Thread regarding Honeywell International Inc. layoffs

• Add the headcount in the budget for full year
• Call a staff meeting and pander to the staff "how grateful HON is and appreciate everyone picking up the slack"
• Position to Sr Leaders, we are coping with the attrition, but will sign up for stretch goals to prop up the P & L
• Walk faster while in a rooftop to project urgency. If working from home move mouse and keep do not disturb on messenger
• Contact HR to see if any headcount in low cost region wants a Visa to move to US and target a 40% reduction in labor cost (direct or indirect)
• Keep full headcount that hasn't been backfilled into a discretionary bonus for executives
• Fudge on metrics, shift on time to delivery to on time to promise, cite supply chain disruptions
• Volunteer Team for more work - Send out "atta boy he/her" emails about how proud I am for their performance
• Send out few token $100 awards to the staff putting in 70- 80 hour weeks
• Add new H1B visa staff in July, volunteer 2 RIF staff that are at the high end of compensation range
• Kind of feel bad for about 5 minutes knowing they have a big event in their personal life: spouse with cancer, big wedding or college plans for their kids, new house, but tough f'N luck, we have a quarterly bonus to hit. Take a long shower that night and sleep comfortably
• Nod and wink to Executives that report Quarterly earnings at all hands meetings, applaud and smile, and move out of their way in hallway encounters

I am a kool aid, HON future shaping super star!

Huge job security bonus. Thanks for adding to natural attrition and saving many jobs! 🤣🤣🤣

“anyone can do anything because we have HOS” just about sums it up for me

It’s not only the attrition — it’s the lack of timely backfills. We also struggle to hire because we don’t have flexible work options (home vs office). Many open roles aren’t being filled because we have archaic policies and candidates can see it.

There are customer issues that are unassigned because there is no one covering that program anymore. Also, someone takes a vacation and there is no assigned backup so requestors just try to find anyone, someone with no clue what it is about. There is a lot of work that is not getting done. I don't know if managers understand this or not because in all meeting I am in it never comes up. The pushers just keep pushing even when there is no one there. We have hired a few folks external that have quit because they were expected to come in day 1 an take the ball and run with zero training. There is zero planning for attrition of the workers who knew what they were doing and not having knowledgeable people. Leadership still seems to think anyone can do anything because we have HOS - and now accelerator.

Honeywell doesn’t want people working “here” at least in the US. Everything, including military is heading to low cost regions.
Military projects are not immune as people in Minnesota, Washington, and Florida will learn next year.

This situation isn't unique to HON and won't be getting better. Boomers are retiring in droves. Those that are passing on are leaving tidy inheritances to their now middle aged offspring who suddenly find themselves with alternatives to being wage slaves. If HON doesn't change their culture, and I mean fast, they won't be able to find anyone to work here. Good companies are finding it very difficult to hire people. HON is anything but a good company. HON is a God-awful, horrible, abusive company. They need to change their ways but we all know they won't. RIP Honeywell.

Yikes. That was painful to read. Sadly I kind of feel the same way.
The fear of missing out is intense.

I have crushing fomo.
Over time, as the people I respected most fled, I became angry and physically sick.
Today I find myself doing petty things and I'm ashamed to mention my position at honeywell.
I am trapped.
It is embarrassing how much i enjoy leaving reviews everywhere telling the truth about honeywell products. I tell everyone I meet about the ship by any means, maximum effort-minimum integrity culture I am asked to sell to my direct reports. "Tell your friends and children to stay away" I say. Wells Fargo stole your money, honeywell steals your life.
I am ashamed.
Perhaps I should seek counselling for the depression this job has generated.
The mental result of fear and anxiety extended across a decade.
I call it burning platform syndrome.

Yeah... sounds like I am affected.

My project is a new product just approaching qualification. All original systems, software , program management, test engineers, fpga/asic engineers,and of course all pp&c people have turned over several times. The program is year(s) late and the team sees little chance of passing Qual.
Does it effect me? Meh... not as much as it impacts the customer.
I didn't start the product and there is zero chance I will see delivered.
Basically I am third string on the under 12 baseball team.
Just chewing gum in the outfield and dreaming of a better games.

Sounds like a post from one of those HR surveys.

Not enough people to do the job is stressful to those left trying to meet the demanding schedules and lessens quality of work. I am doing work alone that was done by 5 people 5 years ago. People left and it kept getting piled on me without replacing those that left. Even if they hired someone new at this point I have zero time to mentor and train them and keep up with my work.

Constant turnover and/or lack of a resource altogether on project teams while trying to maintain scope, cost and schedule is an absolute nightmare.

There aren't enough people to cover each needed function. Management now expects hardware engineers to be mechanical, manufacturing, software, and test engineers as well. There isn't enough time in the day to justice to everything. So, many things are falling apart because not only are there not enough people, the supply chain can't support the basic volumes that it could just 24 months ago.

Almost impossible to do your job to the best of your ability? It's probably your ability that is the problem.