I thought there would be no reaction, given how much HON values its employees. However, I think they were a little surprised that I quit. So I wonder if they thought that I was happy here or that people have no choice but to stay at HON until they say they don’t need you anymore.
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HON could care less and is happy to shed labor cost while sacrificing customer and employee safety.
When I quit, my manager was upset because he wouldnt be able to replace me for a year. (HR rule?) But if he could have fired me, I could be replaced right away. I put in 2 weeks but after hearing my manager complaining about that nonsense, and no compassion or asking why I'm leaving, I turned in my PC and phone right there and said bye.
@2tlq - Totally agree. Like playing golf on a ho-e by a lake, 100 coots have come out of the water and are grazing in the fairway. You tee up and stripe it down the middle and nail a coot. The other coots may raise their heads or a second then go right back to munching, stepping around the dead coot. Don't miss a beat.
When I began at Sperry the HR was a REAL HR, not S.S. in plainclothes. They actually hired you for a career and showed it by investing in you and providing great benefits for the whole family. Back then Managers actually got dinged in their annual reviews if even one employee quit, and they got significantly dinged if a "key employee" quit. Those were amazing times and it worked, the comradery and morale were always high and it was a true family. But then the Management Consultancies, like Anderson, McKinsey, Deloite, etc. came 'pumping the sunshine' of achieving the magic 10%/yr turnover, and ridding the business of "Corporate Co-dependency," translated: Employees = Temp Workers... "Hire 'em as you need 'em - fire 'em when y'ur done... and don't forget to MAKE YOUR QUARTERLY NUMBERS!"
You could hear the corporate soul being s-u-c-k-e-d out of the building each time the Consultancy Clowns arrived at corporate HQ in chauffeured limos.
What I always found bizarre is when someone leaves or is RIFed, no mention is made of them being gone in the next major meeting. It's like the person never existed. Not always the case but often.
That should be a lesson for anyone putting career over family. This sh*t is meaningless the second you leave.
The below water analogy is spot on.
I used to rejoice whenever someone voluntarily left Moneyhell. I still do and I left years ago. I seriously wonder if an angel gets his wings when someone leaves this hellish place.
fill a bucket with water
put your hand in the bucket of water
remove your hand
measure the impression you left
this is the totality of your impression on the Honeywell Corporation
I quit right at 4 years ago (Greer OEM) building. They never saw it coming and was shocked. But at the end of the days they didn’t care. They did not try to talk me out of it. Best move I ever made.
Corporations don't have emotion. People care not honeywell.
If you feel like you are being missed it is a testament to the relationships forged while you were at honeywell.
Congratulations on remaining human despite the efforts of the money machine that is honeywell. Many people fail in that.
@OP They were surprised that you quit not because they thought you were happy, but because of the fact that they were oblivious to the fact that you may be unhappy. It never crossed their minds that you may be unhappy.
I think that Honeywell believes that since they are a fortune 100 company, working at Honeywell is something to be proud of. Except when you meet another former Honeywell employee who's going to look at you wondering what took you so long. The arrogance of the management of this company is really disheartening.
OP; I don't believe Honeywell is concerned about how the employees feel at all.
I retired several years ago as an engineering manager. I remember an HR generalist manager telling me some years ago that normal attrition varied from 12-15% a year. Normal attrition is employees simply leaving the company for a new job at another company, getting fired or retiring. It does not count RIF's.
Honeywell currently has about 40,000 US employees. So at the high end, 15% attrition would be 6,000 employees a year or 500/month. At that volume of people constantly leaving Honeywell we are all just another warm body that can be replaced. They don't give it a second thought.