1 week September and November
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This seems to be the last straw for many I talk to. Many planning for interviews during furlough week
And if they do some layoffs on top of the furlough..... yet in the town hall everything is wonderful.... just need less people. Probably will continue to move jobs to Mexico a little at a time to stay under the various states WARN ACT rules
Ohhhhhh burn!!! Update your resume! And be thankful to exit Honeyhell!
Corporate spent 5 Billion in 2016 buying back stock. Baloney gets his 800k cash bonus and over 6million in stock . all on top of his 850k base pay . total comp over 8M in 2016 while we the workers endured furloughs, RIFS, reduced benefits, no raises .
With Intelligrated and Atlanta Software Center exempt, I have to conclude SPS is goading employees to quit at sites that aren't part of their long-term strategic business plan.
HBT furlough in Q1, SPS in Q3/4, Layoffs in AERO, cancel dental coverage, etc.... doesn't sound like a positive environment, yet stock trading at all time highs. Sounds like a transfer of wealth. People need to take actions and leave this sh-- storm. It is not going to get better.
Do the best next thing and find a better job so you can leave this joke of a company. That's my goal.
There is no ethical justification for this kind of furlough. Honeywell is in no way in financial distress. The targets ("commitments") that SPS might miss are inventions of HON executives and market analysts. It is despicable that they are refusing to meet their basic payroll obligations so that they can get their bonuses and stock awards. Shame.
Classic example of extremely poor manangement. If the VP's knew how to run a business then furlough wouldn't be necessary. Furlough is a a sign of management ineptness, plain and simple. And that don't take no MBA to figure out.
Welcome to Honeyhell all you Atlanta college grads. Bet they didn't tell you how screwed up our leadership is when they recruited you. This us just the beginning!
Enjoy your career, better yet, find another employer so you can have a family and an income you can know will be there from month to month.
Honeywell Internal
Dear SPS Colleagues:
We know how hard you are working, every day, to help SPS win. We are proud of the work we’re doing together to create safe, productive and connected work environments around the world. As we’ve been sharing with you during our Town Halls, even with our strong focus on growth and delivering for our customers, we continue to face challenges in a few parts of our business and need to aggressively manage costs for the rest of the year to improve our financial position.
This means we need to make some tough decisions. Therefore, subject to local laws and works council information and consultation requirements, we will be asking many SPS employees to take unpaid time off, or a furlough, in both the third and fourth quarters. Intelligrated, Atlanta Software Center, HGR, H-1B visa holders and direct labor employees are excluded from these actions. These actions will ensure we remain competitive while positioning the business for future growth in 2017 and 2018.
For the U.S. only, in an effort to help employees plan, SPS will conduct the furlough as follows:
• Covered U.S. employees will be required to take one full workweek of furlough in both the third and fourth quarters during one of the weeks below:
• Q3: Sept. 11, 2017 – Sept. 17, 2017 OR Sept. 18, 2017 – Sept. 24, 2017. (Please note, there are three pay periods in Sept.).
• Q4: Nov. 6, 2017 – Nov. 12, 2017 OR Nov. 13, 2017 – Nov. 19, 2017.
Managers will make recommendations on furlough weeks for members of their team, and GBE and Functional Leaders will make the final decision. We expect that managers will communicate the furlough dates to U.S. employees within the next week.
Outside the U.S., furlough-related decisions or other actions may also be implemented in other parts of the world as permitted by local law. Instructions for affected employees outside of the U.S. will be cascaded by the regional teams in accordance with local laws and practices.
Everyone on the SPS Leadership Team is also participating in this initiative by taking a reduction in pay during Q3 and Q4. We are all in this together.
As a leadership team, we decided to implement a furlough to keep our team together. We value the teamwork you have demonstrated as we strengthen our business and our future.
We are extremely aware of what we’ve been asking of you this year, and we want you to know that each short-term cost containment action is being taken with a focus on a long-term plan for growth. We are pushing hard on sales and NPI launches, differentiating our portfolio with advanced connected solutions, and making investments in our Sales organizations. We’re positioning ourselves for success.
If you are included in this action, you’ll hear more details from your manager on how this action will be implemented for your team and location. Thank you for all you do to help us deliver on our commitments to our customers and to work safely.
SPS Leadership Team
Why do people continue to stay at this sh-- show of a company??? The leaders are inept and immoral!!!!!
Is this official announcement abut SPS Furlough?
Meanwhile all the SPS upper management are at the PGA tournament at Quail Hollow spending close to a million bucks.
Aero can't be far behind SPS.
Ugh. :(
It isn't up to the employees to decide when they're out this time. There's a two-week window in September and a two-week window in November when employees have to be on furlough.
SPS - safety and productivity solutions
It is one of the 4 business units (Aero, Safety and Productivity Solutions, Home Building Technologies, and Performance Material Technologies)
It isn't a small obscure acronym, it makes up a significant portion of the company
Maybe you should attend a town hall...just satin'
We live in a world of acronyms (Honeywell world). It would be helpful for those posting to provide what the acronyms mean, rather than (for example) assuming the other 39,999 Aero employees are familiar with your department's commonly used or made up acronyms. Jus sayin'
He is and it just goes to show how inept Honeywell leadership is. They can screw up a good economy. HA HA HA
What does sps stands for?
My fingers are crossed for a furlough or two in AERO! A RIF would be heavenly as well.
Something's up at PMT. 15 min meeting for all tomorrow. Anyone know why?
Seems like layoffs and furlough are targeted. ..not company wide
I thought Trump was making America Great Again