Thread regarding Xerox Corp. layoffs

There is no legal requirement to give workers of a certain age more notice than younger workers. Everyone gets treated the same as far as notice goes.

Speaking of being 50 years old.. someone once told me that once you reach the age of 50, you have to be given 3 weeks (21 days) notice of a job change (not 3 days like the HCL transition). Anyone know if that's true? I was over 50 when I was given 3 (business) days to decide if I wanted to go to HCL or resign.

Anyone know if being over 50 changes the notification requirement?

While lining her own pockets, Ursula was responsible for thousands of loyal hard working employees losing their jobs.She brought a bitter attitude to the job and total dislike for the average worker...Her communication meetings were forced
attempts to appear knowledgeable while
knowing she was disliked by a majority of the employees ...

I agree with aeb, Ursula, and the board that kept her, is the reason the company is in the shape its in now.

It doesn’t really matter now but Johnny and Carl are only partially to blame.
Ursula strangled Xerox for years and owns the horrible death of this place.

Great advice. It really hurt to lose all that vacation time for me too but I'm now in a place where I can actually carry over whatever I have. My first resume was so bad no one even looked at it. But I pared it down to almost nothing and made it look modern. No one seems to care what's on your resume anymore in terms of work history. But you're right the new systems pick up key words so you have to include anything they ask for in the job description in either the resume or cover letter. Ultimately the people that hired me never once asked me if I could do any of the things I said I could do. I didn't actually get a single question once I got in the door about anything on my resume though I assume someone checked that I worked where I said I did. That first call just asked me things that are in the top 35 interview questions that anyone can google. And then they called me in and made it a little more specific towards their job. It took me 4 months to find a job that paid the same as I made but I'm so much happier now. I wish I could have stuck it out a few more years but the writing was really on the wall. I left while I was still employed because honestly the package they are offering is really no incentive at all. Had it been the old package, I might have tried knowing it would cover my healthcare. But 8-12 weeks of severance and 2 weeks of healthcare is nothing. I was tempted to not even give notice but I did for the sake of my co-workers. Xerox is lying when they say they benchmark salaries and benefits. And I don't know who is writing those glowing Glassdoor reviews but I'm guessing bots or managers or someone that got our jobs in Guatemala or India. I hope it gets better for the people that remain. But it is so sad what Carl Icahn and Johnny V. have done to this once great company. I'm not sure how they look in the mirror.