I dont remember if they avoided it in the last few years. I actually recall one in Novemeber specifically. Telling people they are let go and still having them do "open enrollment" was a nice touch.
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@OP When you consider this in context of George Carlin's definition of service it starts to make more sense...
Leadership does not care. Everything is BAU as if employees aren’t on edge, confused, job searching, wasting money on commutes, etc etc etc. Several corners of the business have event planning going on for October/November, piloting new initiatives and programs, it’s bizarre. Everyone is trying to show up and show out not knowing if their job is at stake. Leadership does not care.
@ak it's called COBRA because the premium/cost is venomous. Good luck to all of us in this situation.
For someone who is laid off, COBRA coverage is available for 18 months, and during the period when severance is paid out Comcast continues to pay its share of the insurance premiums, for that reason one needs to select a benefit plan (or it defaults to the current selection I suppose). In my last days at the company I continued to receive invitations to meetings to discuss how the latest re-org is such a great thing 😂 but I couldn’t blame those who sent the invites, they were simply using the DL’s yet to be updated.
More likely to be just another week of rumors
They make you do the open enrollment because your benefits continue after you are separated. With all the bad things that are being served to employees, this - making separated people do open enrollment - is not one of them.