I found employment elsewhere. Am I under legal obligation to let them know or do I continue to collect the paycheck and keep the dot green? My boss won’t give meaningful projects, anticipating my eventual RIF, so I left but didn’t resign. So, I’m not failing in the job requirements. I respond to email within 24 hours, which is really rare, but accomplish nothing.
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Actually you won't go to jail even if you have it in your employment contract. It's not illegal.
If your unique employment contract or handbook that ou agreed to states that you could be jailed for breaking one or more provisions or certain provisions, then maybe. Otherwise, no.
But, you could get sued for back pay. In some cases, the suing company lost because the person had glowing performance reviews.
Only the person doing it can decide if it is worth the risk.
There are plenty of folks in the world that, since covid and the increase of remote work, have more than one full time job. If you can meet the company's expectations then you can have as many jobs as you can handle. Nothing illegal or unethical about it. It could go off the rails if you have to return to the office at some point.
If this is real/true, then you’re a hero!
Hats off to you.
I'm in Aero and this is EXACTLY what I'd love to do. I'd love to show these uppity sc-mbags what is what by getting another job and then just stop showing up to Honeywell but still get paid. I'll bet you could do this for a good 3 weeks before someone notices you did it. My manager is too busy calculating his bonuses and MIP to care of I show up each day, so this is ideal. I think the biggest indication that I did this would be the sales people who make money off my back (and I get nothing) would start complaining again that Im not answering emails fast enough or to their liking so it might not last 3 weeks but it would be sure fun trying.
Completely legal in the USA. Many other countries have employment contracts so if you are in breach of that you could face legal liability consequences
Hopefully it’s AERO you are screwing over!!!
I assume by his post that OP had another full time job. That would be enough to prove he is swindling the company. Jail it would be.
If by "other employment", OP is working McyDs at the night shift, OK. But the post does not read like that, and this whole thread is BS.
load of bs -
so in this tale the op is very likely in breach of two employment contracts.
but mainly imagine a #futureshaper not being swamped with a shitload of work because of previous rifs - bs
I knew a guy who was earning good money designing products for another company whilst doing bare minimum at Honeywell, I think our director knew as well. He claimed he was doing it in the evenings only but we all knew otherwise however we all agreed we would do the same, almost double income can't be bad if you can easily get away with it!
@1mgd
Not necessarily. If you are meeting obligations and not conflicting with Honeywell business, or customers, you are good. Otherwise, how could anyone engage in a profit making hobby while being a Honeyweller? You are just a troll with minimal knowledge of life and law
When they figure it out, you will be in serious legal jeopardy. I don't mean a reprimand or something, you'll go to jail. (But your manager will get fired either way)
Go ahead on. If you have some 'ethical' hesitation, just remember who we're tawkin about.
Go forward. Move ahead.
You are not the only one. JW quit a long time ago and he is still there. But I'm sure he has a contract and would be quite expensive to get rid of. Me, on the other hand have greatly reduced my efforts and am hoping that Honeywell notices. I'll take my severance and smile. I do have a hard time with intentionally messing up a project though, so Honeywell most likely won't notice. I've got to try harder. Maybe miss the goofy Accelerator training? There does seem to be a new focus on that cr-p.
I’d say you are clear to keep collecting the paycheck. If you’re fulfilling the work they give you, then you’re doing your job. It’s not your fault that you have a really light load of work leading up to a RIF.
Sounds like a win-win. They won’t have many tasks to transfer when you get RIFd and you get to meet workload and collect.