I have been following this thread with interest, my son started a new job selling cars at a VW franchise about eighteen months ago. He informed me in early March that he was leaving there has he had been offered a job at another franchise and that he had handed is notice in already. I have to say I had strong reservations about this with the covid situation developing and the uncertain economic situation. He was due to start the new job 24h March, well we all know what was announced on the 23rd, He turned up to find the garage shutting down and told they would contact him sometime.
This came at a pictuarly bad time he had just taken on his 1st mortgage literally 1st payment and and had become a dad three weeks earlier.
The VW garage refused to furlough him.
To say I was worried is an understatement.
But to my surprise and delight the new garage contacted him yesterday, they reopened two weeks ago and have been overwhelmed with inquiries, he starts Monday