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ladymuck replied

12 November 2018, 08:49
Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove

When did we start calling "Shutdown fortnight" a furlough?

I first encountered the phrase in 2008 (the first time I had a gig in banking that covered the festive season)
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GJABS replied

11 November 2018, 20:39
Wonderful news. Time for a banana dance, don't you think?
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TwoWolves replied

11 November 2018, 20:23
Well played Sir.
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NickFitz replied

11 November 2018, 18:56
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greenlake replied

11 November 2018, 15:25
Originally posted by kaiser78 View Post

Yep, have been offered a new 6 month contract starting early December, which will take me through to June.
Includes 2 weeks company Xmas furlough + honouring some prearranged days off in December.
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kaiser78 started a topic End of year BOOMsville

11 November 2018, 15:15
End of year BOOMsville

Yep, have been offered a new 6 month contract starting early December, which will take me through to June.
Includes 2 weeks company Xmas furlough + honouring some prearranged days off in December.

Only slight downer is me having to go from current contract straight into this new one, which I have never had to do before.

However I'm happy with that
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