This is an interesting way to spin an unpaid furlough... which many people are being forced to take right now. It's basically equivalent. "You are going to be

This is an interesting way to spin an unpaid furlough... which many people are being forced to take right now. It's basically equivalent. "You are going to be furloughed for 2 weeks without pay" means, "You have an additional 2 weeks of vacation, but we're going to cut your annual salary by 1/26th." Which is the same thing as, "Give us back 1/26th of your annual salary, and we'll give you 2 additional weeks of PTO."