Thread regarding Honeywell International Inc. layoffs

A company that is in the news for making face masks and does not provide face masks to it"s employees that are forced to work closer than 6 feet from their coworker. Thanks for creating the petri dish that could k–l someone Honeywell.

@4fug those days rapidly faded when DaveC took the helm.

If we were their priority then why do we not have any hand sanitizer in Clearwater? Your forcing people to come in and risk their lives to build your product and you do nothing for them. other than hang some posters in the dirty bathrooms telling us how to wash our hands. Your newsletter says you are searching the world for sanitizer? It is even on the news that local breweries are now making sanitizer since bars are closing up. It would not appear you are not looking very hard beyond whatever company is on your old list of suppliers. I think whomever gets sick because of this should seek a lawyer. or even open a class action against Honeywell.

I remember the good old days when people were the company's greatest asset. And it actually felt that way. People cared, and the company cared. That's been long gone for several years.

#1 priority is outsourcing to India.

Watching the President's new conference and the plea to work from home.... They said this does not apply to Honeywell employees.....

Q&A time- What's easy to replace?

What a joke about employees being Honeywell’s first priority! Since when?!

Twitter account for Honeywell public shaming is officially up @honeyweller2 ! Remember to tag @Honeywell, your local government, and local news network for most damage, I mean, exposure... most of this thread would be great to put on Twitter. Honeywell sure doesn’t care about its employees, but you know what it does care about? Its stock price and public opinion. At least enough to address with a more proactive public response. The goal would be to collectively force its hand.

Why am I required to go to the office only to have meetings on Skype to avoid being in the room together?

All PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) from Honeywell Safety and Productivity immediately is to be shipped to protect mission critical employees in China and India. Finance stand by for FX currency adjustment for Q2 Earnings and prepare RIF's for NA staff to be completely off the books by June 30th.

MJ email reinforcing the no WFH policy is proof that HON doesn't give a sh– about its employees.

Thank you, OP, for your spot on post summarizing what so many of us are feeling. Instead of being at the forefront of American corporations in responding to this crisis - our leadership will wait until it’s a government mandate. It’s appalling and irresponsible to NOT insist that telecommuting be the “new norm” in the midst of this public health emergency.

Correction; CEO Darius.

OP post quote from CEO Dave:
"Said CEO. Next day, to stay at home with kids, must have official evidence kids school closed and no other option."
Arizona has closed the schools as of Sunday March 15th. (from AZFAMILY newq website)
Governor Doug Ducey and State Superintendent Kathy Hoffman jointly announced the closure of all Arizona schools from Monday, March 16, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020.
An internet search shows about 25 states have already closed all schools or will in the next several days.

Tailor made for people to post on Twitter etc. that Honeywell is still having people that can work from home work unless they have proof etc. they have no other option.

PR is on lock down for only five cases of Coronavirus on the island and the Honeywell employees were all told to work from home...

RIF'd several months ago because I refused, as a senior manager, to go into the office when I had worked from home for over a decade. I cannot believe Honeywell has not reversed the policy for the health of employees during Covid-19(?). The hot cubes are a germ pit. Executive management has had no respect for employees after Cote left. Pretty happy I got my package and sold my HON stock.

I’m staying home! All schools shut down, there are cases in town, town buildings shut down as well as restaurants. No gatherings larger than 50!

This is irresponsible by Honeywell. Even JPL, Raytheon and many others are asking people to work from home. Intel in OR has mandated it. You won't find me working from the virus incubation nest this week. Honeywell is at risk of a law suit, no doubt. Ridiculous !

• Gov. Closes all schools finally.
• CDC says avoid crowds larger than 50 people for next 2 months.
• Starbucks shuts down dining in for all stores.
• CDC says over 60 stay home.
• States closing restaurants and bars.

• CEO of this company: Sit in your chair, spread without symptoms for up to 14 days, we cant he held liable and employees can't prove where they got it from, who cares what experts say, who cares that you can do you job away from your chair like India does for us,...

https://www.endcoronavirus.org

What company "experts" are ignorant about:

"New studies in several countries and a large coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts bring into question reassuring assertions by US officials about the way the novel virus spreads.

These officials have emphasized that the virus is spread mainly by people who are already showing symptoms, such as fever, cough or difficulty breathing. If that's true, it's good news, since people who are obviously ill can be identified and isolated, making it easier to control an outbreak.

But it appears that a Massachusetts coronavirus cluster with at least 82 cases was started by people who were not yet showing symptoms, and more than half a dozen studies have shown that people without symptoms are causing substantial amounts of infection."

@1dss , the TP comment, thanks for the laugh.

With some schools remaining open, the young act as carriers to bring the virus into employees homes. Those employees then bring it freely into the workplace, spreading it without symptoms showing.

Now it's said covid-19 is expected to continue infecting thru September.

Just imagining how many will end up sick or worse from sites staying open and mandating employees to risk health and safety by having to physically be present when 80% of software positions work can be easily done remotely.

They did enough to advertise that caring image. That's all that matters to them. We are units of labor.

Good luck with your WFH request. I'm going to continue coming in as long as I'm healthy. Where else am I going to be able to find an endless supply of toilet paper?

It will be very interesting when all of their office employees are out sick and they have no one to do the work.

They are id–ts! I’m going to be wfh, not risking it. I can do all of my work from home. How do you discourage face to face meetings but still want people to just sit in the building?

All schools, events, other companies shut down around us. Not risking my health to sit in a desk in their infected building.

Rumors flying that someone in the MP building has already been exposed. Stay home people!

Some IT vendors have been told by their own parent company that they can WFH

Frankly this is outrageously irresponsible behavior from management. They should already be encouraging employees (especially the high risk population) to wfh where possible and not waiting for the inevitable. They are putting not only employees at risk, but also the larger communities. Due to the incubation time, it is not going to be one employee that will be infected it will be is a cluster of cases in the workplace and extending outward. I suspect we will see some new recommendations in the coming week.

You are just a number, they have removed the human aspect from everything. How do you like your EID? I had mine removed by a corporate reduction of force! Best thing that could of happened to me.

#1 priority is making Q1 look good for wall street. Q2 is gonna be brutal. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that air travel declining and flight restrictions on a global level are a huge blow to the aerospace industry. If you believe things will go back to normal in a few weeks, good luck! All aero employees should prepare NOW for furloughs and layoffs.

Make your case to your manager and HR for temporary approval to work from home during this national emergency. If DaveC was still running the show, you probably would be denied without explanation. Perhaps now they will start granting exceptions on a as needed basis now that it has been declared a national emergency. Don't expect any change in policy until the number of cases of infected in your area start to rise dramatically, or if a fellow coworker has tested positive at your site.

It's corporate greed. Their policies will come back and bite them in the a–. Only then will you be able to work from home. And you'll be working while you're sick!!!