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[hnick]

I had a friend who worked as a project manager for a major telecom and their policy was to basically furlough her for a few weeks (paid time off) after a major project winds down. She's there if something bad happens, but otherwise it's downtime (and retained experience!) before the next project. It seems like a sensible and healthy policy.

[karatinversion → hnick]

Perhaps it is different where you are from, but I would usually understand furlough to mean unpaid time off at the company’s request.

[hnick → karatinversion]

I just meant it in the general sense of the word, as a leave of absence at the company's behest that could be paid or unpaid.