Highly likely the whole point of the new policy is to generate attrition - saves on severance payments.
IMHO
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So what was the Sarasota Incident???
Correct assumption
It's working!
I know of an engineer that was thinking of quitting, and made the decision to do so right after the No More WFH memo came out!
check out the clarification e-mail
AERO PEOPLE MANAGERS: REMOTE WORKING DATA COLLECTION – PLEASE COMPLETE BY OCTOBER 14
Dear Manager:
Please see the link below to provide requested data by Friday, October 14.
This data collection is a follow-up to Friday’s communication to all Aerospace employees regarding the Remote Working Policy.
To help managers and employees understand the requirements and expectations of the policy, I wanted to clarify a few specifics and provide additional guidance and information. The intent of the policy is to address remote working situations where employees work regularly or consistently from home or another non-Honeywell location as a standard practice during their business hours as defined by their local time zone.
The policy does not apply for partial out-of-office situations. Examples of these situations may include working remotely in the afternoon following an early afternoon appointment outside of the office, or leaving the office early to work remotely due to personal or family illness or emergencies. For these situations employees should seek permission from their managers. In addition, this policy does not prevent employees from participating in early morning or evening meetings with global teams from a location outside of a Honeywell.
The information you provide will help us to best gauge individual employee circumstances and arrangements and, if necessary, address any changes and exceptions to align with this policy. Employee categories who support Sales, Field Service, Field Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering and employees who work from customer or supplier locations have been pre-defined as exceptions to the policy.
Once the data is collected, Human Resources (HR) will compile the information and work with managers to discuss individual employee circumstances not pre-defined per above to find a solution that meets the policy, or pursue an exception that will be submitted to Aerospace and Corporate leadership for approval. As always, results from this data collection and the Remote Working Policy will be implemented in full compliance of local laws.
Finally, occasional, “one-off” requests to work an entire day remotely should be submitted by the employee to their manager and HR leader together for approval.
I realize there are some unanswered questions left to address. At this point, collecting the data regarding employees who are currently working remote is the first step in the process. I appreciate your support in helping us gather the information.
Thanks.
Steve Kelly
Vice President
Aerospace Human Resources & Communications
HR is probably deep diving into what each of the WFH people do in their search for more RIF candidates.
All part of the plan...
Make them come in while moral is in the pits and maybe they will quit....
Ooooohhhh! The "Sarasota Incident"!!!
It sounds like the title of a book about alien abduction and...uh...probing (of some kind).
Seriously though, Dave Cote is such a douchebag. We always mock him at the quarterly meetings.
NOTE:
Dave has taught me to never buy a "cah" made in "Chiner".
;)
Most likely a little of both. Force people out by making it sh*tty for them and you save on severance and unemployment benefits. Makes sense to me. Force all your best people out and replace them with 3rd party contractor robots.
Seems unlikely. More probable that Dave Cote got his panties in a bunch over the Sarasota incident, and spiralled out of control.
This sort of knee jerk reaction is precisely the kind of behavior employees have come to expect from Dave and his subordinates.