Thread regarding Honeywell International Inc. layoffs

Furlough as 2 weeks notice

I was lucky enough to secure a job with another company before the furlough announcement. My start date is actually the very first day of my scheduled 2-week furlough. I was going to submit my notice the day the furlough was announced but then decided against it because I was afraid of being let go immediately due to the focus on cost reduction.

I feel like it is a d–k move to use the furlough as my last two weeks. So I am considering pushing my start date. However, then I remember a few short years ago where friends of mine were unceremoniously tapped on the shoulder and asked to collect their things and walked out during one of the mass layoffs.

I guess I'm looking for opinions. It was sheer coincidence that the furlough landed on my start date.

by Anonymous
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Comment! It's anonymous!

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Call in sick while you try out your new job. They don't want you to come back if you're sick, lol.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1ckw+14eK0FIx

Don't worry about "not showing up" dinging your employment record. Have ANY of you actually tried to break into the labrynth of Honeywell databases in order to get an auto-reply to a prospective employer proving that you actually worked at Honeywell? Don't know what I'm talking about? Yeah, I didn't think so. It is totally buried within the Honeywell web site and CANNOT be initiated by a prospective employer...you the employee must set the keys to allow access and then ALL the company will do is acknowledge your service dates. Period.

As if HR gave a D* or even had the interest or capability to bad-mouth you. Give me a break.

by glad to be gone after 33 years
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Post ID: @1hgb+14eK0FIx

Stay with Honeywell as long as the furlough is in effect. Maybe you’ll get a lay-off package in the middle of it or when they call you back in.

Get two weeks vacation time after the furlough so you can give them a proper two week notice. Lol

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1ess+14eK0FIx

the first poster gave good advice.

do not "just not show up" they could mark that in your file and someday if another employer every verifies this job, they could say left not in good standing or some other negative state

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @icw+14eK0FIx

You owe them nothing and frankly the previous poster gave superior advice. If you like the new job there is no need to even call Honeywell. After 3 consecutive days of not showing up and no phone call, you will be terminated as of that date.

When I quit, it was on a voluntary layoff and they would not tell me at all if I had been chosen, then the b* called me in from vacation to lay me off. As of that date, my wife walked out on Friday and left a resignation letter on her chair. No one cared.

by glad to be gone after 33 years
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Post ID: @bce+14eK0FIx

I was one of those friends. I was one of the lucky ones who planned. My advice, do what is best for you and your family and smile on your way out. Don't forget to thank Honeywell for the opportunity, but among friends, we all know how toxic this company is. To better futures!

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @oqw+14eK0FIx

the company would/will have no qualms firing you. I say this. Go to your new job see if you like it. If you don't like your new job and your old company calls you back quit the new job. If the new job feels like a match, then just tell your old employee bye.

You're furloughed, you aren't making any money, and there is no guarantee that you will actually have a job to come back too. You can be fired in those two weeks, as well. Will the company care if they fire you? No

by jcelvis
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