The way things have been unraveling, it looks like we are talking about thousands employees laid off, not hundreds.
Am I wrong?
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Absolutely. People keep calling in to these “informational calls” about openings on MyBlock having NO IDEA that 80% of that dept is sitting in cubes with a termination date while jobs were posted internally and externally in that dept. it’s insane. They make it sound like they are new jobs and new teams when really they just terminated the whole dept and want to outsource half and bring in new people from outside the company to replace the others. Less benefits there. If you call in for info sessions, please know the call is also full of the very people who are being terminated listening in to hear what crap leaders are using to explain why these jobs are even open. Oh, and even if you were one of the 20 who got picked to stay, you aren’t safe. They’ll be doing this again by February.
Thousands. It started years ago, about 2013, and they have been putting an increasing squeeze on people to get them to quit or retire earlier to reduce pension liabilities and severance costs. We are like lab rats in their grand experiment to see how much we can take work load wise before we leave, or get ill, or die.
Is it really that hard to figure out the direction the company is going? Nationwide, Allstate, Geico all have between 28,000-39,000 employees.
SF had 70,500 in 2016, SF currently says approx. 65,000
Below 40,000 employees by 2020 is a safe bet IMO.
can confirm thousands - proximity alone is going down by approximately 3000 with a QTD of 7/31.
It is thousands. Management didn't look at service the correct way years ago. Now they have a consultant company up their b--t. Since the expense of salary and benefits is typically the highest expense, the company has to cut. However, it could have been done differently. We do not have a lot of excess associates/specialist in claims. Management is too heavy across the enterprise in claims. There are claims TM only supervising 4-5 people when teams are suppose to be 10-15 associates or 8-10 specialist. TOP HEAVY management. Those are the big salaries. Lean out the management. Leave the workers - associates/specialist alone. If you had used your tenured associates/specialist to help mentor the new associates/specialist it would be much better environment - then let up on the schedule. Anyone ever hear of having a family?? Work every weekend. ROTATE IT. it's not that hard -- really.
I'm leaving guess I will switching my home and car to country companies.
I think I'm one who will be able to stay and I'm excited about the future!
I hear coc--ne causing a false sense of optimism.
I think I'm one who will be able to stay and I'm excited about the future!
I think we are in the neighborhood of about 5000 just in the last three months or so
i think 4k is the lower estimate.
Yes, the number is already well into the thousands. It started a year or two ago with various non-hub facilities closing down.