Today new broke out. the recent request for volunteer reduce in force has approved, just before Christmas. Yes many volunteer, because there is a filling that the HQ Directors or filling their pockets. My thoughts is that the DOD is very difficult... — read more
Carey Smith abandonment has really shaken up Honeywell D&S business pretty bad.
The Honeywell Defence and Space business is in total turmoil. Carey Smith abandonment has really shaken up Honeywell D&S business pretty bad. After Kurt moister was fired and Marty Sherber rapidly moved over to cover, then Zach Keller left to manage... — read more
Never Give Up
To all the folks despairing right now, there is life after Honeywell. 20 years there, loved the work and the people, but couldn't take it any more and took a RIF earlier this year. Unsure at first, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me... — read more
Honeywell Furloughs first week of January 2017
layoffs no furloughs and the stock is at its highest price ever. Greedy bastards!
Does anyone really care anymore?
When a company takes so much away and leaves their employees mentally and emotionally battered and beat up, eventually you stop caring. RIF or not. I don't care anymore. I'm so sorry for those who have young families to take care of- I am past that... — read more
RIF is coming! It's official.
Just received notification from HR! No exact date yet.
Why did I sign up for VRIF?
Because I was sick and tored of reporting to Engineering leaders whose top priority is to ensure that the floor is properly marked where the trash can should be located! A classic HOS !
Anyone still paying into HPAC?
I have just withdrawn my HPAC contribution after again being asked to give more. Instead i will give the $ directly to the charity of my choice I don't see the point of having the employees foot the bill for HPAC as I already gave "at the office" via... — read more
The nature of corporate greed:
When the stock price goes down, due to the incompetence of leadership, they prop it up by screwing the employees, and when the stock price goes up by screwing the employees, the incompetent leadership get greedier, and satisfy their insatiable... — read more
Phoenix area investment firms
I just spoke to my guy in Scottsdale and he said they are getting lots of interest in seeing if Honeywellers are at a point they can retire. He also mentioned the same rumor about pension moving to a lump sum in 2017. He's heard it equates to about 6... — read more
Happy New Year?
Anyone else putting in a caveat when wishing a fellow employee a Happy New Year? I feel like I need to add, "well ouside of working here, we know how this company treats it's lower level employees" Just so sad, wondering what benefit (of the ones we... — read more
Best review ever of HON!
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Honeywell-RVW12894156.htm
Adios Tempe 1207
Commercial Realty is a small world. Husband works in CR. 1207 to be put on the market. Anyone in the 1207, get ready for some news. Utility painting and surveying already done. Sounds like anyone who isn't tied to a part in Tempe good luck going to... — read more
Honeywell career advice...
BOHICA!!!
Honeywell: Why do you have to ruin Sandia National Labs too?!?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/26b-contract-awarded-sandia-national-labs-management-44242644 A subsidiary of Honeywell International has won a contract worth $2.6 billion to manage the sprawling New Mexico-based Sandia National Laboratories... — read more
And next year looks like...
Darius has sent out his "key priorities" for 2017, and it sounds very much like the beatings will continue. "All employees should continue to minimize discretionary spend (sic)." Guess what, vacation is now discretionary, not an earned benefit. We... — read more
No severance Pay in 2017
The rumor coming out of Deer Valley today is that there will be no severance pay in 2017. Anybody hear this too?
Cote Honored
"Honeywell Chairman and CEO David M. Cote was honored with the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Marketing & Economics Group...." Who the f--k cares??? Nothing like a self promoting CEO. We really don't care... — read more
Honeywell is floundering and Leadership is hiding it from the market
There is so much internal hidden turmoil, all the good people are jumping ship, 5-6 resignations a week. Recent contracts losses have created Chaos for business, so many resignations that Harriet Mountcastle-Walsh VP and General Counsel is personally... — read more
Honeywell has mastered the art of slickly maneuvering ageism-
Ageism, alive and prevalent- s---s if you are over 50 and laid off. Good luck. Great article here-... — read more
N922H flight tracking
True that earlier post said the Honeywell Gulf Stream N922H can not be tracked on FlightAware. Just used flightradar24 app and followed an unidentified G650 from Great Falls Montana to Morristown Municipal. Was it possible that this is a Honeywell... — read more
Peltz's typical playbook is to push companies to increase their stock price by cutting costs or breaking up. Honeywell doesn't fit that mold.
Don't be so sure Bloomberg News... that is exactly our mold. http://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/2016/12/09/peltz-can-do-better-than-honeywell-for-his-next-activist-target
Dave Cote is a corporate crook
Cote retires in three months and his retirement is $967k per MONTH And he gets to use the corporate jet free for a year after But all the people who made their numbers for the last 10-15 years can take a lesp
"Site Audit" in Clearwater
I just had some lady come walking through my area with a seating chart and checking off names. Normally, I wouldn't really notice, but she said, "Nothing to worry about, just checking to see who's where". Wierd..... Looking to see who's remote? Or... — read more
Layoff in some locations week before Christmas
Managers like me are being asked to be prepared to cancel vacation next week for employees on vacation who are on RIF list.
In case you need a summary of what's been happening...
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Honeywell-RVW12939912.htm?utm_source=company-follow&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=company-follow-ri&utm_content=company-follow-ri-review-button
You Know You Need Union Protection
Check it out. http://www.speea.org/Join_Our_Union!/Contact_us_today.html
Which plant is next for transition likes Tucson-AZ?
When and why?
Good planning or maybe not...
I was checking out the location for the new software center near Georgia Tech... Real estate for our new group of software engineers to live in is expensive. Traffic is awful. Work from home not an option now for our new knowledge workers. The... — read more
Message to Management
"Never take a person's dignity: It is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." Frank Barron, psychologist. Well maybe it is worth something to you ... in the way of bonuses and stock gains. What a shameful, dysfunctional organization. Thanks... — read more
Setting Annual Goals -- For What?
We just went through the exercise of setting our annual goals. With constant reorganizations and downsizings, not to mention a lack of leadership, what's the point? Feedback from managers is meaningless, too, since they don't WTF is going on a month... — read more
When Doing The Right Thing Actually Works
The folks at Southwest Airlines don't spend all their time trying to reorganize and reorganize and cut, cut, cut. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/4-reasons-people-love-working-165434979.html