Voluntary Layoffs at Jacksonville Brewery

According to an article from Jacksonville.com, Anheuser-Busch is looking for employees to volunteer for a part-time time off from work.
"From time to time, the operational needs of the brewery dictate a temporary reduction in manpower," said Jim Brickey, Anheuser-Busch vice president of people. "We work to gain these reductions through volunteers who welcome the time off."
Anheuser-Busch's employees are its most important internal public. Yes, this is a bad situation but they are making the best of it by asking for volunteers. Both the employees and Anheuser-Busch realize that these changes have to be made and that there is no easy way to do it.
If not enough employees volunteer for the "enhanced severance incentive" then Anheuser-Busch will have to turn to selecting employees for the temporary layoff. Anheuser
Anheuser-Busch is doing all that it can to avoid any sort of crisis. Affected employees will retain full benefits and are eligible for unemployment compensation.