How Long Would You Work Unpaid?

[calamity]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

 

[Lutherf]

Would the employee cafeteria still be open? Would I still have internet access?

 

[Mycroft]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

I might not quit immediately, but I would be looking for a new job immediately.

 

[Tom Horn]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

Since 2001. Under hardly qualifies for what I do with my knowledge

 

[code1211]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

In my personal case, at this point in my life, I could go a long time without a paycheck.

When I was 25, not so much.

Having the guarantee that the pay is coming seems like it would lend itself to a Credit Union-type loan pretty easily.

 

[cabse5]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

What's the benefit of the hardship? If finding a cure to cancer resulted from me not being paid for any length, I do it. If stabilizing the border meant me not being paid for any length, I go for it.

I mean, I received a few grades of A in school and I sacrificed a few pleasures in doing so. IT WAS WORTH IT.

I suppose, for example, the higher gas prices in France are worth it for less carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

 

[TheParser]

All government employees should continue working. They WILL get paid.

Just heard that TSA people get paid, on general, $40,000 a year. With all due respect, many of them could probably not get a job with similar pay in the private sector.


Government employees, in effect, enjoy the fruits of socialism:

1. Good pay.

2. Guaranteed work. (Managers are loath to fire them -- for certain reasons).


3. Good health care.


Government workers should express their gratitude by continuing to work. Every day, they should thank God/Fate/Karma, etc. that they are one of the lucky Americans that work for the government. Those workers who are currently calling in "sick" are ingrates.

 

[Captain Adverse]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

That depends on the job.

Giving up a regular non-government job because the business finances were so unstable is one thing. I might work a couple of weeks while looking for another job, or simply ask to be laid off so I can file for unemployment.

Giving up a Federal government job, with all those good retirement, medical, and other benefits along with a paycheck that is normally guaranteed and will be reimbursed fully if I agree to keep working? That's quite another thing.

 

[humbolt]

In my personal case, at this point in my life, I could go a long time without a paycheck.

When I was 25, not so much.

Having the guarantee that the pay is coming seems like it would lend itself to a Credit Union-type loan pretty easily.

I agree. Various accommodations can be made with the knowledge that the funds will eventually be available. Such things aren't unusual in business. They're just a minor, momentary pain in the ass.

 

[Mason66]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

Considering the pay scale and benefits that come with a hard to get government job, I would work as long as it took without out pay. I am guaranteed that back pay in a very short time, so I will lose nothing.

I would hate to go get a job where I would actually have to do work.

 

[jamesrage]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

If its a private business then No I will quit. That company as you said is probably going bankrupt, so there is no long term benefits or future with that company.

If its a government job with long term benefits,good retirement, back pay, health benefits and other things and then I will continue working.

 

[ecofarm]

"Forever, honey."

 

[MrPeanut]

I would definitely be using some sick days to try and figure out how to make money during the shutdown. Giving up a government job in my area would be huge mistake. Those are really good jobs even if politicians frequently use government workers as bargaining chips.

 

[can2man]

I would not work for the Government - life is too short for that crap.
No money no work.

 

[NeverTrump]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

I would be outta there! My organization is already going through tough times and a national scandal, if they didn't even pay me. I'm gone.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

With a regular private sector job? Maybe one paycheck. With a federal job that has a bunch of benefits? As long as I had a savings. But like most Americans, most federal employees are living paycheck to paycheck.

 

[jimbo]

Seems to be many people are being asked to work with pay "deferred." How long would you accept such a condition before looking for a new job?


I know what I would do. Skip one paycheck, and I'm immediately going somewhere I can expect to be paid on time. Of course, I don't work for the government. So, if my check gets missed, the company is probably going bankrupt. But, the question remains. How long would you continue working for no pay?

Since these shutdowns are a regular thing, if I were a government worker I would stash a couple bucks when the check came in.

I made a good living as a self employed business owner. But some months I received little or no revenue. Others quite a bit more. In both cases the bills got paid. It's called planning.

I think the whole idea that government workers are starving or losing their homes is bogus.

 

[Cardinal]

With a regular private sector job? Maybe one paycheck. With a federal job that has a bunch of benefits? As long as I had a savings. But like most Americans, most federal employees are living paycheck to paycheck.

This. You don't cavalierly walk away from those benefits. Federal workers are in a pretty bad spot right now.

 

[code1211]

Considering the pay scale and benefits that come with a hard to get government job, I would work as long as it took without out pay. I am guaranteed that back pay in a very short time, so I will lose nothing.

I would hate to go get a job where I would actually have to do work.

Government workers do work, but the way you said it was funny!

 

[NeverTrump]

Since these shutdowns are a regular thing, if I were a government worker I would stash a couple bucks when the check came in.

I made a good living as a self employed business owner. But some months I received little or no revenue. Others quite a bit more. In both cases the bills got paid. It's called planning.

I think the whole idea that government workers are starving or losing their homes is bogus.

78% of the public live paycheck to paycheck and most people are not self employed business owners.

 

[Cardinal]

Considering the pay scale and benefits that come with a hard to get government job, I would work as long as it took without out pay. I am guaranteed that back pay in a very short time, so I will lose nothing.

I would hate to go get a job where I would actually have to do work.

1) You don't know that it will be "a very short time." You can bet most Federal workers aren't feeling that kind of confidence right now. There's a 100% chance that just about all of them are staring at their ceilings all night thinking, "Oh god, what if this shutdown doesn't end this week? What are we gonna do?"
2) "I am guaranteed back pay" is not considered legal tender for mortgage payments, rent payments, utilities, insurance, etc.
3) "I would hate to go get a job where I would actually have to do work" = "Hi, I'm Mason and I hate Federal workers." Thanks for expressing your hatred of Federal workers, Mason. Come again, soon.

 

[Mason66]

1) You don't know that it will be "a very short time." You can bet most Federal workers aren't feeling that kind of confidence right now. There's a 100% chance that just about all of them are staring at their ceilings all night thinking, "Oh god, what if this shutdown doesn't end this week? What are we gonna do?"
2) "I am guaranteed back pay" is not considered legal tender for mortgage payments, rent payments, utilities, insurance, etc.
3) "I would hate to go get a job where I would actually have to do work" = "Hi, I'm Mason and I hate Federal workers." Thanks for expressing your hatred of Federal workers, Mason. Come again, soon.

Where do you see hate, or is that a word you do not understand the meaning of?

 

[Your Star]

It is morally reprehensible to ask people to work without compensation. The bank won't care, your electric company won't care, and your starving children won't care. The fact that these people are being used as pawns by the idiot in the White House is just one more example of why he never should have been allowed anywhere near the reigns of power.

 

[Your Star]

Where do you see hate, or is that a word you do not understand the meaning of?

Your statement was clearly filled with hate, contempt, and ignorance. No question about that.

 

[eohrnberger]

I might not quit immediately, but I would be looking for a new job immediately.

If federal employees would do the same, and some probably are, the shutdown would have the additional benefit of reducing the workforce and increasing the private sector, which, all in all, isn't necessarily a bad thing.