Thread regarding Honeywell International Inc. layoffs

HI-Stimson claimed to be a world class aerospace inertial sensing systems manufacturer. A world class sorter of scrap to find product the industry would accept is more their business model. They accept huge scrap rates and make little real transformative design change to their product offerings. My time at Stimson as an engineer was truly painful watching them reward mediocrity to the engineering community for fine tuning sorting product to yield acceptable product to the users. A truly sc--wed up business model.

HPD is NOT there for your own development, it is a tool to abuse, use and manipulate you.

@bjch+1szxF38X I bypassed my director to our senior director once I discovered this exact tactic, our senior commended me and recommended me for a leadership position.
Well in true Honeywell fashion he soon rotated to another position internally and straight after that my immediate director RIF'd me. Predictable I guess.

They must train managers to do that. Steal your project ideas and then claim them for your own HPD goals. Before leaving I talked with a guy that pointed the strategy out to me and his work around was to copy people outside the organization via email on his ideas. That way the boss couldn’t steal them and hand them over to new employees to run without some backlash. If you want to stay in the crummy place, you have to either keep your mouth shut and run projects alone or make sure to copy outside the structure. Good luck to those who are trapped there.

Only the servile bobblehead is tolerated.

@8rfq+1szxF38X Wow, must be a universal strategy. I had the exact same thing happen to me. I started an initiative, built in up and my director handed it all to a new employee behind my back, he totally cut me out. I then discovered he added it to his own HPD and claimed my work as his own whilst getting the young employee to do the remaining dog work. Honestly Honeywell has become the sc-mmiest of institutions.

The OP sounds so much like my situation. Not quite 20 years in Honeyhe! but I left after getting a PIP (boss took my project ideas and gave them to younger employees, so I couldn’t meet HPD goals and they could-old story repeated here many times). I refused to sign the PiP and gave 2 weeks notice.

They called me back exactly 3 months later offering $20k more per year to come back (different AERO.Group). A PIP to an offer of $20k more? Proof poor performances win bonuses at Honeywell.

I started my own business. It’s challenging and I could use some capital, but it makes me operate lean from the start. Allí have to do is revisit this board and remind myself why I want to be as far away from Honeywell as possible.

After generating 20+ page schematics for years, building plans are trivial.

@3rpw+1szxF38x

Hi Brian Stotts!

I learned that despite all the info out there on how to be a great boss or leader, at HON the key to success is expertise in bullying, intimidation, and denial.

Best strategy is to not go there to begin with.

Couldn't agree more, spent 13 years at Aero and was laid off at beginning of pandemic. Started my own business and never been happier. I learned how not to run a company at Honeywell and now I don't have to rely on inadequate stock hungry execs. Life is better after Honeywell.

Honeywell is a video game to find most corruptible executives

I learnt to lie, cheat, and manipulate. I learnt that it is not the product or it's quality that counts but to get something out the door in any state. This is how I survive Honeywell. Being a fraud and without integrity or morals is the key.

I wish. No pension, low salary. I will be working into my 70s. If AI doesn’t take over all the jobs.

Retiring early does not mean you have to stop working. You now have the flexibility to do the work you want do in the enviroment that makes you happy.

at honeywell i mostly learned how to read forbes to stay ahead of the buzzword of the day. my boss thinks I'm so ahead of the tech curve. (least thatbis what my hpd review said.) meanwhile every program i come across is a failure.. not quite agile enough i guess.

Or … you could just move to a better environment like I did. A lateral move to Raytheon gave me 40k a year extra (after cost of living adjustments) and I bought my dream property. I will retire at 60 debt free and move to my ranch.
Message ? Move or be happy with what you have. It is all you get unless you leave.