Hello, I have recently accepted a new job outside of Honeywell and will be giving my 2 weeks notice to my manager Monday.
Anybody know what I should expect with regards to my vacation 'balance'? Being unlimited, and policy says no payouts, should I ask for next week off and then give 1 week notice?
Any advice?
Myself included, I suppose, why is ANYONE responding to a 3 year old post, much less wishing the person "Good Luck?"
Good grief.
Do what is best for you. Honeywell is 100% interested in what is best for itself.
Get as much vacation and sick time as you can in order to be 100% ready and prepped for your next job. There’s negative benefit in Honeywell overworking you now. You’ll just be burned out for the new place.
2 weeks notice is fine but definitely not if it’s full of overtime. It should just be providing status of things for the next person and a lot of goodbye talks w coworkers. Super easy 2 week wind down and even some sick/vaca days if you just feel like it.
Get ready for that new job!
Wow! This is really awful. I'm actually afraid to do what (give 2 week notice) I've always considered an honorable and ethical business practice.
Another former Honeywell employee here..
I’m with @MsZsn0d-bcu
Also, read https://www.thelayoff.com/t/KW1x7sH @KW1x7sH-1xmp
Honeywell burns those they terminate hard. I know this from personal experience.
I’m sure Honeywell HR, legal don’t think in terms of “we better not burn this person, we might need to hire them again someday", "we want them feel respected so they represent us well" or other similar cautions. They simply want to avoid lawsuits. And they’ll circle the wagons with the managers and intimidate coworkers into silence, etc. as needed.
At any rate, I have gone on to a successful career post Honeywell and feel blessed, all things considered.
I do wish the OP the best in their future endeavors.
Start taking your stuff home so you can fit what remains in a satchel when you leave. The cardboard box thing is shameful. I'm already retired as of a few years ago. I always rejoiced when I got the news that someone was leaving Honeywell (or Allied Signal), especially on their own terms. A very happy moment. Kind of a like an angel getting his wings.
Take all the vacation you can and give no notice. Make sure your equipment, pc phone ect is wiped clean and left on site. Take all your contact info with you prior to vacation. Take print outs of important web sites, phone numbers, pay documents and the approvals for your vacation. Work 1 full day after returning from vacation, preferrably a friday. Resign in a hard copy letter and drop your equipment off at the guard desk or IT to get a receipt.
I am doing the same next month.
Take vacation. Then cone back & quit on the spot
Had a couple of valuable guys leave our group in the past couple months and I've observed a few tips:
DONT:
Talk to hr in an exit interview. Their job is to protect the company not the employees. They are interested in telling their superiors how you left because you were a bad employee rather than you were a valuable resource that is going to be missed.
Be disrespectful to anyone. As much as it would feel good to tell someone off, bite your tongue and wish everyone the best of luck in the future, it's a small world and best to not burn bridges because it seems inevitable that HON is driving out top performers...you could be working with them soon in the future.
never ever ever take the counter offer. My group has been automatically offered 5% to stay, when that is rejected the manager has asked what number it will take. If they thought you were really worth that much they should have been paying you that all along and not furloughing you. Also, if you take it you are reneging on your new offer and will likely never work at that company. Which you will probably be needing to do in the near future because because you are now top of the list for the next RIF.
DO:
Get contact information of your coworkers. If you didn't take a good experience from working at HON at least recognize the value of your personal connections you have formed.
Work with your manager to transition your work. While your future employers background checks will not go into performance they do ask the question: 'is this person eligible to be rehired at your company'. You do not want the answer to be anything other than 'Yes'
As far as vacation goes, it's between you and your manager. Hope you can come to a reasonable solution.
First congrats! When I left Honeywell last year, I gave one weeks notice and took one week vacation, site manager did not like it too much. Tough cookies I thought, he was a kiss a-- anyway. He was the main reason I lost faith in the company. If you HR trolls are reading this, get bent!
In many cases once you give notice they will get rid of you immediately so I would take 2 weeks vaca and then just quit. Sorry for anyone who would have to pick up the slack but as others have said- Honeywell would have ZERO problem dumping you with no notice- they have showed that over and over-
Also, the point of unlimited vacation is that they won't have to pay anyone for unused time. So use it first.
And CONGRATULATIONS!! Good luck to you in your new venture!
Think only of your coworker(s), will you need to do any training for the person taking over your responsibilities? Do you like him/her? Else, I would request as much paid vacation as I could get away with, even if it overlapped my new job start date, then call in my resignation the day I was due to return.
When I quit, I gave two weeks notice, they let me work one week, then said see ya (paying me for the second week). My leftover vacation was paid when I left, but now...
If they can give you zero notice when they want to to lay you off, then they deserve zero notice when you want to leave on you own accord.
Congratulations. I would take as much vacation as you feel comfortable asking for and give as little notice as you need to gather your things. They made the policy to suit the corporation but there is no reason why you can't exploit it to your own advantage. Good luck.
After being there 35 years and seeing that being let go came with zero days notice, and the company will give no acknowledgement that you ever worked there, much less give a recommendation to a new employer, I believe that 2 weeks notice is very "20th Century".
I did VRIF and could not get anyone to talk to me for months. I suspected it was coming, so took unlimited vacation at the start of the year. They called me in to let me go.
I think even a blind man can see where I am going with this...