Thread regarding Sabre Holdings layoffs

Stop with the Delaware company stuff. It's totally irrelevant. Seriously.

"Nasty NDA?" Please. This is standard layoff fodder. Sabre is just a little more paranoid than most, but once you get your money and leave, why would you want to keep this miserable narrative alive? Move on. It's very healthy.

No-compete clause is the one to watch out for. Make them pay you handsomely for the terms they are requesting. Not just your salary rate for the term, but the delay in future employment and the unknown employment market at the time the non-compete is up.

Sell Sabre to you? That's ideal, but not going to happen. You are there.

Recruiters sell to desirable applicants.

Managers/Directors sell to VP and up.

VP's sell themselves to SVP's and up.

SVP's sell themselves to EVP and the CEO.

The CEO sells to the Board, potential customers, and the stockholders

The Board sells to the stockholders

The major stockholders (I mean Major block holders) Tell Sabre what to do.

All the execs bonuses are based on stock performance and revenue (even through cost-cutting). The senior leaders and major stockholders don't care who we are and if we are happy. We are paid for what we do and that's enough for them. Most of the time it's really not personal from the exec level. They get an order to cut ##% out of payroll and benefits from the major stockholders (think BLOCKS of STOCK, Board of Directors to the CEO & team. They pass on the % down and the managers (who are not equipped to make business, but emotional decisions, put us on the list. One long-term high paid worker is let go versus three entry level. Lowers the impact. Boss is threatened by your intelligence - you are out. Not a sycophant to an arrogant boss - you are out.

We might get a sound bite, but without any real plan or swift action under it, nothing will change.

Please do not expect any Board of Director to drop everything and persuade you to stay at Sabre. It's silly.

Well, based on these messages, perhaps Sabre may have just accomplished its goal of stressing people out without severance or separation dollars.

I believe they recently hired a VP of Culture and Employee Engagement. Not sure if it's a Public Relations, Human Resources, Legal, or InternalCommunications

This s---s.

Heres the question LK and SM should have to address:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2018/04/19/new-evidence-that-low-employee-turnover-correlates-with-high-profits/#33a32387138e

These swings of hire and fire are just flat out known to be unhealthy.

You must sign a nasty nda to receive the severance. Stormy Daniel’s nda (with another Delaware company) is light compared to Sabre’s nda.

Sean was never a builder of companies.

He might have looked good on paper, airline exp. Travel pres. but honestly If you look deeper you’ll see his skills are amateurish.

Gearing an airline thru bankruptcy, is a very different skill set than what is needed.

We need to move on again, kill the c-levels and put some real software leaders back into the game. I actually like DS, he’s smart, passionate and has a good head on his shoulders however, hes not into sales, hes not a closer. and he’s too slow to move his directs to change or (out the door). He’s also lacking in an innovation to sales strategy.

I totally agree with you!!

I’m fed up as well...

We’re expected to be available within 15 minutes to join sev incidents, to join every DC-Rally, every non-rally, to work days, nights (and weekends!)... unlike other countries we don’t get paid OT and we’re not compensated for our messed up weekends and vacations...

There is absolutely no work life balance!!

Most of the managers only worry about staying employed and don’t take care of their people...

This is no longer the Sabre I loved...

It morphed into an unhealthy, sad place!

For the first time in over 20 years I started looking for jobs elsewhere...