So we had mandatory Furlough training. This covers what you're not allowed to do from Monday at 12 a.m. until Sunday at midnight the week you're on furlough. At the end if the training it states we're not allowed to tell our customers or suppliers we're on a furlough. What kinda of c-ap is that? First, I already know that Hon has notified at least some customers of the furlough. Don't understand why they would try to restrict employees from saying "Furlough ". Not a big secret and matter of public record. Just another feeble attempt trying to control their employees?
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If HON is telling employees to lie to customers by not talking about the furlough, imagine the lies HON is telling their employees behind their backs.
Interesting thing is my furlough starts at 12 am Monday morning but I am scheduled to work Sunday night from 7pm to 7am Monday morning and I was told to work my shift and then turn off my company assets 🤷🏻♂️
It's so the company still collects payment from most customers even if employees aren't being paid. Hence savings.
I followed the instructions for the email and phone reply to the letter. However, if asked directly, I told the customer the truth to avoid falling foul of the Honeywell ethics policy. Funny how that works.
Just make sure your Out of Office and voicemail tell everyone your out on Furlough!
This is what they tell workers to do every time there is a furlough. You must be a new employee. The thinking is that the appearance of lousy support is superior to admitting to the world that you have a poorly managed company. It's not like every other business in the world isn't having difficulties, but in the best spirit of Honeywell, let's be sure and hide it. Plus, as has been mentioned, if the customer knew he had no real support for part of a year, but paid for a full year, they'd rightly demand a refund, and that word is not in Management's vocabulary.
And our customers are being told "Do not tell Honeywell we can't pay them". The mass layoffs will start in Q2 just wait.
Customers paid for 52 weeks of support not 50 or less. When you tell them you’re getting furloughed they want 4% of their money back. It doesn’t matter what the cost action the customer is taking, they want what they are contractually owed. That means both commercial and government customers and this applies to all business, not just Honeywell. Honeywell hopes their customers just roll over for them. I don’t think it’s going to work that way during a depression.
https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/03/25/honeywell-plans-unpaid-leave-for-employees-pay.html
here's what I am telling them.... Honeywell has it's hand out for government help... it will keep it, then either give sr. leadership bonuses or buy stock back with it and disguise it as capital re-investment. Then, they will start the Q3 furlough (unpaid leave) there's a difference if you sue them. Finally, your 401K match will disappear like a Houdini act at the carnival..... Poof!