Furloughs often happen here. aka. You are NOT getting paid and THEY reserve to bring you back which if you turn down you would not get unemployment. So to claim unemployement you already don't get to take the first week of "furlough". They are NOT employee friendly. They will have no hesitation to "furlough aka let you go" at a moment's notice. Either let go of people or keep them. Don't do this selfish company culture of furloughing and playing with peoples lives. Little to no severance. Stay away. They might be "merging" with other companies. These other companies are at risk of bankruptcy as well.