<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:09:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/furlough/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Perverse incentives create perverse outcomes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you want to know what the most perverse thing I've observed over the past year or so? It's not : the government(s) mishandling the response to the pandemic, the general public failing to grasp the gravitas]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lockdown/@leguna/perverse-incentives-create-perverse-outcomes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lockdown/@leguna/perverse-incentives-create-perverse-outcomes</guid><category><![CDATA[lockdown]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:20:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpff47GG6whTBHEZ2W5vGfDnSi7SrTGECyZVFv8Qeyt5zio5Y2mwbJvsCBtS5z4fAZZwpD4DdrNNQQfoWNHisQvRd1qsAKnR35kg9EFnk6Ez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem I have with open ended lockdowns. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to win any friends with this post. But please bear with me. The problem with an open ended lockdown is that none of us know where the bottom is. The first lockdown - like many businesses]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lockdown/@leguna/the-problem-i-have-with-open-ended-lockdowns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lockdown/@leguna/the-problem-i-have-with-open-ended-lockdowns</guid><category><![CDATA[lockdown]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpVUokD2fAyawrpfADXrbNNWVhUR4wY5Hzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Furlough refused to 71% of working mothers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another day, another example of folks not being allowed to go on furlough by their employers, citing the fact that other people in the company are working hard. Yeah, right. Times are pretty tough, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/furlough/@leguna/furlough-refused-to-71-of-working-mothers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/furlough/@leguna/furlough-refused-to-71-of-working-mothers</guid><category><![CDATA[furlough]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpVUokD2fAyTVDbanfb2h1WqS4TZnAziSPG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Governments new wage subsidy scheme.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government are prepared to pay £409.89 for every worker made redundant due to COVID-19. If they just underwrite salaries by that, monthly, problem would be solved. The new system is this: You work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/uk/@leguna/uk-governments-new-wage-subsidy-scheme</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/uk/@leguna/uk-governments-new-wage-subsidy-scheme</guid><category><![CDATA[uk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:46:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpVUokD2fAyRjKeUH4ByBjvX5Uqjn3AB2ox?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[U-Turn on "Stay at home" as Tories send new "Back to work" message.]]></title><description><![CDATA["Back to work" seems to be the new message. I'm outraged by it. They could be saying "back to the office", but they aren't, and it's deliberate. Divide and rule. Make a distinction]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conservative/@nooses/u-turn-on-stay-at-home-as-tories-send-new-back-to-work-message</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conservative/@nooses/u-turn-on-stay-at-home-as-tories-send-new-back-to-work-message</guid><category><![CDATA[conservative]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:13:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tPYPbUVMUggeBBaSiiKBMKsssU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Endgame of the 2020 Crisis is Economic Dependency.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#recession #stimulus #economy #nationaldebt #socialism #furlough #mortgagecrisis #thecaresact #federalreserve #qe #fiscalstimulus In tonight's live stream we will look at what the consequences of the actions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@maneco64/the-endgame-of-the-2020-crisis-is-economic-dependency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@maneco64/the-endgame-of-the-2020-crisis-is-economic-dependency</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:10:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGgeyDHNB6iktshThDewEZV6B1MCXsXXGVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four months of Furlough ends this weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[After four months on Furlough, I am due to start back at work this coming Monday. Thoughts on that, a little Hive chat, and a few photos, including a selfie with community321 😉 Well it had to happen at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152232/@abh12345/four-months-of-furlough-ends-this-weekend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152232/@abh12345/four-months-of-furlough-ends-this-weekend</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152232]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abh12345]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:53:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHcgVzaeihYv1C5K9ry43tZx8UE9g5xiENyq7ta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowеr rеlаy - #yеllowflowеr: "Wаtеr Brеаd"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still from аfаr thеy bеgаn to guеss whаt kind of bush suсh with yеllow flowеrs it grows in wаtеr nеаr thе shorе. Thе shаpе of flowеrs, аnd thе lеаvеs, too - likе аn iris. But iris is а gаrdеn plаnt, not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@nadine11/flower-relay-yellowflower-water-bread</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@nadine11/flower-relay-yellowflower-water-bread</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nadine11]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 22:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm1ixfRE6SfgaSiANQC1qU1d2n4EgY91zSJzLjnwn8Ro8pYKKPETCdRQ8k8QkfZSC2H4T8GbyLXKExZLGzoDqpQGZfqL9qp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Furlough Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is now three months since I was put on Furlough, where has the time gone and what have been doing? First though, what I haven't been doing enough of is posting on Hive. You would think that with less]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/the-furlough-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/the-furlough-life</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abh12345]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 18:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpJrXt5XEKR8cA39h1Rcn7ZkDC7MjL1pcXy922rdtxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: May 25 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Went for walk with grandkids today, since we have been on lockdown we have taken to geocaching to encourage them to get out for longer and they love it !! They walk miles searching fir hidden treasure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@gattino/actifit-gattino-20200525t205833582z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@gattino/actifit-gattino-20200525t205833582z</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193552]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gattino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 20:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[embracing the new normal, work, career and your life is fundamentally changed.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are not going back to a normal time. That’s not to say the life you had before has gone, not at all, it’s just different from here on out. For the past eight weeks I’ve been noodling my experience of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@teamvideo/7jgfhlec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@teamvideo/7jgfhlec</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196037]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teamvideo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 10:54:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7G8LgA5M5JWfEinYnaC6cALn6VzcV52TUJzgsTcP5usmFiHqoqGvuKhZk86H?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Furlough for Furlough?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen anyone else use the phrase, so I will blockchain claim it as mine for the time being. It is interesting to think that in some future, this is how patent disputes could be worked out - who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@tarazkp/furlough-for-furlough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@tarazkp/furlough-for-furlough</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tarazkp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 13:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PfoCxi33KmQBGRMVc3LuPSdqaxkc4VTC4w3DcqvmA77rgbn2ZXtqZytrPC3WJNY3LQuvi2ixrzspxB1owvv6tPkmHXUTBrtH4Aa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtually Unemployed And Back Home To Mummy & Daddy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Furloughed Or Fired? WILL YOUR EMPLOYER SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC? I was chatting with a good friend over WhatsApp yesterday. She lives alone in London, and is locked down with her cat. Actually she had been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid-19/@adetorrent/virtually-unemployed-and-back-home-to-mummy-and-daddy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid-19/@adetorrent/virtually-unemployed-and-back-home-to-mummy-and-daddy</guid><category><![CDATA[covid-19]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adetorrent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 07:07:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBBQkN3tCkeqGDncZiRLVNg5Jyv5RiCGf2FwTABcit1xhquTK4ki4A8cmLMwhuRatcgp8ikjEwN9aWHZbovZTWemCBZhx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officially 'Furloughed']]></title><description><![CDATA[After mentioning the possibility of being 'furloughed' on the Monday just gone it is now official. No work (although training is allowed) for three weeks to start with (I think it will be extended), ending]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/officially-furloughed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/officially-furloughed</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abh12345]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:56:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHcgVzaeihYv1C4XRFMTxcnjmaDp5omexsSjRwk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Furlough was an option, would you put your name forward?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of last week, an email was sent to all employees at my place of work, detailing their policies in relation to the governments 'unprecedented' scheme of economic support to avoid mass redundancies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/if-furlough-was-an-option-would-you-volunteer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174578/@abh12345/if-furlough-was-an-option-would-you-volunteer</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174578]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abh12345]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHcgVzaeihYv1C42A5VJiKNGzPcZrtHsmic6zyU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[휴가 나온 군인 친구들과 망겜들을 하고 놀았다.(바람의 나라, 사이퍼즈, 유희왕)]]></title><description><![CDATA[오전에 부사관 훈련소에서 근무하는 육군 친구가 고등학교때 같이 하던 바람의 나라가 갑자기 하고싶다고 하길래 같이 했습니다. 오랜만에 하니 재밌기도 했고 생소한 느낌도 있었습니다. 하지만 아무리 추억 보정과 친구 보정이 있었다고 해도 3시간쯤 하니까 질리더라고요...ㅎ 그래서 그 친구와 다른 망겜이자 4년째 하고있는 사이퍼즈를 하다가 왔습니다. 그 후 15시쯤]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/kr-newbie/@rekidaisuki/sjfcm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/kr-newbie/@rekidaisuki/sjfcm</guid><category><![CDATA[kr-newbie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rekidaisuki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 10:37:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ушёл в отпуск]]></title><description><![CDATA[Наверное, перейду публиковать посты про экономические теории, факты и практическую сторону этого вида зла)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@qwertyman/ushyol-v-otpusk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@qwertyman/ushyol-v-otpusk</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[qwertyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:40:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHdQUhq66MYncv64j2paVE88MurDPP4enW3bE3CMpziseXyakuPmAAwZTtsjY64kWozQnn7DfEmCunemRCtznafudG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>