If an employee isn't at work that day, do they hold off on the notice, or just send it anyway?
Also, is the notice usually delivered by the manager, HR, or both—for both layoffs and terminations?
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Out group got laid off (maybe 60% of team ~12 people) in October by the group manager. I was told that the layoffs were planned about 9 months out and the planned had identified people by name. This really su-ked because had I know, I would have found another job, well before the layoff date. But then again I really don't expect Wells to take care of their employees - so it's not an issue for them to jam people up and kick them to the curb....
@mk I was under 12 weeks and still protected
@e9 Do you mind if I ask if you were outside of FMLA protection when they called you? I’m coming up on my 12 weeks and wondering if they could get ride of me prior
@de I was laid off during leave and my notice period ran concurrently. My 60 days started the day of the call regardless of my leave status. My actual severance would have started when I was released.
You will be contacted wherever you are. There is no delay because you are taking a day off or on a leave.
@d6 if you're on leave you'll still get the call. the actual notice period doesn't start until your leave is over though. (source: me as a manager who had to make that call :-( )
The decisions are made about 6 months in advance. So, the timing is just coincidental if you're on PTO, etc. If you're on leave though, they might just wait for the first day you're back, then lay you off.
They will call. Doesn’t matter if you are on your dream vacation, honeymoon, in the hospital Lin a coma or on bereavement. Chainsaw has no soul.
Charlie’s chainsaw transcends FMLA, PTO. space, and time
manager only. and it will happen on the planned day regardless of PTO or not.
I had a co-worker who was on vacation in Hawaii when she got the call. Of course they aren’t going to delay it…
Just my manager called me to lay me off. At 8:30 AM. Just handle it as gracefully as you can. Your manager has no choice or say. You may need them as a reference later. They become a means to an end.
If your on the line for layoff, they will call you even if you are PTO.