#severance

Layoffs were announced today. Affected employees have a month of employment remaining before being terminated.

If we're laid off as fully remote, what if the WARN Act isn't added into our severance? Is there anything that can be done? I've heard about the class action lawsuit last year from a remote worker laid off last year who was working in CA but managers/work location were in NY and they didn't get WARN Act pay applied to them because they were remote. I think I'll only be getting 4 weeks severance if that's the case.

Are remote workers who don't live near LA/NY office just sc--wed because of some loophole for being remote?

Curious if it’s the standard 6 weeks + 1 week per year of service or something more generous due to the sheer scale of this round?

I heard they got 90 days and will be paid until 1/26.

I feel like we got sc--wed. I bet their severance packages were more generous as well.

Let’s stop acting like these leaders and TGT actuallly cares. Amazon is supposed to be more brutal and not give a 💩 yet they took care of their employees.

TGT care, grow, win is a LIE.

I am 99% certain I will be cut. Can getting an attorney help with anything or I just have to sign? If yes, please recommend someone, I live close to the lot.

I remember being told prior to 5/1 that boxes would be sent to our laptops. I haven't received anything. I'm considering selling it. Who has sent a laptop back or can it be sold?

Is anybody else really, really worried about this?

What are Dell paying out for Spain? Are they caping they payment at 12 months or is it more

If you follow Cisco LR blue print over many quarters, notifications are always next day to the earning call, which is Wednesday, Nov 12.

Earnings Nov 12
Notifications Nov 13,
Exit date Jan 13.

Collect your severance and retire happy.

Can the laid off employee “convert”/ buy the same coverage directly from insurance company that Target was using? Has anyone done this in previous layoffs? The advantage would be no medical test or other hassles and a plan that should be reasonable

For those affected: your line manager will schedule a zoom meeting with you tomorrow morning, and will give you the news one-on-one in that call. There is a rough script they will have to follow. They will tell you about when your last day is (depends on WARN status, etc.), your STIP status (if any), and a little about your severance. They will answer any questions they are able. For any that they cannot, they will refer you to your HR rep. You will then get an email from HR almost immediately after you have had your call with your manager with further information and confirming everything you’ve discussed. Your manager is supposed to send out meeting invites first thing in your working day.
source: ppt deck and instructional/guidance call between HR/managers who need to conduct layoffs tomorrow.

Bumping this from @a9+1k8p3b1g7 for important info.

I got email.

So I just sign right?

Newer people to the corporate world might not know this, but often times a company will ask you to sign a document to get any sort of severance that releases the company from any liability, blah blah blah. Has anyone laid off been asked to do this?

If so, it likely makes sense to at least run it through an LLM first, and post it here. Knowledge is power, and sharing it with others can only help everyone.

These things often force employees to agree to non-disparagement, maybe even a non-compete, or other legal waivers of things like suing the company for (for example) age discrimination.

Requested severance a year ago and was denied. Started plan to quiet quit and leave in a year. Had 6.5 weeks pto that i used to drag out projects and be gone during critical times. They tried to get me to RTO. I gave them a doctor's note that had reqmts they could not meet so i stayed remote. I ended up implementing 1 CR before leaving this fall.
It was the easiest year i had ever worked while making other arrangements for myself.

Think strategically for yourself and plan ahead and remember you owe them NOTHING.

Whole evening shift "permanent" employees got laid off guys and I was one of them. oh well... atleast I got my severance package. Life must go on.

If im laid off can I take my pay out next yeat

Can we get food stamps right away or do we have to wait after we get our severance and 60 day pay and benefits?

I got lots of bills and little ones to feed

I got layed off today I work at Wells Fargo for 17 years in customer service in hub city

A group of around 100 remote employees working in fraud and claims was told in January of 2024 that they would be laid off in the last quarter of 2025. Today they were told the layoff has been postponed through next year due to poor planning by the executive leaders. Basically they have been holding this over everyone’s head for two years waiting for them to quit so they wouldn’t have to pay severance, but they lost that game of chicken and are now backtracking (Average tenure in the group is 15 years). They hinted at hoping people would quit now multiple times in the meeting, saying “we understand if this doesn’t work for you and you need to quit, but you wouldn’t get your severance.” Just a stunning show of terrible leadership all around, bravo to the senior leaders.

Would be nice to have on top of severance, its so close to the end of the year.

Good morning,

Thank you for joining today's webinar, and I sincerely apologize for the technical difficulties. This email will summarize the takeaway that's specific to you.

As I shared in the webinar, we have been doing work across the company to remove complexity and enable our organization to move with greater speed and agility. Through that effort, we've made the difficult decision to eliminate about 1,800 HQ and global roles.

I'm sharing today that your position is one that is being eliminated.

I recognize this is incredibly difficult news. We are very committed to supporting you through this transition.

While today will be your last day of work, you will remain on Target's payroll and be paid through January 3, 2026.

You will soon receive details about your individual transition package, including severance, benefits, and career support services. In addition, resources like Spring Health are available to support you and your family.

Later this morning, you will have the opportunity to join a session to ask questions and learn more. Our HR partners will also be available to support you directly. Please watch your email for next steps.

Thank you for the impact you've had during your time at Target. These decisions are never easy and I genuinely appreciate the commitment and contributions you have made to the company.

With respect and gratitude.
Melissa

State Farm is really not even a legitimate business anymore. Scam! Insurance companies from P&C carriers to Health Care are run with no consequences because they have so much money and too much influence. I'm in U/W and I'm done in November as I was lucky enough to get the severance. My heart goes out to those that didn't. I can absolutely guarantee you that I try to destroy SFs reputation and brand at every single opportunity. It's bad in U/W but what they have been doing to claims folks over the last decade is down right criminal and it is getting worse. JF keeps talking about the past and rolling out Ed for nostalgia but he was right there with MT destroying State Farm. He started the fire and burned down the house now he is blaming everyone and trying to act like he didn't help do it. This place is a soul ki-ling machine and its "woke" completely incompetent workforce will be the end of SF. If you can, get out, cancel your policies and spread the word to anyone you can. They try to bring down and destroy good people working hard so don't feel bad about sending back the same energy they put out! Sc--w that place!

For those who have been laid off, is medical coverage for your dependent(s) good through thre severance payments or does it only cover you?

Anyone who was let go willing to share what the severance package ended up being?

Team,

Today is a difficult day for all of us at Target. Earlier this morning, I shared with team members whose roles are being eliminated that today is their last day of work.

For the group receiving this email, you and your role remain at the company.

These are incredibly hard decisions and today carries enormous weight for everyone – especially our colleagues who are leaving. We’re committed to supporting all departing team members as they make this transition, including severance packages, benefits, career services and well-being resources.

These changes aren’t easy. And we know they’re necessary to reduce complexity, remove barriers and create the clarity and speed we need to grow and better serve our guests. To get there, we’ll need to continue the change – working in different ways, with renewed focus and effectiveness to deliver for our guests as we move into Q4.

In the next day, you’ll hear from your leader to learn what these changes mean for your team specifically and how to move through the next few weeks. We’ll all need to balance adjusting to what’s new, while keeping absolute focus on the business-critical work.

We will continue to stay anchored in our culture and move forward with purpose – keeping the guest at the center of what we do. I’m confident that, together, we will build a Target that’s positioned to win and grow well into the future.

With gratitude,
Melissa

If notice period in my case is 2 months, does it mean they would put me on garden leave for those two months and pay the package afterwards?

Or would I receive the pay for those two months plus the package in one go?

Assuming some would quit with RTO, saving severance and unemployment.

While this will include reducing in some areas and hiring in others, it will mean an overall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles. We’re working hard to support everyone whose role is impacted, including offering most employees 90 days to look for a new role internally (the timing will vary some based on local laws), and our recruiting teams will prioritize internal candidates to help as many people as possible find new roles within Amazon. For our teammates who are unable to find a new role at Amazon or who choose not to look for one, we’ll offer them transition support including severance pay, outplacement services, health insurance benefits, and more.

Some may ask why we’re reducing roles when the company is performing well. Across our businesses, we're delivering great customer experiences every day, innovating at a rapid rate, and producing strong business results. What we need to remember is that the world is changing quickly. This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it's enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones). We’re convicted that we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and business.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The goal is to get many of us to the point where we can’t take the stress anymore and walk out on our own. That saves them money on severance. That’s why they’ll drag this out into several rounds. That’s why the culture keeps getting more toxic by the day. They want us gone, and they don’t want to pay us to leave.

Do you know if severance includes a prorated bonus (even if the planned bonus incentive is 50 percent this year)? Also - does anyone know if it will be pay through Jan 3rd and then 6 weeks + 1 week per year of service? Or just pay through Jan 3rd and 1 week per year of service?

Since the “no” group will be laid off first, is it possible the severance pot could severely be depleted by them, because the group may be larger than originally anticipated by IOL? I feel like I'm playing Squid game.

I am having anxiety, any idea about how much severance will be given.

Is there any chance they'll give us less than 2 weeks per year of service?

Anyone laid off in Florida since Sept received their separation agreement? If previously laid off in Florida, when did you receive the agreement?

Even if you are right or lowballed on severance. Nobody is going to sue despite tough talk.

A lawsuit with Imperial will be filled with legal costs as they drag things out every step od the way. They will ignore your lawyer, file things late, challenge procedural issues that don’t matter every step of the way.

With the working notice they have provided and mobility survey, they have done everything to appear reasonable, even if they aren’t.

Likely everyone could be entitled to slightly higher severance than what is offered, but they won’t budge. They are offering just enough that lawyers will tell people its not worth the fight.

You will spend $100,000+ fighting this only for them to marginally increase the offer as a settlement offer. Recouped legal fees if you wi. will be 60% of this at maximum.

The process is the punishment. In the meantime you will have the reputation as a troublemaker in the industry and burn through all your savings to pay the bills.

Your only hope is a class action but you will be lucky if you can find a lawyer willing or able to take it on given the varying circumstances, then the court needs to approve.

If several people sue they will make a motion in court to do case management, where they will fight for the lowest performing, shortest length of service employee to be the lead case.

They have everyone by the short and curlies, and you will all take it.

Take payments and collect UI or take lump sum and collect UI? What’s the best route?

I see HCL let the majority of people that came over from managed services go now. Post VSP I look back and am glad I took it. Really hope those whom were part of the HCL cuts make out okay in this economy.

Note for Target legal: I am not leaking anything, just republishing a public document from, the source is below:

Transition Agreement

• Key Terms:
  Amy Tu leaves her role as Target’s Chief Legal & Compliance Officer on May 21, 2025, with her job officially ending June 1, 2025. She’ll receive her regular pay until then, plus 24 months of income continuation (~$3M) and up to $30K in job placement support.

• Pros for Employee:

  • Guaranteed two years of paid income after leaving.
  • Outplacement services to help find a new job.
  • Keeps rights to certain long-term incentive plans and benefits.

• Cons for Employee:

  • Must follow strict non-compete, confidentiality, and non-disparagement rules for up to two years.
  • Loses eligibility for 2025 bonus and must cooperate with Target post-departure.

• Business Impact (for Target):

  • Ensures a smooth leadership transition and protection of company secrets.
  • Prevents a top executive from joining or helping competitors soon after leaving.

• Source: https://contracts.justia.com/companies/target-1261/contract/1339058/

If you start a new job before the 60 days are up, you won’t receive severance pay.If you get a new job but delay your start date until after 60 days, you’ll still get your severance check.This depends on the layoff terms and when you sign the severance agreement.People laid off earlier this year may have different terms.Once your contract is signed and the revocation period ends, you’re free to start a new job.

172 people let go. Some in hubs but many not. The indignity is they are forced to take a ple training to get their severance .