Thread regarding Honeywell International Inc. layoffs

Upper Management Exits: If leaders of the business start to quit, look for new jobs or start working less hours, it’s a pretty big sign that something may be happening that lower level staff doesn’t know yet. Increased HR Meetings: See a lot of upper management meeting with HR more than normal? They could be going over layoff procedures or looking for other ways to reduce the workforce without laying people off, such as voluntary retirement incentives, furloughs, etc. Bosses Work Late, Communicate Slow: If your bosses are starting to work weird hours, avoiding issues you may have, seemingly drop off the grid, or act out of place, it might be a sign of a layoff or some other big change. It’s worth paying attention to, but it could just be a strategy pivot that is stressing them out.
Day-Long Meetings: Are all of the upper managers in constant meetings in the conference room for what seems like days on end? They might be struggling to figure out what is happening and how to fix it.

It’s never a good sign when the company starts putting all financial exchanges under a microscope and requiring approvals from the higher ups. When Expense accounts are being scrutinized, new procedures are being implemented for securing purchase orders, and implementing approvals to tap petty cash for what were previously unquestioned expenditures.

If your bosses are starting to work weird hours, avoiding issues you may have, seemingly drop off the grid, or act out of place, it might be a sign of a layoff or some other big change. It’s worth paying attention to, or if they are stressing out.

If you don’t get invited to long-term planning meetings, that could a sign that the company is imagining a future without you in it. Before making layoffs, you may intentionally keep employees out of the information loop, If they plan to eliminate an entire team or department, the affected employees may not be informed about the restructuring plan or invited to any restructuring meetings. When you feel like managers or co-workers are avoiding you, that behavior change may be a sign that they know information about your job security that you don’t. Watch out for conversations that end when you walk by, or a lack of eye contact, because they are signs you may be let go.

No matter how secret an upcoming round of layoffs may be, the seal is never 100% rumor-tight. There’s always one old-school veteran who knows something. And the way you can tell they know is that they start bringing home all their accumulated personal belongings in easy-to-manage nightly shipments. Also if they have integrity just ask them what they think about RIF’s and how secure things are moving forward.

@1tfl+15D8VWFN Totally agree with everything you said, but tough to do this when everyone is working from home.

Staples is delivering empty boxes.

Another sign is body language. For instance, if you have questions about a project that’s been put on hold or you need to ask your manager for money to perform some task, pay attention to not only their words but what they do with their bodies. Do they avoid eye contact? Do they shuffle about? Do they normally act like this? You can tell a lot about what a person is thinking by their body language - use it to your advantage.

You forgot "Layoffs are over, but the situation is fluid."

If you still have a job at Honeywell, that's how you know more layoffs are coming.

Simple, look at your paycheck. Does it say "Honeywell"?

https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput

You can cry and scream all day long about your manager but the data you seek is in the link above. The data says more layoffs are coming.

The sun rising in the east is the most immediately recognizable sign.

Lol. Must be a cut n paste from somewhere

The Signs That More Layoffs Are Coming!
The most obvious sign you are going to be laid off or layoffs are coming:

• Executives hint at layoffs using other terms, like 'restructuring' "downsizing," "reorganizing," "incremental synergies," organizational efficiency," "offshoring," "streamlining," "headcount reductions" "workforce rebalancing." "simplifying structure," "organizational improvements," "right-sizing," "simplification," “synergy” and "delayering”.
• Company starts giving 'non-negotiable' job offer, assignments or projects to employees and or retirements are forced, benefits cut, packages or incentives offered to resign now.
• You are ask to start sharing or jointly working on your project or objectives that you have been in-charge of, led or assigned with your potential replacement as a co-leader or co-manager.
• A coworker is positioned between you and your direct reports if you are a manger or between you and your boss to assure a smooth transition once you are replaced by the coworker.
• Company is trying desperately to save its dying flagship product or business.
• A WARN notice has been issued. If more than 250 full-time employees are being let go a company must file a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) with the state's Department of Labor (DOL) 90 days prior to the layoffs. This is public information that can be found on a state's DOL website.
• Company gets acquired or has a merger or talks about a merger or IPO flops. Mergers frequently lead to layoffs to eliminate duplication.
• Company is aggressively hiring new employees in a business that is not growing at a similar rate. Normally these new employees are hired at lower cost to replace older and higher cost employees.
• New H1B hires or transfers and training of overseas functions, branches and employees.
• "Synergy" is a word that should terrify employees: "Synergy is what you get when you eliminate redundancies in your efforts to cut costs."
• There's already been a round of layoffs. The first round of layoffs is rarely the last.
• You're invited to a group meeting with the department head, and ther personal assistant confirms with you that you'll be there.
• Internal job postings get taken down or not filled.
• You're expected to do more with less and budgets dramatically cut or reduced.
• Your role and responsibilities are shifted, split or to be shared with a coworker.
• People are told they can't work from home or must report to the office on a specific day.
• The higher-ups take steps to 'improve efficiencies' and eliminate redundancy.
• Bringing in consultants to examine processes.
• Company brings in a new board-appointed CFO to look over the books.
• Higher-ups start quitting or if they start heading for the exits.
• If you start to get ton of questions about what you do.
• Requests to share passwords, training documents, and other things that may not be written down are sometimes done to smooth impending dismissals.
• The discretionary stuff is eliminated or starts to go are signs reduction-in-force is coming.
• Cost control policies implemented and expense accounts very closely monitored or curtailed.
• Company bills aren't getting paid or supplier payments terms are ever increasingly over due.
• The uprooting of plants, offices and functions, shifts to overseas in low wage countries.
• "Rumors and speculation of possible layoffs coming"
• Conference rooms are booked by HR all day meetings or HR off-site meetings are signs big changes are coming.
• HR folks prefer to deliver bad news like layoffs in private and behind closed doors.
• You notice ramped-up security.
• Your access to work accounts and work related info begins to be limited or denied.
• If you're locked out of password-protected, company-monitored accounts.
• Managers are suddenly pulled into a series of meetings that span a few days.
• If managers find it difficult to directly answer questions about what is going on with all the meetings, this could serve as confirmation.
• You stop getting invited to important meetings.
• Upper management avoids eye contact or try to avoid you.
• There are more tissue boxes than usual around.
• There are a lot of empty boxes around.
• Memos to employees detailing imminent layoffs.