Originally Posted by
krismiler
One thing is certain, they will be a lot more selective in re-employing those laid off then they were in terminating them. Personnel will be going through files very thoroughly when deciding who to bring back once the schedule picks up again. Older crew with poor records may as well forget it. Younger crew with a reasonable experience level and a good history with the company will be first in line.
Market forces will determine T&Cs, with a low end opening offer to see who bites, and then possibly bumped up a bit if they aren't getting the sort of applicants they want.
It is a truism that when having more choice, HR departments get more selective. On the other hand they were already quite selective in laying off, although with different criteria. In places without seniority, the vast majority of businesses, re-hiring younger and not considering the older with poor records is commonplace.
With your second quote you basically outlined the usual modern-economic dealings after a depression or crash, nothing new or specifically EK/ME here. As long as there are no furlough provisions in contracts, the above applies to most businesses and regions on Earth. Just look at the despicable, social contribution avoiding scam of MOL. In contrast there are the good old inhibiting unions, very comfy for employees, but sometimes a perversion in terms of progress. Look at the sustaining of the utterly filthy coal industry in "oh so modern" Germany, only done out of political fear of losing 400'000 jobs and the ire of the mighty unions, not so comfy for our environment.
If furloughed you would not trash the company that might re-hire you, so i don't condemn anyone who keeps up the hope of getting re-hired by EK for not trashing them.
I am not saying all this to defend certain ugly practices around here, but stay real and accept that this is the context of modern capitalism.
The faster one can accept that fact, the better for the affected. To quote the Borg: "Resistance is futile!"