Merry Christmas, Happy New Year... layoffs picking up again 1/16/19... and the cadence is accelerating ... with two rounds planned in February 2019 alone.
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Pretty modest. Mainly tried to get them to round up my years of service to get another week of severance. I was told it was non-negotiable.
What did you try to negotiate?
Last year I tried to negotiate the severance without success.
How generous did it used to be before? Also, has anyone tried to negotiate severance? Results?
Seems the package is less generous than it was - is there anything extra for over 55
Standard package - 2 months plus one week per year of employment
I am curious, for those that were laid off, how is the one week for every year calculated as part of severance? Is it one week per calendar year? Or one week for every full working year of employment?
Am from Bangalore, today in our floor 10 people got layoff without any notice. Tomorrow Also there gonna be some layoff. Here they are giving 3 month salary .
I think it varies. Last year I got 2.5 weeks notice. Someone else in my group got about 4 if my memory is correct. To be honest I felt a bit like a zombie during that period, though I did try to join a new group.
Meant 2 weeks notice, people were notified on January 17th last year
When one of guys let me know he was being let go last year they told him on a Wednesday but his termination date would be Friday the following week, so a little over a week notice, not sure if everyone was giving the same notice
Too much overlap. When we are bringing in 8 storage specialists and 4 GCN specialists plus the account team to meet with one customer who wants to buy a Solution that is likely 4RU's it's not good. Not the employees fault we are overstaffed and tripping over ourselves to compete with the next guy.
At least for us, it was a lump sum payout (with notably high tax withholdings), the pay period after the signed severance papers are mailed.
Just curious, is the severance a lump sum payout or are you still payed according to the Dell pay schedule until the severance runs out?
Best wishes to all impacted. I went through it last year - hated the experience but wound up landing on my feet with an awesome new position.
SE for a very large account was laid off this morning. Rescheduled from yesterday. 1/16 dates look accurate!
Good luck guys
Standard package - 2 months plus one week per year of employment, bonus pro-rated for how much of the year you worked, 2 months of fully paid cobra and then cobra on your own, LTI for anything vesting within 90 days, 2 months outplacement
Round Rock office impacted in marketing
Does anyone know anything for India? I'm seeing some going, but not sure
what groups??? what locations??
Got let go today also, 8 weeks plus an additional week for each year.
Any details(severance, medical ins extensions) on exit package offerings?
I was laid off today as well as a few others. I actually had LTI so it’s definitely not focused on low performers. I expect a decent wave with Feb 1 as exit date. They definitely have to tighten the books now being public.
Their calling it IT Workforce Reduction. Locations US and Brazil.
So, who are they targeting this time?
Fact. I just got layoff HR Meeting and IT manager. Effective Feb. 1, 2019
There was a layoff in Seattle this morning
Hmmm - it’s 1/16/19 & all quiet on the layoff front?
In India, Jan 31st is the last date for many.
so whose relative this time that needs a high level and paying job in return of a favor? still busy hiring for the same roles and higher for the ones that were cut.
Already heard of one today in Seattle. Could be more.
Dell is always laying off Nothing new
We’ve still got open recs at our Dell facility also.
Where I'm located we're still hiring, haven't heard about any layoffs around here.
It will happen and this time Mr. Dell will clean it up in NDC QA and those who made fool of him by moving from QA to support and sustaining and those in Hopkinton VMAX QA with all third world survival skills. Game over.
Yeah Right :-)
its confirmed .. one of the long time director in l-emc IT announced he is leaving (let go mostly) .. not really sure how big it is .. but there is some impact on Wednesday.. I heard that its going to be 10%
I know EMC always did it on a Wednesday.
Heard some rumors that there will be some layoffs this week .. Usually it happens on wednesday (based on history from last few times)
I was laid off last year from Dell on a Wednesday. (Though my last day was a Friday 2.5 weeks later).
The layoff's that happened in my group were on Jan 17th last year. So it is possible for layoff's to occur in the middle of the week. If history repeats then the chances of something happening this week would be a good guess.