Lastly, if you try to warn potential employees by posting a review on Glassdoor, Indeed, or various other sites (technically a violation of the severance agreement, but it's ok if you remain anonymous), Black & Veatch will immediately suppress that review with "Anonymous" current employee reviews. They may be real, they may be fake. But the ethics of it stink. Over the last 10 years, Glassdoor Review has not dropped below 3.5 EVER! My guess is that a reputation of being a company with multiple and frequent layoffs because of incompetent management is covered up by a very heavy handed advertising and media relations arm. If they put half of the money they spend on fliers and pamphlets into actually keeping quality workers around, there would not be a problem. Some graphics design person promotes B&V as a great company while they layoff hundreds to get an extra penny or two on B&V stock, of which you are no longer a part of the ESOP. After I was laid off, in intense disgust, I suggested a Six Sigma project to make lay offs faster because apparently, they have no intention of ever decreasing the practice. I think they try to apply Six Sigma to the labor force (the bottom revenue generating performers get cut, no matter what the reason). It's absolutely id–tic because eventually everybody becomes an average performer, and you get laid off because you wore the wrong suit or dress. Favoritism and nepotism reign. Eventually they will be bought out by somebody bigger. If you were to stay there, you would become like them. So.. be thankful. The layoff saved your soul.
Posted by @10TGQCir-atff, I thought it deserved a bump for being on point.