getting out of the habits of the being at home advantages.
It’s more mental rot that I’m concerned about. I work in a fast-paced high-pressure profession. Going back is like the mental equivalent of a footballer eating junk food and sitting on the couch for 4 months then going to play in the World Cup final only doing that every day from going back to work.
Given it’s a week away take a week off drinking eat healthily why not open up the personal laptop or do some relevant reading but nothing that anyone could trace to see your employer might be breaching lockdown rules (which they are not but if you open worklaptkp and read emails you will have inadvertently)
AudiMan9000 said:
It’s more mental rot that I’m concerned about. I work in a fast-paced high-pressure profession. Going back is like the mental equivalent of a footballer eating junk food and sitting on the couch for 4 months then going to play in the World Cup final only doing that every day from going back to work.
Can you not go back early part-time?What do you do for a living? If it's that high pressured, how do you go on holiday?
OP you’ve raised an interesting area of rightful concern there will be countless people feeling just like you (some vastly worse too sadly)
Most important thing is don’t worry or try no to.
Your going back to work which is great news I’d imagine everyone will be expecting teething issues but mostly they will be grateful resource is back which means they can actually take some leave that most workers have not been able to due to furloughed staff meaning they are stretched.
Also your permitted to have called employer weekly for welfare - I’d advise you openly share these concerns. I’d put a lot of money in it that your boss and HR/People as it’s now called will be so glad you have and be happily reassuring you and giving any support you need.
Most important thing is don’t worry or try no to.
Your going back to work which is great news I’d imagine everyone will be expecting teething issues but mostly they will be grateful resource is back which means they can actually take some leave that most workers have not been able to due to furloughed staff meaning they are stretched.
Also your permitted to have called employer weekly for welfare - I’d advise you openly share these concerns. I’d put a lot of money in it that your boss and HR/People as it’s now called will be so glad you have and be happily reassuring you and giving any support you need.
Thank you guys. I should make it clear my return to work date is about 3 weeks from now and is only provisional - it has been extended before but I am expecting to go back given the work is now more or less back to normal and I don’t expect my employers to want to pay contributions. Of course, I could be made redundant which would pose even more serious problems. I’ve had no welfare calls from HR in the last 11 weeks...
AudiMan9000 said:
Thank you guys. I should make it clear my return to work date is about 3 weeks from now and is only provisional - it has been extended before but I am expecting to go back given the work is now more or less back to normal and I don’t expect my employers to want to pay contributions. Of course, I could be made redundant which would pose even more serious problems. I’ve had no welfare calls from HR in the last 11 weeks...
Give your line mgr a call a keeping in touch etc. I hope it works it works out for you in whatever way that needs to be. We are all facing a s
t time no ones job is safe no matter what people shout plus about my job is 109% safe it’s not (School teacher possible if no shielding). Stay positive and given it’s 3 weeks away why not make the most of this paid time off do lots of free activities.
Good luck op.
Welshbeef said:
Given it’s a week away take a week off drinking eat healthily why not open up the personal laptop or do some relevant reading but nothing that anyone could trace to see your employer might be breaching lockdown rules (which they are not but if you open worklaptkp and read emails you will have inadvertently)
You can read your emails without bread rules, it’s our main contract with several employees. You can do work related training too, as long as it isn’t bringing money into the company.Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff