Building to be demolished. Employees get no choice as to what facility they will be transferred to. Nice way to get people to quit without needing to actually RIF them.
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Yup - email came from MM this week postponing all Phoenix area renovations. Intent is to restart once market conditions improve (who knows when this will be.)
I have zero inside info on this but here’s my thought ... they want to get rid of a property liability by razing the building, cleaning up whatever hazardous waste is left behind and then sell the parcel as a clean slate.
The problem with this logic is that it’s going to cost them millions of dollars to do this with no line of sight to a return on the investment. Not to mention all the money they would have to spend fixing up other valley facilities in order to accommodate the influx of people.
Now fast forward to the current situation where the stock has lost almost 40% of its value and we’re heading into a recession. Why would Honeywell go through spending millions on this now with no return for foreseeable future? MM is going to need the cash to do other things.
I suspect that this is going to be put on hold and delayed for yet another year or more.
Ironically, two of the elevators have been redone, and the other two are being redone now. Brilliant planning there.
People are supposed to find out within the next 2-3 weeks where they will be moved to.
Yes, there was a pending sale that fell through a year or so ago, and when they started the elevator refresh, many of us felt a sale was off the table, so we were blind-sided by the announcement. The only slightly decent thing HON did in all of this was to give us two years notice, so we can get our ducks in a row and get out of HON.
I heard most of the roles from Tempe are being relocated to Glendale, Deer Valley and Kingman. No room at Sky Harbor unless you want to have an outside desk. Kingman wouldn't be bad, the homes are b–cheaper out there!
Address is an easy, legal way to discriminate. They don’t need to say “you’re an old white highly paid (fe)male and you need to go.” They can get the same result saying “your position is being eliminated outside of (pick a place).” The next day, they can post for the diverse college grad with a slightly different title and a lower band.
Kinda funny, there were supposed to be a 2nd 1207 style building on the same property. Our soft ball fields and archery range were on that lot. Then they sold it when allied signal needed the money.
why wait?
That 1207 Building is unsafe. Somebody should call OSHA and Department of Health & Safety because there were employees who were trapped in the elevator on multiple occasions. It is an accident waiting to happen. Ignorance is stupid!
Creating a safe workplace is important and those elevators in the 1207 building are unsafe. People should strongly consider using the stairs.
When? They couldn't care less, so... Will they? Expect nothing but more of what has already been seen, the worst.
If I still worked there I would keep my eyes and ears open for lots more than this building being demolished in 2022. Honeywell cannot next trusted anymore. Sad
I hope they take a wrecking ball to the whole factory. I'll gladly work on the demo team.
There was a serious rumor (if there is such a thing) a few years ago that the 1207 was going to be sold, but nothing happened. Since then, it's been pointed out that the elevators and much of the other infrastructure was well past their prime. I remember, back in the mid-80s, when it was built and Power Systems (that's what the APU people were called back then) was supposed to get the next new building. We ended up down the street across from the Journal building in what eventually became a forest service or some other AZ government thing.
I was hired into the Journal building in '68 – good times. It's beyond interesting to see what's happened since.
Typical Honeywell. They don't care - like it or leave it!
When are they going to tell people where their new "home" will be?