Thread regarding L3Harris Technologies layoffs

@ay9 L3H management strategy and LHXNext steps:

1. Identify a current stable working process/organization.
2. Create a problem to disrupt the stability identified in step 1.
3. Blame others for problems introduced by executing step 2.
4. Layoff primarily DL employees while increasing IDL employees and incentives aka "management incentives"
5. Cash those executive bonus checks due to "solving" the problem.
6. Wait for a new Trusted Disruptor opportunity to arise!
7. Repeat all steps again.

At this point, I'm convinced SM is probably using the Star Wars movies for product and organizational strategy guidance.

Layoff employees for immediate cost savings or try to grow the business?

“Do or do not. There is no try.” - Master Yoda

@atj "A VP reporting to another VP with the same/similar role/title!"

looks like future cost savings opportunity!

@8tx Let me try and understand the latest organizational announcement from SM.

AS was VP of engineering and programs for SMS. He is now president of I&C. The shoes of a 31 year old VP who was in the role for about half a year were too big to fill by one person...

SM is going to split the VP of engineering and programs role into 2 roles.

1. VP of engineering - reporting to EZ who is VP, Engineering, Tech & Innovation
   1. VP of programs - reporting to DZ who is VP, Operations & Program Excellence

A VP reporting to another VP with the same/similar role/title!

This functional idiocy and redundancy is so meh in the grand scheme of things... only SM and CK could think this is a good idea.

It's a good thing I used AI today!

LHXGPT taught me something new and totally inspirational!

You can't spell Mehta without "meh"!

Why this nudge?

This nudge was created by L3H based on: Shenanigan(s) as a priority.
This intelligent nudge drives improvement of this organizational focus area: Fake it until you make it.

I love this website. Always a few great laughs.

@4an AS introduced himself to the IC team about 3 weeks ago.

Highlights:

He loves rollercoasters!
He wants to generate excitement for the executives about IC!
He wants to give us more opportunities to have fun with family and coworkers using the discretionary funding budget (e.g. zoo day)!

He displayed his vast engineering aptitude by explaining the success and lessons learned from his first real engineering job project... he designed a box for a system and verified his CAD model and everything was great until a lowly technician told him it would not work and would not fit into the installation area on the system.. he challenged the technician and the technician proved him wrong by showing him the installation site (i.e. a hole in the system for the box)... AS has a BS in mechanical engineering and a MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He failed to design a form, fit and function subsystem...

We are about to find out what he can do his MBA and business acumen!

During Q&A:
What qualifies you for your new leadership role?
AS replied he was excited about the opportunity and his excitement alone was the basis for his selection!

No plans to sell off IC or parts of IC at this time!

IC HR Director confirmed no combined 160 hour cap on vacation and sick policy!

My personal and team's engagement and excitement is off the charts!

A new hope has arrived in the form of a 31 year old President of IC!

Since the AS introduction about 3 weeks ago, IC sector budgets were cut by executive leadership. Funding and personnel rerouted to support failing IC programs. Talent is rolling off to other programs/sectors as well. IRADs paused or shutdown indefinitely. Layoffs rumors heating up inside and outside of IC sector. Reorganization rumors heating up due to sale/IPO of former Aerojet businesses.

Corporate HR just threw their Hail Mary Pass... "Career Days" this week to help with career growth and progression and sent out a list of high priority open staffing requisitions!

I guess all that "rationalizing" and desired attrition is finally catching up!

Buckle up buttercup!

The IC and L3H rollercoasters might be "going off the rails on a crazy train!"

Cue up Randy Rhoads epic guitar solo!!

@50v Looks like AS wasted no time to get a HR director to send out employee referral bonus information. Bonus up to 30K!

Looks like the Trusted Disruptor has an attrition problem and AI can't fix it? I mean they told us we would be replaced by AI. Why not deploy an AI agent to solve this staffing and/or productivity problem?

"The best talent knows where to find the best talent."

HAHA!

All the best talent is leaving in droves. And no one here is going to refer anyone with top talent who we respect or trust to L3H. Someone's relative, friend or drinking buddy sure!

Give the executives what they have always wanted: A young, diverse, low wage, new college grad, uneducated, unskilled, inexperienced, talentless and/or non-degreed work force!

Remember "The Decision" - "Take my talents to South Beach" - LeBron James

Make your OWN decision and WIN in another company.

Fast.Forward.

@50p AS will definitely get a lot of business experience in I&C. Too bad he doesn't have the skills to turn it around. He is going to meet everyone and learn about the customers and teams soon. AKA I'm in over my head and don't know what is going on somebody save me type of situation.

CK and SM ONLY care about the $$$ NOT national security. I&C will be split up and sold off in pieces to generate revenue and so AS can keep his job. They already got rid of older talent with the layoffs. Everything gets harder now to keep I&C from sinking at its current rate.

@4wa that is hilarious! What more can you expect from him! Manages upwards really well and is very polished! Says all the right things to upper management! It worked for him! All he needs now is some real life business experience! Let’s see what he can deliver as sector president

@4sz AS revealed his aptitude to everyone with the ridiculous engineering organization transformation name change poll. Choices to rename the engineering team: the hive, the foundry or engineering. After employees picked engineering, he let everyone know about the powerful statement of unity from the team!

IMS = It's a MesS

Has transformed into

SMS = Sh!ts a MesS

@4an Give the guy a break! He is a young 31 year old executive! Smart fellow who was promoted early to become VP of Engineering at IMS! Let’s see how he does as President of a big sector! There is always a first time! Some new energy perhaps?

WOW!

SM email. New president of SMS I&C is former IMS Engineering VP.

Buckle up everyone!

"Mental wounds not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train"

Will Crazy Train become the unofficial theme song of L3H?

Is wraith shield a good idea for use in the field? It seems like it will cause more harm than good.

@2t1 Covid proved L3H leadership did not care about anything but $$$. Did not clean facilities, lied about cleaning, forced RTO on "critical programs" then sent everyone home after 2 days since someone got sick. Repeat this failed cycle every 2 to 3 weeks. We had multiple people go to the ER in an ambulance straight from the "clean" facilities. I believe a few deaths as well.

My only regret during covid is I did not leave L3H when there was a hiring bo-m across the defense industry. I TRUSTED L3H leadership to keep the remote/hybrid option as long as I was a top performer. L3H has been a major DISRUPTOR of my life ever since the end of peak covid.

I'm not really bitter about this anymore. I'm just making my plans quietly to disrupt the Trusted Disruptor when I resign for a better opportunity!

@sz L3HARRIS got disaster relief money for COVID. We kept working through the whole thing. L3HARRIS got reimbursement for deep cleaning the Clifton facility. (The cleaning never happened because we were there and NOTHING was cleaned unless we did it ourselves. ).
Everybody who owned a piece of the company got a little extra money from that pandemic except us.
We got COVID .

@af what is the weekly enterprise IT work stoppage?

VC-25 Bridge program. Is this really going to be finished and delivered this summer?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Atlassian tools going away in 2029. No replacement solution available at this time.

The Trusted Disruptor!

The 160 hours sick plus vacation is not uniform across L3H. Not even uniform across GVL. Some have 200 combined, some have 160 vacation plus 40 sick and you can use vacation for sick but not sick for vacation.

Everyone back in the office right? Not uniformly. Some work remotely far from GVL and NEVER come in. Some might be in every couple months. Some are local but just come in when they need to. Most are here every day.

With the lack of communication it is hard to know what is going on outside your small group.

@cp wow….hes the 4th CFO in 4 years (joke much?) every new CFO they bring in, the comp packages keep going up….it’s absolutely disgusting these people make so much money selling “technology” to our warfighters who make pennies, and worse to the employees who get worked like dogs, all to get 2% merits. Check it out people, can fake this. This @CP dude is right, every stock sell they make is public, CK making like $40 million off stock alone a year

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/202058/000020205826000035/exhibit101offer_letterxken.htm

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/202058/000020205824000029/offer_letterxkenxbedingf.htm

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/202058/000020205822000029/exhibit102michelleturnerof.htm

@ts It hasn't been condemned yet because it's in New Jersey. Money talks.

Watch out for a rat and ro--h infestation in surrounding Clifton areas if they ever tear down that building. Surprised that shithole hasn't been condemned yet.

@t8 ya everyday I go for a walk and it smells like sh*t so lovely

Selling the Clifton site to a developer won't be a problem. When ITT downsized the site many years ago, it sold off many acres of toxic land to a developer. (There are residential properties there now).
It's New Jersey . We built stuff on top of Superfund sites all the time. It's called The Meadowlands. Right down the road from Clifton.

@t4 Years of dumping wafer fab chemicals into the ground!

@t4 Raytheon put a 1+ billion bid in to buy PBY a few years ago. They wanted the HTC and the rest of the campus. L3H leadership said no and didn't sell. PBY smells really bad close to building 102/21/R5 since it is located right besides the waste water treatment plants. For years I thought it was just the smell of management BS that got worse!

@sz
They can't sell off palm bay, it's a superfund site, we all be sitting on toxic sludge they have to own it until they clean up their mess

@gc loans to cover payroll were confirmed by multiple leaders in disparate functional areas.

@ps the company leadership is clueless and corrupt. L3H generated record profits during covid due to the hybrid/remote policies! This momentum would have continued but the company in their infinite greed and stupidity bought aerojet (a failing company) and td links (a problem company. Viasat celebrated sale..) for a significant premium and with variable interest rate loans... EZ confirmed 600 million in interest paid per year just because of these loans in fall 2024 when rates were lower. L3H has significant cash flow issues and is selling facilities even with demanding RTO.. would it not be easier to sell facilities and maintain a hybrid/remote workforce which is a zero $ cost benefit? Also all this RTO still has not resulted in program or schedule gains. In fact, people are demoralized and not working from home/after normal hours anymore. Why should a work force be loyal to the trusted disruptor of our lives and careers? SM made it very clear in his first all hands as SMS president - "If you believe in hybrid or remote work, L3Harris is not the place for you!" I appreciate the transparency from executive leadership. I can't wait to take snowflake with me when I leave L3H to join a better company. Some of us are significantly move valuable than others. Good luck replacing me and my snowflake!

Wait you all are getting paid??!! And what do you mean 5 o'clock?? Our location is open 365 days a year 24/7 with 3 shifts and 6k plus employees working non stop....9- 5 sounds like heaven.

@ps flexing on the side of management that's this miserly is a weird take. Normal take: WFH as long as projects are being met and performance is good, why should anyone care? Its like if my neighbors kids have it easier than I do, that's good, I'm glad for them. I don't WFH because of the nature of my job but I'm not bitter about it.

The executives of this company havebit too easy IMHO, so if we're taking away benefits, let's start with them.

#8? It's time to stop whining about RTO. Obviously, keeping a facility open is more expensive than paying people to work from home. But, the company ended it because it wasn't working. The company decides it's policy based on the needs of the company. Not a bunch of self involved snowflakes like you. If you can't handle the working conditions, get the fu-k out.

@gc The national average pay increase for hourly workers was actually 3.6%. The hourly workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in Clifton got 5% a year for the next 3 years to stop the exodus of talented touch labor. Management got a company wide average of 2.14%.
Obviously L3HARRIS is not concerned with management people leaving the company. Probably because most of them are already under qualified and overpaid. And of course replaced by AI in the next year or so anyway.

#1 is not true. L3HARRIS never borrowed money to make payroll.
They stole it from their employees. 2% pay increase while the national average was 3.3%?.
If you can't qui that company, you're a loser.
(Dropped the 🎙️.)

Pay attention to the real numbers. Overall wages Nationwide are up 3.6%. inflation came in at 3.3%. so most Americans are making more money and keeping slightly ahead of inflation. But what about you? L3 Harris gave you 2% didn't they? Manufacturing Nationwide is through the roof. But not at L3 Harris with rolling layoffs and more to come. Job growth is up across all sectors. But not at L3 harris. Whether the mainstream media says so or not the truth is, the nation is undergoing an economic bo-m that hasn't been seen in decades. That's the truth. You can be part of it or you can stay at L3 Harris and go down with the sinking ship. Don't miss out on the economic bo-m. Get out of L3 and join the rest of the country.

The supervisor and his wife in Clifton will continue to take off as much time as they want without any repercussions. All this tough talk is bullsh-t.

If you get sick expect to not take vacation

While we suffer the choke hold of the dark empire and get denied career growth, check out your new CFO’s sweet comp….allll public information people, you just need to know where to find it ;) all our c-levels have been cashing in their stocks too. Again, all public info, go find it. I’ll help you out with this one for starters if it doesn’t make you sick enough, while your boss denied your promo and you get 2% merit

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/202058/000020205826000035/exhibit101offer_letterxken.htm

As long as the warfighter gets what they need to protect themselves, protect us, and get the mission done without losing anyone, I don't give a cr-p about L3HARRIS.
The War Department needs better partners than the L3HARRIS Dumpster fire. It's becoming obvious.
The company is going to go away. Broken up into pieces and sold off.

They really need to get their money back from whatever PR/Marketing firm came up with that stupid "Trusted Disruptor" bullsh*t.
Oh, and fire whomever approved it, too.

@a6 LOL! It's going to get scarier as these red programs turn purple due to staff reductions and a demoralized workforce. And the weekly enterprise wide IT work stoppage is going to disrupt L3H even further!

@OP oooooo people leaving their 9-5 at 5 so scary. Yeah the company remains mediocre but this doomer sh-t is getting old