Layoffs before April 2??

[Anonymous]

Any thoughts layoffs will be sooner than April 2?

 

[Anonymous]

Last week in March for sure.

 

[Anonymous]

Last week in March for sure.

I sprayed my lap top with my Martini just now

 

[Anonymous]

April 2nd is the target date. They did leave the door open that if all the legal paperwork was complete they would consider earlier but I believe they would give us a heads up if that is the case.

 

[Anonymous]

They are now saying either week of March 26 or April 2. Probably no heads up.

 

[Anonymous]

They are now saying either week of March 26 or April 2. Probably no heads up.

By law there has to be a heads up! Its called WARN

 

[Anonymous]

Didnt they already give the WARN notice?

 

[Anonymous]

By law there has to be a heads up! Its called WARN

Not exactly, the Warn Act simply gives you 60 days once you are notified. If this goes down anything like last time, and the current notification date estimate is correct, managers would either be notified of their situation on Friday, March 30th, or the morning of April 2nd. They will then make calls to the reps that morning or afternoon (April 2nd), depending upon when they are told.

However if Novartis has all their ducks in a row ahead of time, notifications could be moved up by perhaps as much as a week. Regardless of when you are notified you are gone, you will still get your 60 days of pay after that in compliance with the Warn Act. Your severence period starts after you come out from under the Warn Act. In effect the Warn Act gives you another 8.5 weeks of severence pay.

 

[Anonymous]

Not exactly, the Warn Act simply gives you 60 days once you are notified. If this goes down anything like last time, and the current notification date estimate is correct, managers would either be notified of their situation on Friday, March 30th, or the morning of April 2nd. They will then make calls to the reps that morning or afternoon (April 2nd), depending upon when they are told.

However if Novartis has all their ducks in a row ahead of time, notifications could be moved up by perhaps as much as a week. Regardless of when you are notified you are gone, you will still get your 60 days of pay after that in compliance with the Warn Act. Your severence period starts after you come out from under the Warn Act. In effect the Warn Act gives you another 8.5 weeks of severence pay.

Well, like I said, WARN is the "HEADS-UP". Weather they tell you not to do your job, or not, you are still a fulltime Novartis employee during the WARN period. If they pay you for two months, and tell you to stay home, what do you care. Im not sure why you felt to state the obvious.