Same company, different planets

[pzz76077]

BA staff had 2 options:

1. Take unpaid leave.
2. Go to work but don't get paid for it.

800 of them chose option 2 over option 1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8119388.stm

Anybody explain this please?

A few of reasons:-

They get to fly to the 4 corners of the globe free of charge, get to sh*g the trolly dollies while staying in reasonably good hotels.

They get expenses paid, so not quite working for fee & pension will be credited.

Flight crews get to clock up additional flight hours that are needed to get to the next grade.


There are probably more....

PZZ

[Mich the Tester]

When the redundancies come those who worked for free will expect to be better placed than those who took a month off.

Poor deluded permies.

[MPwannadecentincome]

On a wider point, a company that announces so publicly that it needs its staff to work for nothing isn't sending the market a particularly good message. Were I one Richard Branson, I would be rubbing my hands in glee and getting ready to make like a vulture.

So would O'Leary

In fact Bishop said he would donate a lot of the proceeds of his remaining stake in BMI to his charity - with BA's share price falling he could buy them instead.

[The Lone Gunman]

When the redundancies come those who worked for free will expect to be better placed than those who took a month off.

[PM-Junkie]

On a wider point, a company that announces so publicly that it needs its staff to work for nothing isn't sending the market a particularly good message. Were I one Richard Branson, I would be rubbing my hands in glee and getting ready to make like a vulture.

[expat]

A couple of things come to mind.

Wanting to be a company man\woman and hoping that it may lead to something better down the line (promotion, bonus, guarding against redundancy)

Being bored while not working for a month, there are people like that you know (not me I hasten to add!)

I agree with you about the first point.

As for the second, I'm 4 months on the bench now, I've watched 1 DVD, read 1 book and am on 2nd, have gone out with my camera stuff 2 or 3 times, cycled a few hours once, gone into London 0 times, gone to a museum/gallery 0 times (I like doing that) etc etc etc. Bored not working? No way.

[jmo21]

A couple of things come to mind.

Wanting to be a company man\woman and hoping that it may lead to something better down the line (promotion, bonus, guarding against redundancy)

Being bored while not working for a month, there are people like that you know (not me I hasten to add!)

[Wils]

BA staff had 2 options:

1. Take unpaid leave.
2. Go to work but don't get paid for it.

800 of them chose option 2 over option 1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8119388.stm

Anybody explain this please?