Big Companies Jump In to Help Employees, Clients Amid Shutdown
(Bloomberg) -- About 800,000 federal workers are about to miss their first checks in a partial government shutdown that’s now poised to become the longest in U.S. history. Among staff who won’t get paid Friday are law enforcement officers, NASA engineers and office workers across the country.
Some large corporations are jumping in to give a financial break to those workers -- who are also their customers. Here’s the rundown:
Bank Fees, Loans
Car Leases
Phone, Web Services
On a lighter note, one company got creative and turned the shutdown into a business opportunity to give unpaid federal workers some love. Adam & Eve, a Hillsborough, North Carolina-based seller of sex toys and erotica, is offering a special 50 percent discount for federal employees “just in time for Valentine’s Day.”
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