#severance

Had layoffs on the manufacturing floor yesterday, mostly some old timers looking for a package.

Several of us are in the same situation. We all declined to relocate. Does anyone have any experience with approximately how long it took before they received the severance DocuSign email?

Do they cap it? Let's say someone worked here 40 years?

What's the rule for this or just point me where to look as I am unable to locate the information? I was planning to leave anyway but I'd rather take severance and my PTO.

Remember when we used to get Best shot awards, exceptional service awards, and the lucky few, annual trips to Hawaii?
Forget the gold Rolex watch from that back alley in Hong Kong, just get me my severance package to sign. That’ll be better than all the awards and trips to Hawaii.

does anyone have any details about the so called "co-sourcing" venture HPE is planning with Deloitte in Romania? All I'm thinking it's a masked lay-off. HR announced Global Finance and Accounting Organization will move to Deloitte as part of a co-sourcing venture between the two companies. Considering if you get an offer to move you'd have to resign from HPE and then start on a probationary period with Deloitte, why does this seem like the perfect scheme to avoid paying compensations for layoffs?

10/15 was a bloodbath across Comcast. Some Sr leaders, mostly staff. Severance packages for frontline are embarrassingly bad.

Who's expecting Mike to announce the new CEO's name today at the Fire Side chat?

In August this year, I declined the substantial position change to relocate to a core location. It’s now the middle of October and I have yet to receive the severance package paperwork to sign. Any idea why such a long delay? Thanks.

How is severance calculated? Any news on Canada lay off's?

Warehouse operations are to be handled by the third party company starting Dec. 7th. Was told that things will continue as usual until Dec. 7th when we are no longer employed by Pepsi. 2 weeks before Christmas. We are being offered/given a severance package. We've been encouraged to apply at the third party company and have been told we'd be given "priority" in the hiring process and wouldn't have to do an interview. We have some guys who have been with Pepsi for 40 years and are being laid off. Location is Everett, WA. The new company will be running things at the new Marysville location starting Dec. 7th.

Can you imagine if they drop people with only 1 week per year?

With murmurs about the next round of layoffs being soon, what is the standard severance package? Does it change based on role?

Just to make sure nothing has changed and there have been no reductions.

I was a part of the RIF that occurred at the end of September. I signed my severance agreement and then received an addendum saying I would not receive a lump sum, but would receive biweekly payments. Do you think this will occur on 10/17 or will I be waiting up to 60 days for payments?

I know of 15 people actively looking for other jobs outside Humana , they want out. Unhappy people with current state of affairs.
Offer the severance package again so we can leave.

I’m hearing conflicting info about what the severance package will be for the upcoming layoff population. Will it be the same as those who decided to leave?? Feels wrong to give ppl who decided to leave the same as ppl who actually still want their jobs. And specifically the insurance/COBRA. Will it be subsidized thru to the end of the severance term?

What are NFP's terms of severance for 2025.

Did you guys recently have layoffs in SF? If yes, how many people were let go and what kind of severance payment was provided to the employees??

Just came across this article saying severance spending hints there won’t be job cuts in Q4. Curious if that’s really the case.

Does anyone know if in New York State you can claim unemployment benefits ( if still unemployed) after your severance payments conclude?

Does anyone have more information about the current severance pay rules and if it differs from what they were traditionally allocating?

Rumor is massive layoffs tomorrow. Yet the severance policy hasn’t been adjusted downward, and I haven’t seen other obvious clues. Also it seems they should have done it in Q3 to offset the bad news we expect. Does anyone have insight? Otherwise I have to assume the big layoff will occur second week in December to capture it in 4Q.

500 people being severed at CN-US. Engineering this week....

It would seem obvious that the WARN Act will be dismantled shortly since the bill was introduced by a senator who would be shunned today, and passed by a completely different type of congress than we see today. Not surprisingly Reagan did not sign the bill.
No question today's administration will ensure corporations have as much power to layoff as many workers without so much as a grunt. Removing guardrails meant to protect employees is their goal. Pay attention.

For those of us who fondly recall working for the most respected company on the planet in the 70s and 80s I think this sad video speaks for itself. This is the destruction of IBM Endicott campus which was a crown jewel of IBM founder and CEO Thomas J Watson for 42 years. He cared DEEPLY about IBMers and had engineers paint buildings rather than lay them off in hard times. Building after building and campus after campus all being bull dozed like this as perhaps the largest and longest RIF reduction in force has been going on since Gerstner came in 93. Since then there has been some recoveries but every IBMer (most from acquisitions now) put their head on the pillow every night wondering if I am next for the RIF or PIP the new trick performance improvement plan to avoid severance. In these building shards generations of IBMers were the best of the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qOck_46ZYc

Anyone else feel like they're getting the run around? Emails are not helpful and calling gets you no where. Has anyone gotten information on how to return equipment?

At least I get 2 weeks but dam they are doing just under the number not to qualify for the Warn Act.
Thanks Guys! No Really right before the holidays.

I was laid off first thing

Hey everyone, what’s the latest on the Sarnia situation?
It seems discussions between management and research staff are still ongoing. There’s talk that some employees might be offered relocation options — possibly to Edmonton or other sites — instead of full severance packages.

The overall timeline also appears to be shifting, with the move now expected sometime in Q1 next year. It also sounds like some Houston teams are on hold with equipment transfers until there’s more clarity.

Does anyone have confirmed updates or insight into where things currently stand?

Well that’s it today day number 60, I wish you all well, for those still at Cisco and those like myself moving on.

Take care of yourselves, your family, and your red stapler.

If Wells Fargo offered a 10/14 or 10/28 layoff (which they wouldnt), but just curious which u would take. 10/14 wouldnt offer the 401k match and 10/28 would. No judgement here, just wanted to get a feel for which u would take if given the opp.

Dear exited US Foods family members, It is with deep sympathy that I add this post. I am new to posting though I read this board a couple times each week. I had a horrible weekend just thinking about those of you that we lost. I wonder if the leaders of those departments that lost coworkers also had a rough weekend and postponed some activities to think and pray for all of you. I wonder if they talked to their family members at dinner or at a family meeting about how there are people that are hurting and asking them to pray for them or even do a volunteer activity together to make sure their kids grow up with empathy and kindness for those who are hurting. It seems the many RIFs at work are making even my department feel how bad these can be. I wonder if any of the executives or even our department leaders, who are well connected looked at the openings on Indeed or Linkedin and found openings and decided to call friends they know at those companies to tell them about one of our affected former employees to give them a better chance to recover? Or will they sit around and drink and watch the baseball or football playoffs or hang out with friends and laugh at a fancy dinner. My friends and in my and other departments all took time to do the considerate things above and are calling our friends at other companies starting today to see if they can be hired. We called our former associates to see how they are doing and plan to continue. Some were doing fine but most were terrified and not in a good place. Two of them were so angry and off that they said some scary things. We considered telling our security department but thankfully we read the articles and hearing of his interactions with others in our department, we do not have the feeling that the security department Vice President will know what to do. I wondered if he would just talk about it openly to everyone in the same way he has about other things going on in the company or with his previous employer. My friends and I have talked this morning and decided to check on the ones with the irrational or hostile reactions and try to get them talking about other considerations. We know you we all affected before the holidays and ask that you reach out to those you still know who are still here if you need anything. We might be able to help as friends with finding work or giving money or something. I know of one of you that cancelled a trip a week to visit your cancer stricken mom because you can't afford to now. We have gathered some money together and will call you today to send it to you to help you with those costs. We hope readers on here will do the same for those you know who are no longer with us. Those of us in Human Resources know the severances are small and the services that are being offered are not worth the paper they are written on. We will be there for you. I close by asking those still here to help your former colleagues. I also vow to join those on this board and do what ever I can internally to force our leaders to take action. I did not realize how helpless one can feel to hear scary reactions from former associates and feel like there isn't anything that you can do because you know the person responsible for dealing with those consequences is not a man of integrity and is in over his head. He had the nerve to talk to a friend of mine in another department and tell him how bad our Field Vice President was handling WPV incidents in the past and how she opines too much now when complaints surface when they have to work together on an incident. Telling our internal field leaders to just call him directly next time is not acceptable. You are now part of our Human Resources department and ask that you behave as such. We also vow to be more helpful on your needs in our regions and to help our associates inside to let them feel the US Foods that I have grown to love in the many years I have been here. This was suppose to be a short post but it is hard to contain my feelings of what is happening in our beloved US Foods.

A friend from Meta suggested that if I’m impacted, I should tell them I won’t sign anything until I’ve reviewed the contract with a lawyer. Has anyone actually done that and been able to negotiate anything? Any advice if we end up in that situation?

Leaking that the time is right for eoy packages. Rif will be in full swing

Buyout Package coming soon?

Everyone should say yes to relocation and make the decision more difficult for management. This could also help boost your severance when you show a willingness to relocate but the company decides to separate you.

I heard from an AVP and SVP that T is exiting out of the LA buildings by early next year. It seems with the DirecTV sell off being completed, the company has no need to maintain office space or further operations there.

Anyone else located in LA hear anything? Are they being laid off and offered severance or told to relocate to Dallas first before that becomes an option? Does it make sense to relocate to Dallas in such an event?

If you know that you would be wfr’d and there’s an opening in another company that comes only in 2 years only, would you quit and go there ? Or would you wait for the severances and then search for another offer ? .. let us see some wise answers ..

https://technode.com/2025/10/11/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-shanghai-azure-staff-amid-ongoing-global-restructuring/

Reports: Microsoft Shanghai Layoffs Offer N+4 Severance, Relocation to Australia Option

https://pandaily.com/reports-microsoft-shanghai-layoffs-offer-n-4-severance-relocation-to-australia-option