Does anyone know how true it is that we have to be in office 4 days a week in order to receive our severance?
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@a7 They told me I would have access until Dec 31. I was not on site when I learned the news so I couldn't pick up my stuff.
They have removed building access for all impacted employees and HR confirmed to me that it's a non-working notice, meaning we are not required to come into the office or to do anything besides transition. If you were impacted, I'm sure you were given an HR person's name - you should email your questions to that person directly vs. trying to get an answer here, that way you have it in writing.
@ed See, I'm hearing that not being in office for the required attendance can be means for not receiving severance
@a1 We haven't received severance documentation- only the information sheet.
You will get your severance as long as you’re an active employee on 12/31 (or whatever your specifically communicated last day is). If you resign before that date or do something to get yourself fired before that date you forfeit the severance. So don’t get fired.
It probably depends on wether they need you to off-board / document your work...
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@a8 in hq / Philly this is definitely the case.
@ab I was told the same but in fairness it's probably worth getting it in writing
My teammate that was let go was told that while the termination was effective 12/31, there was no need for him to actually work between now and then. So, effectively 2 months of extra severance.
@a7 is this true for everyone? I haven’t heard this from anyone else.
At HQ they shut off everyone’s badge access on Thursday with no notice so I’m guessing that will be difficult
@a1 Which tied to an audited measure of 2x a week for Corp HQ employees. Which they chose to bait and switch everyone on a few weeks back, with a magical new 3x a week audited benchmark. What matters is that the audited benchmark is what tied to performance and therefore employee expectations. Now that bar has been moved. Comcast need tread lightly here. They said 4 and managed to 2. Now they’re trying to tie the audited 3 to even an Effective rating? That’s the latest we’re hearing. If they try to tie severance to the newly baited and switched audited expectation of 3, I would prepare that lawsuit.
What about vacation time? The official policy is 4 days in a week, but 3 if you count vacation/PTO, since taking off work counts against your swipe-ins.
Seems like yet another way to punish people for using their PTO if they are using the 4 day mark as a means of revoking severance.
It's in your severance documentation. If you're required to be in office 4x a week, you need to comply with the normal policies of your employment.