Windy City LSA
Service Attendant
Howdy, all.
I've been lurking here for awhile and decided to finally join the conversation. It's quite an informative forum!
The topic of furloughs came up in another thread. I am in search of information or commentary...if anybody has any.
I am a new LSA in Chicago. I finished my classroom training in November, had training trips in December, and not much has been happening since. During training, I was constantly hearing about how badly LSA's were needed here. I'm guessing this was still as a result of the mass LSA firings. The Extra Board suddenly grew. I'm assuming this is in part due to the seasonal abolishments for the Upper Lounge LSA on 27/28. Who knows. But what I do know is that I am furloughed as of this Saturday!!! 1-2 months they say. A real shocker since I was repeatedly told by various individuals that LSA's were safe from this round of furloughs. Just TA's and SA's would be affected. Right. Looks like just my recent graduating class got the time off. That would be 5 individuals. Although 2 were offered the opportunity to work out of Miami for a couple of months...where they apparently need help.
To say this company is goofy would be an understatement I think. I don't know anything about furloughs since I've never experienced one. All I know is that I'm out of work and I won't have an income. I also think my insurance gets cut off, and I'm not sure if I lose rail privelages. If anybody has any insight or information about what the heck is going on and what the future might hold for LSA's in Chicago, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I've been lurking here for awhile and decided to finally join the conversation. It's quite an informative forum!
The topic of furloughs came up in another thread. I am in search of information or commentary...if anybody has any.
I am a new LSA in Chicago. I finished my classroom training in November, had training trips in December, and not much has been happening since. During training, I was constantly hearing about how badly LSA's were needed here. I'm guessing this was still as a result of the mass LSA firings. The Extra Board suddenly grew. I'm assuming this is in part due to the seasonal abolishments for the Upper Lounge LSA on 27/28. Who knows. But what I do know is that I am furloughed as of this Saturday!!! 1-2 months they say. A real shocker since I was repeatedly told by various individuals that LSA's were safe from this round of furloughs. Just TA's and SA's would be affected. Right. Looks like just my recent graduating class got the time off. That would be 5 individuals. Although 2 were offered the opportunity to work out of Miami for a couple of months...where they apparently need help.
To say this company is goofy would be an understatement I think. I don't know anything about furloughs since I've never experienced one. All I know is that I'm out of work and I won't have an income. I also think my insurance gets cut off, and I'm not sure if I lose rail privelages. If anybody has any insight or information about what the heck is going on and what the future might hold for LSA's in Chicago, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.