18 months here. Has anyone at Comcast successfully negotiated a better severance package after being laid off? I know some companies do this. Is the standard offer take-it-or-leave-it, or is there room to negotiate additional weeks of pay, extended benefits, or other terms? Curious whether anyone has actually tried this and what happened.
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@a4 16 weeks for 3 years at baseline? Do you know if this applies to Engineers?
Having trouble finding this policy for myself using ComcastNow
What if your a manager 1 with on for a year (if I am cut on December 31st). On the Corporate team.
Grunts get one week per year of service. Reading this 16 weeks plus more gets me angry every time - higher ups already get paid way more and even at the end they get more. Such bs.
@OP I suffered a Comcast layoff years back. They refused to negotiate. They even went against some of their own terms and logistics regarding how to sign and accept severance. Very controlling. It pi---d me off and I already had a job lined up so I decided not to accept severance at all. I think that surprised them bc that’s their leverage: you’re sh-t out of luck and need our money runway. I after got multiple HR calls way after the severance cutoff deadline. I sensed then that they’d be open to negotiate. Most companies fear lawsuits if you don’t sign and, yes, that is always in my back pocket (claims that don’t require EEOC first) so many companies want that security of you signing. Overall, I think it depends if they believe you have valid claims against them or are TRULY willing to walk away like I was. I was surprised to still receive HR calls asking if I’d sign severance months after I’d left. But there was nothing that could get me to sign a lifetime contract with a company that fails to keep promises bc they’re betting on you not paying to go against their big time lawyers if they choose to breach of the severance contract.
@OP No you cannot negotiate severance , I have tried it unsuccessfully. They would not budge on even simple things that did not even cost them any extra money. At the minimum you have 16 weeks for first 3 years , plus one week for additional years of service after 3 years. The higher up the food chain you go it varies. You can check the severance policy that is applicable to your specific situation on myComcast.