#severance

I got laid off and was wondering if I will have to pay the full amount after the 60 days.

I signed the documents and got confirmation, but haven't heard anything since.

I know I saw it posted on here before can someone remind me what the password is? Is it your last name + birthdate?

I think you get your full bonus. I hear also severance is only 2 weeks/year of employment? What all makes up the package?

Communication will come from CL 28+ functional management.

First batch of communications Jan 5, second batch Jan 7. Communications will continue in batches every Monday and Wednesday through January.

First couple weeks will be job offers, severances will come later in month.

Has anyone seen the severance package under uniti? Heritage windstream had cut theirs back to a few dollars added to your standard state unemployment benefits. I wonder if uniti's is better.

Hi everyone, do you know when they give out 2025 bonus? Severance package mentioned that WFR people eligible for bonus.

Was part of the layoff and got the minimum 4 weeks severance. My final paycheck was today but it was a few hundred short than usual. With my understanding I thought 4 weeks severance meant 2 full pay periods.

Am I misunderstanding? This is how I had it in my notes:

Separation date is 11/12 and severance kicks in 11/13.

(I get early direct deposit 1 day early)

• Paycheck 11/5/25 - for pay period 10/20 - 11/2
• Paycheck 11/10/25 - for pay period 11/3 - 11/16, received this one early due final paycheck local regulations
• Paycheck 12/3/25 - for pay period 11/17 - 11/30, first 2 weeks of severance
• Paycheck 12/17/25 today - for pay period 12/1 - 12/14, last 2 weeks of severance

I’d really like to hear your thoughts about our situation in this department. It’s important to me that we’re honest with each other. Do you think it would be better for us to move on as soon as we secure another job, or should we hold out for severance? I value your perspective.

I signed my papers November 7 and still haven’t received my severance payment. It’s past the 7 day revocation period and two pay cycles. Has anyone received their severance payment?

Will VZ pay my COBRA Premiums during my severance period? Workded here for @20 years. Husband was laid off in July and still has not found employment. I work until 2.16.2026. The Unaffordable Care Act looks horrendous with $6K deductible!

Curious if anyone has written a demand letter to Target after being let go to demand payment/severance. Obviously don’t want to go into litigation against Target…

Coralville, Iowa, at Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)

• Iowa WARN released an update with new state data about the layoffs at IDT
• The state data says 61 people were laid off in Coralville
• Iowa WARN indicates workers were both notified and laid off on December 12, 2025
• The layoffs were initially reported the prior week, and this story reflects the state update
• IDT describes its work as focused on gene research and DNA testing
• IDT previously said 4.7 percent of its Iowa workforce was affected
• The company’s global headquarters is in Coralville
• A spokesperson said the company is restructuring parts of the business and refocusing resources to support long term objectives and future growth
• IDT said affected workers are being given severance and support packages and noted its collaborations with global health and scientific partners

I’m curious if Optum will adjust severance again soon and if there’s any way to know that? Those updates sometimes come out of nowhere, but they’re too big a deal to just learn about them when the actual layoffs happen.

The thought of severance is the only reason I am still here. Otherwise, I would have left long ago given the uncertainty and constant stress.

I understand we get our severance payout in paper check mailed by end of Jan and STI by end of Feb. When do we receive our PTO balance payout?

I'm honestly low-key sad I wasn't laid off. I don't relish not having a job, but I look forward even less to staying here and having to deal with this company's cr-p and more never-ending cuts. I swear, layoffs sound like a better option. At least I'd have severance and a decent chance at a better job.

I called the folks handling the severance payout to ask how the severance would be distributed, one lump sum with last paycheck or seperate checks. They said seperate checks but severance is hitting 30 days after your last check. Has anyone else affected by the rif heard the same?

Past Severance Patterns
AT&T's severance offerings have varied based on employee classification, years of service, and location. Here's what the data shows:

Management Employees (Non-Bargained)
Standard Package: Previously capped at six months of pay, with two weeks per year worked
2025 Changes: New tiered system offering one month salary for Level 1 managers, with an additional month per level

For those who have questions or wondered about your coworkers in the Philippines : well here is some info. Once they are hired it is near impossible to fire them. They have extreme rights. The country is employee friendly so if a company wants to terminate them they have so many steps . First you have tell them that they have commited employment violation in writing , than they have to be given advisement letter which than they have to respond. Than after that there are all kinds of administrative hurdles and if you are successful they are than paid severance of half their yearly salary for each year they have been there . So if 15 years than half their salary for each year they have been there and apparently fraud is rampant in the call centers with tons of teams doing all kind of financial fraud with the manager and the teams manipulating the incentive with some teams making up to 5000 a month each in pay and no one is able to catch them. They lose millions to this fraud.

Anyone knowledgeable of how to challenge being RIF. I believe that was terminated because of my age (56 years). Question #2 How could avoid big tax bill on my severance payout ? Can I roll it over to an IRA ? Thank you and Good luck to all.

I heard a rumor that sometime next year USB will begin telling remote employees to move to a hub or they will be considered voluntarily quitting - so no severance. Don’t think this could realisticall happen all at once so I imagine it would be phased. Anyone know if this is true? I’m in a weird situation where my entire family works remotely for USB. They closed our hub so this would be devastating.

So myself, along with a few others I know were let go earlier this week. We were told it was because we were being ranked “below expectations” even though NONE of us ever had a bad rating in the 10+ years we all worked there and after our Mid-Year reviews, when we were marked trending towards BE,discussions were never had with us on how to bring those ratings up. I know that this has become the trend around BNY the last few years and it’s how they try to justify things. When we were let go(we were in different departments in the bank), we were told that we will remain employees of the bank throughout the end of the year, the we will receive a separation agreement letter from HR about staying as an employee for 60 days, through the end of February. And we will receive pay for the final 60 days. I am not sure if this is what they’re considering severance pay or something else. Not much information was given and any questions asked were left unanswered. Everything was told to me by my manager and I had zero communication with HR to this point. Has anyone else also experienced this recently? If this is severance, I’m not sure how it is calculated. I was always under the impression that severance pay was 2 weeks for every year you worked, up to 20 years, but maybe I’m wrong. Will I have someone from HR reach out to me prior to receiving my letter? I had the mail courier show up at my house yesterday with 2 empty boxes to ship back my laptop and monitor. If anyone else has been dealt with this over the last week or recently and can give further guidance on what to expect, that would be greatly appreciated as we are left in the dark here. A few of us were fully WFH and some of us were Hybrid. Thanks for the info.

Be thankful you Good Folks are receiving nice severance buy outs. I work for a small firm and they let me go . What I received was 2 weeks pay per year work. So I worked for them 10 years and all I got was 20 weeks pay with no insurance. Good folks be thankful look at my situation.

Curious if anyone has heard of severance changes starting next year. Employee Handbook isn't available until January 1st.

I will hopefully be surplussed on December 15th and thus will be leaving the company with 104 weeks pay. Afterwards I'll collect unemployment for as long as I can. Then I'll start taking my legacy pension, my 401k distributions and my social security. Meanwhile I will continue doing the least amount of work i can get away with without getting fired all while lmfao.

So this is just classic. They laid a ton of people off and the system that we are all supposed to log into to review our severance and search for jobs isn’t working. I personally know over 35 people that aren’t able to login. We all just keep getting told we’re working on your ticket. This is great, get fired on Tuesday. Told the next steps to look for a job and view your details about your severance is to login and it’s still working and nobody can answer any questions. Class act.

The executives at Verizon who announced their retirements are getting big bucks to leave at the expense of employees. Most who leave have do-nothing jobs with no direct reports until they're off payroll, then get 60 weeks of severance with full benefits. These are the people who made the bad decisions, like buying Yahoo, over-supporting volunteerism, DEI programs, ERGs, Super Bowl parties, private jets, big consultant spends, etc. etc. F them.

This is a theory. They implemented this new bag check policy the same week that DM's emphasized on the weekly conference call how SM's have to be working 8-5 (no matter your store hours) while also emphasizing how they're tracking bags checks full force. I'm curious if the bag checks are actually being implemented to track what time the SM's are leaving their shifts. This would give corporate leadership the advantage to make ER easily give the OK to terminate SM's after the holiday to avoid severance for (theory) layoffs after R2R. Just a theory. What are your thoughts?

Xerox Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:XRX) announced the appointment of Chuck Butler as chief financial officer, effective December 3, 2025. The company disclosed the executive change and related compensation adjustments in a statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In connection with his promotion, Butler’s annual base salary will increase from $500,000 to $550,000. His target annual bonus under the company’s Management Incentive Plan will also rise from 80% to 100% of his base salary. Butler will be eligible for a long-term incentive award in the 2026 annual cycle, with a target grant date fair value of $2 million, and may receive additional long-term incentive awards in future years, subject to board approval.

Butler will receive a monthly housing allowance for 12 months, not to exceed $70,000 in total, and will continue to participate in Xerox’s benefit plans, including executive financial planning assistance and other executive benefit programs.

The filing also states that Butler may enter into a change in control severance agreement with Xerox Holdings. If a change in control occurs before December 31, 2026, and Butler’s employment is terminated without cause or he resigns for good reason within 24 months following the change in control, he will be entitled to a lump sum cash payment equal to two times the sum of his annual base salary and target bonus, as well as continued medical, dental, and vision coverage at active employee rates for up to 18 months, subject to certain conditions.

Heads up. If you're in a state that makes companies pay PTO after termination, look at your final check.

They paid roughly 1/10th my actual PTO and calculated the hours wrong.

Email them now before you sign any severance.

Hi team,

As we’ve shared, PowerSchool is entering a new chapter focused on simplifying, streamlining, and strengthening how we work. We’ve been transparent about the need for change to drive sustained growth and unlock the value our customers expect.

As a result, we are moving forward with a restructuring of our organization to streamline our management model; one built for clarity, accountability, and speed. This will help us focus on what matters most: delivering for our customers, strengthening our operations, and setting PowerSchool up for long-term success.

Today, our PX and leadership teams are meeting with these impacted individuals. For some, today will be their last day at PowerSchool, while others are being asked to remain in their current roles for a transition period before departing. Furthermore, as part of these personnel changes intended to streamline our operations, we are moving some employees into new teams. This is the only company-wide workforce action planned based on our projected performance going forward.

I want all our employees to be aware that these actions are taking place now and that the notifications will be completed by close of business local time. After we complete the notification process, I will be hosting a global Town Hall at 8AM PT on December 11 to address open questions and share additional details of what’s changing and what’s ahead.

This is a comprehensive effort across all our company operations to eliminate redundancies and unnecessary costs. We looked at consolidating our technology stack, removing underutilized or unused applications, and simplified processes to reduce costs in other areas of the business.

While this yielded significant savings, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to downsize our workforce to eliminate duplicative work and realign our organizational structure with current priorities and performance. This decision was not made lightly. The individuals impacted have contributed to the success of PowerSchool and in general they have all performed well for the company. We wish them the best in the future.

We are supporting every impacted individual through their transition with as much clarity and care as possible. Employees that are separating from the organization will receive severance and additional compensation based on tenure and local regulations. They will also receive continued support from our PX team as well as outplacement services.

This is a difficult time for impacted employees, so we ask for understanding and kindness towards these colleagues. Please take time to support one another and reach out to your manager or the PX team if you have questions or need any support.

Thank you,
Antonio Pietri, CEO

Did you get that email this morning too?
WTF...sounds like Hatchet Dan doesn't have a plan?
I would LOVE to send him my thoughts...but I need my severance pay! LOL

Retired / Surplus AT&T Managers, when did you have to choose Lump vs. annuity at separation? The day of your exit package, or sometime later?

My supervisor didn't know and I can't seem to find this info on HR One Stop.

Thanks!

I just wish they would let people volunteer to be let go with severance. I’ve been at TMO (Lvl 7 in a headquarters role) for 10 years. There are very limited opportunities to change roles and even fewer opportunities for advancement. At this point, I’m ready to cut my losses and try something different as I don’t want to be miserable the rest of my working life or worse, be let go when I’m older when the chances of retooling or finding something else will be more challenging. At this point, regardless if I’m an active employee or not, my attention will be spent finding alternative options.

With the 401k funding change, could severance packages also change?

The only way I'm leaving is with a package. I can wait you out evil company.

From an HR contact - make no bjg purchases in the New Year. Many more positions to be eliminated starting end of January, continuing into February. You may get bonus as a part of your send off package. Engineering, maintenance, IT, LEGAL, HSE, ERR, Purchasing, and other administrative roles are in scope!

I've known this guy for over 20 years. He used to reply to my texts instantly, even on weekends. I know his family, etc. But now he's ghosted me and left me on read. I sent another note, and he ghosted again. How threatened are the higher-ups to speak on their packages?

Hold on and wait for the severance package. It’s coming anyway.