Quoted from Rdoyle1978:I am having a hard time understanding why people are still working there at all if they are not being paid? Or does furloughed mean they are not even working and possibly have found other jobs?
Furloughed means you are basically laid off, but technically still employed by the company. So no work and no pay. The difference is that if the company were to recover, they don't have to rehire you in order for you to return to work.