<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Jun 18 2009, 01:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
British Airways, said on Tuesday it had asked its staff to work for free as part of the company&#39;s battle for "survival;" in tough market conditions.
Reuters

I can see asking employees to consider unpaid leave, but working for free, seems a bit much to me.
What do you think?[/b]
Britski might confirm, but I have a feeling this is a bit of bs. I mean at CX we are essentially working for free at the moment - I owe them a weeks salary that gets taken out over 6 months and i get a week off at anytime for it. My boss loses two weeks pay, my other boss 3 weeks.

I dare say the BA scheme is similar, yet the media decided to run with the "work for free" line and not expand on the details.

That&#39;s my hunch, anyways.

The most amusing thing is work is all that my boss has going for him. He PLEADED with HR to be allowed to come to work for the 3 unpaid weeks, and they refused haha