will those that raised their hands be notified any earlier than the week of June 23rd, with the rest of the gang?
I hope so but it doesn't look like it.
As a side note, word from Cabo is that there were 220 hand raisers nationwide and 300 inventive reps that will be gone. I think that chances are that if you are in a territory that will have cuts you will probably be approved, unless you are against someone in the bottom bucket.
Yes, this is a sticky condition. The layoff criteria includes performance rating so if you have a lower bucket person in your district, a handraiser and just 1 position that needs to go, lower bucket wins. Only if they need to get rid of 2 positions will the handraiser get their wish.
Sticky is right! Many of the bottom bucket people had one bad year due to managed care, one or two big drivers tanking the deck, one person teams. Most bottom buckets had good years before and have them today.
Hand raisers want an exit. They want out! Why keep them captive if they don't have the interest or motivation anymore?
The decision to cut the bottom based on one year is insanity!!!
BTW....some S3s and LERs had bad years in 2013. Throwing them out too???
Signed,
A Bottom Bucket-er
Bet they're one of the bottom bucket-ers with a brain, motivation strong work history! One year in the tank and it's all over?
Geez...I'm hearing big award winners and big S'ers are on that cut list too......while some big slackers who had a lucky year made it to the must keep list.
Cut made with precision and accuracy? Hardly! Sounds more like a crap shoot!
Until 2009, I was employed by IBM for over 30 years. For those that don't know, since the mid-1990's, IBM has laid off tens of thousands of people in wave after wave of layoff's. Layoff's at IBM have been and continue to be an annual event since 1999.
I can tell you that most cuts made no sense what-so-ever. Those that everybody knew should be gone, stayed. Those that thought hi-performing people would never be let go, were shocked when they saw them go. I personally know a man who currently has over 40 years of service at IBM. Everyone that knows him agrees he should have been let go 20 years ago, yet he's still there with absolutely no plans to leave. Another man I know is a highly valued employee who has raised his hand and wants to be let go (so he can retire with a severance package) should there be a second round of layoff's this year. He was told by his manager that "It would be hard to justify that to upper management."
I can also tell you that severance packages grew less and less generous with each new round of layoff's. Two years salary for anyone let go back in 1999 was the norm. Today, it's two weeks pay for every year of service, to a maximum of 26 weeks weeks pay. If you have a low performance rating, it's 3 months salary - maybe! They approach low performers and ask them to voluntarily leave with 3 months pay. If the low performer refuses to leave, they'll be put on a PIP (which they don't have a prayer of making work) and after 3 months if they haven't improved their performance, (and they wont improve it because their management will ensure they don't) they're fired with zero severance.
Interesting perspective thanks for providing. In those wave after wave of layoffs at IBM, what
has been the litigation history from employees being fired?
