Thread regarding Mondelez International Inc. layoffs

I hate to hear that....the company for sure won't do anything! Your mistake was not pursuing it "outside" the organization. It's sad to hear that your attorney gave you that advice, if they really feel that way why are they practicing? Assume this was an attorney that specializes in employment law? If that statement were indeed true, the whole practice of labor law would be non existent!
Mondelez counts on you to back down and not press things. Their philosophy of "we treat everyone equally bad" is not only wrong, but also problematic.
Who did you turn your territory over to? Male or female, over 40 or under 40, what race, what religion? Did your attorney explore these potential violations of the EEOC?
I think the issue was your attorney. Of course the company won't punish themselves, they do all they can to sweep things under the carpet. I'm just telling you, there is now a written policy to protect you from this abuse when they realign.
We had a teammate go through this. They are no longer here and "rumor" has it...they pushed back and settled outside the organization.
My advice is to get a new attorney....hold them accountable, they certainly won't do it themselves.
Good luck!

Ok, good luck with that!!!

I did not sit back quietly as I wrote up $20,000+ of credits last go round.

I took pictures, sent emails, lined out the entire situation, and nothing happened.

We have policies against everything. Good luck getting anyone to enforce them.

I've been documented s-xually harassed, reported it, and nothing was done.

This was before the "Me too" movement.

I did consult an attorney, and got no where. He said "sorry to tell you, all men are pigs."

Given a do over, I would have continued to pursue this.

HR does not help employees.

I'm well aware how this company operates, but thanks for your input.

The only reason it won't be different is because of you....it takes your effort to make that happen! The good news is that this is the first time they have had mass realignments with a corporate policy in place to protect reps from this occurring. If you let it happen, shame on you! It is very clear in this organization that if you don't hold people accountable than they won't be!
A picture is worth a thousand words......I'll be sending lots of pics and holding my DM accountable.

I've worked here for years, and been through many territory changes.

There's always been a huge mess, $1000's in credits, too much back stock, etc, when stores change hands.

Nothing has ever been done for me, or anyone else I know to credit us for the deficit we inherited.

I have always been completely screwed over picking up another reps disaster.

This time won't be any different.

When's the 3rd party company starting?
Any new information?

According to the new corporate policy, you should NOT inherit ANY mess! If the rep was moved to another territory that credit/back stock counts against them on their new territory. If they are no longer with the organization that credit/back stock must be taken care of prior to your arrival in the store.
The days of territory realignments where reps "load" or don't do credits so they can hit their bonus and screw the next rep are over. All thanks to DM's who allowed this occur, leaving some with $40,000 plus of excess inventory and $10,000 plus of credits. Tried to pretend they didn't know it was there, yeah right. Must be cause you don't ever work in the field cause you cant miss when stores are calling you.
Don't let them do this to you, they won't do it to me! If I find this, it's going straight to the head of HR, of the organization. Lazy management.

Did you sign up for EOI?

im one of the most senior people on the team and i am now in a position to start completely over....and im not too happy about some of the messes im inheriting

Curious what it is about your new routes you think was done to get you to leave?

Is it a way higher volume route than your other team mates?

Is your store count higher?

What is it?

I was given the most stores, and an extremely high volume, taxing route, while others have less stores, without high volume accounts.

I have seniority, and they CLEARLY want me to quit, never been more obvious.

I'm a great employee, BUT, my DM hates me, just one of those personal bias things, we just don't click.

He also allows a culture of harassment and s-xual harassment, so there's that...

This whole thing was handled without any concern for people. Sad

I feel pretty certain my new stores were designed to get me to leave and at least one other person on my team thinks they got the same treatment.....seniority didnt seem to matter at all....I’m taking my time to decide but it’s pretty obvious .....

I don’t think you need an attorney to request that info, but my experience is once it is of recorded that you retained an attorney they pay more attention! You will likely get what you are asking for faster! If it is you that asks, keep all records of everything you do!
You’ll be in such a better head space once you are away from Mondelez! And you are right, it won’t be three years before DSD is totally totally eliminated! It’s no longer sustainable!

To be clear, I will retain my health care thru the retirement program, I just have to pay the premium which is at the employee rate, if not reading it wrong. I guess I would just add this amount to the years I’d planned on staying which was 3 if job even lasted that long. Should I submit HR records request before departure date or after? I ponder what may occur if request too soon...lol...

of course they did...the severance doesn't last long

I'm seeing that they maybe even discriminated against those that had a higher severance payout

Yeah, at one time I too loved the job. There was a huge shift in the culture, about when we split from Kraft it seems.
Most states are "employment at will", but they still have to comply with the EEOC guidelines and age is a protected group. It may not be as hard to prove as you think once you see who was let go. HR will likely drag their feet, so CC yourself on any and all correspondences. I believe they have a time limit to respond.
Make sure you use an attorney who specializes in employment law, it makes a difference. They will want you off the books so i would be really surprised if you could negotiate healthcare thru them, but $100,000 settlement is not out of reach.
Don't back down, they are counting on people being afraid because it's "david vs. goliath", but its really not!
A couple more people like you and a class action is possible. That's when it gets good! People should unite, share their stories and come together. Two class actions in two years against Mondelez..., very do able! Kellogg's settled a class action when they left DSD.

Thanks for the “HR” advice....everything said is exactly what I was thinking, however, in CA can lay off at will and to prove age discrimination isn’t easy, but exactly what I would ask an attorney to research would be the demographics of those others laid off across the country. No doubt can hire almost to SR’s for my salary. Yes, aware they always settle, but I wanted to insure a valid case, not an ambulance chasing attorney.....I think I would actually contemplate negotiating for my medical coverage retired employee fee paid for the next 6.5 yrs in return for not filing a lawsuit! ...”maybe!”
We all used to luv this job so much fun but it’s eroded & it will end, I was hoping to go out when it did....

Ask HR for the demographics of who was let go, they have to provide. You likely have a good case for age discrimination. They have to share the age, race, gender, etc of all those that were let go. Seems obvious that you make way more money than a newbie, so that is likely the reason. The three criteria they use in making cuts is tenure (you have this one), geography (you got this too), and performance (sounds like you got this too). You won't have to sue, they will settle this, always do!
Pay the $250.00 for a good employment attorney in your area to evaluate your case. You can set this up where you have no out of pocket costs other than the evaluation fee, and maybe not even that.
Most attorneys will give you two options.....
they will take a portion of what you win or you can keep it all and pay an hourly fee.
This will be SO worth your while! DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY LOOKING AT IT.
Don't let them off the hook! You will thank yourself.

After 33 yrs, laid off, with no real reason given other, than position eliminated, but it’s not, route changes, but it lost 3-4 stores gained 2-3 stores, w/same A-B-C stores.....HR didn’t really say anything specific. Live in middel,of route so geographically no reason. SR taking my route, less, than a year exp. w/Mondelez, in over head in their current route. Performance good. Boss, called to apologize as they swear up and down they had no idea....should I believe them? Only 2 reps let go in area, one volunteered and I was plucked from the heard with the most seniority and make number when majority of districts does, it’s fixed anyways, but almost always do when realistic #’s given.

It's only gonna get worse.

My new route is 3X more work than my old route. Announced today. They clearly want some people to quit. Obviously, I'm older, and I'm one of them, so they are trying to k–l me with an unobtainable work load so I'll quit. Ok! Even though I'm super good at my job and run circles around the youngster's! Age discrimination at it's finest

Get out while u can !!! Ain't worth it!!

I am out too, and it is beyond liberating! Once you are out, you will realize how abusive and toxic life is at Mondelez! To wake up to a positive message from senior members of management (working for a competitor of Mondelez), every morning just to let us know how appreciated we are! A completely different culture, and one that creates a winning team!
To wake up and feel good about my job again...priceless! When I run into my previous Mondelez co-workers my heart aches. Everyone looks like they aged 30 years in the last year, tired and beat down. First thing they ask is, "are there any positions where you are"? So so so sad!

Good luck
I got out