Thread regarding Honeywell International Inc. layoffs

Left Honeywell and healthier now

I got out after 30+ years with a voluntary layoff in 2nd Qtr. 2020 (the first covid layoffs). I was going to retire later that year anyway. Between my severance (6 months), Gov't unemployment insurance, and the Feds kicking in extra (a 9-month supplemental covid program), I made $50K I didn't have to do anything for (I was making about $55K/Yr).

Despite my lucky timing (a rare covid upside), I have nothing good to say about the sorry state of today's Honeywell (aka Allied Signal aka G.E.). Change was in the air in the final year or two of D.C.s rule. When the golden boy D.A. (aka $500 bottles of wine) took over things got ugly....fast. My boss (half my age), once a good guy, became a monster. I could not believe that anyone would throw away their honesty, their character, their dignity for $100 grand a year (yes, a lot of money, but what is a person's dignity worth?).

I suffered classic Honeywell PTSD for quite a while, despite my lucky exit timing. I'm better now. My wife and young adult kids say that change in me is huge. Apparently, I brought the Honeywell sickness home every day and infected my most precious "possession": My family.

Maybe I was too vulnerable. Maybe my boss was particularly hostile. But reading all the postings here at Layoff, I got a feeling that my boss was the norm.

Unless my experience was unique, I suggest getting out if you can. I feel for all of you. Good luck!

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I left in April of 2021 after 23 years when they asked for 60 hours per week. I looked at my finances and decided I don't need this. Took my pension and rolled my 401k into an IRA that is not as volatile

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@lox+1k31isrT

Nothing is for free. Honeywell outsourced to plenty of third world pestholes and they got what they paid for: poor quality, pi$$ed off customers, and loss of future business.

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Post ID: @1veh+1k31isrT

Yup. Left earlier this year; it is awesome.

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Post ID: @cnk+1k31isrT

“Making $55K/Year”
HON can hire 3 staff for that in Juarez or COE in some low wage country. It’s a Free market……

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Post ID: @lox+1k31isrT

Happy for you and glad you are able to tell the tale!

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