One In Ten Companies Will Never Un-Furlough You

You can never go back again: According to the most recent Watson Wyatt “Effect of the Economic Crisis on HR Programs” survey, most employers believe that things will never go back to the way they were pre-recession. 20 percent of HR execs who responded to the survey, conducted in June 2009, believe that the pay cuts their companies instated will never be reversed, and more than half believe that permanent staffing levels will be reduced 3-5 years from now.