If Thu/Fri comes and goes and furloughed employees have still not heard a word about their livelihoods (because we are the “magic” of Macys, remember?), I think it is pretty obvious that JG and the gang would love for us to voluntarily resign so the company is off the hook on severances.
If we get into July and still have not heard anything, many furloughed people (particularly the hourly associates) are going to begin getting nervous about the federal unemployment running out July 31st and likely will begin looking at other jobs. Which is exactly what Macy’s corporate is literally banking on. Scare people into other jobs (remember the job postings with other retailers on InSite right after the shutdown?) so they don’t have to pay out severances.
But corporate pay will be restored on July 1, so all is well in New York City.