Has anyone that was severed (laid off) by Williams been rehired, applied for a new job with Williams and was at least interviewed by Wiliiams? It looks as though they are back filling former positions.
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Doubt RIF had much to do with performance, more to do with reduction in cost, company realigments personality conflicts and making room for the younger employees.
RIF was a good no-hassle opportunity to let under performers and problem employees go, so some won't be back for that reason
Interesting, did not know they had this internal signal. How old are you? Who did you talk to in HR?
Anyone else flagged as Not Eligible For Rehire after the April layoff? It took me awhile to figure it out after a good opportunity slid through my fingers. HR fixed it, but said it was done by my manager.
Give it some time this company will be a rough shape.
Age Discrimination, it has nothing to dud with cost, older people are better and will accept the lower pay, but they aren't going to be hired period, not at these big companies, with a bunch of young newbies running them. Just look at Google, class action suit filed against them.
Thanks, feeling a little better, it takes time. Simple lesson learned, manage your own career, don't get attached to one company, hard to do but that's the brave new world we live in. Good luck
Be glad you are out of this hell hole. Looking other places is probably the majority of most peoples day right now, trust me you aren't missing much, I would state Williams has become a company with even less loyalty and engagement since the spring layoffs. I know I'm looking a well as others also.
Penny wise, pound foolish, nothing changes.
True, however,
Cheap isn't always good, you have to train, etc. I say there should two lists, recallable employees and ones that are lost causes, I have seen it done at other companies, it is very effective. Complete termination is just a lazy way of doing buisness.
Why would they do that when they can just replace you with someone cheaper?
How did you find out about the job? Where you directly contacted or did you randomly apply off their positions on their web site. A moral and ethical company would bring back terminated employees first before they even started posting new positions. We all know companies aren't that ethical, they like giving the appearance of being, but cash and greed controls them.