furlough envy

Work furloughs are meant to avoid layoffs, and losing a week's pay sounds a lot better than losing your job -- until the unpaid leave starts and you still have bills to pay. In a strange twist on what is supposed to be a way to save companies and governments money, some are finding that furloughs...

As more companies are requiring workers to take unpaid time off, sometimes for a week or two of unpaid vacation, some workers with "furlough envy" are asking how they can get in on that deal. Granted, these are mostly executives who can afford a week or more of unpaid leave, and they're happy to...