Thread regarding Xerox Corp. layoffs

California management has given techs a letter saying please let this person proceed, they are going to a medical or government or essential business. In actuality they are going to a non essential business refusing to close.

Xerox is no different than a lot of corporations. Profits over people. Yes, they are “allowing” some people to work from home, but as soon as this pandemic starts hitting them in the pocketbook (and it will - soon), I’d prepare for accelerated layoffs. We are already in a weak place with our operations now being overseas and our best and brightest have (rightfully) left or been laid off. I don’t see Xerox surviving this, and in a way, it serves them right. When JohnV took over, it was clear that care for their employees was not a top priority. After a year of JohnV et al bloviating about “tech powerhouse” and “winning” and decimating our health insurance and benefits, they finally thought to throw the employees some crumbs in 2020.

It’s too late for Xerox. And I’m totally fine with that.

2xlq - You are the exact type of person we would not want working at our core. Please go work for a dealer, in our geographic marketplace. We love to compete against mentally weak people.

It all goes back to the numbers. If Jan and Feb would have been good months for our core, then we might be closed now. However, since they were not good months, we have to stay open and push out what we can to try and make up for some of it, which we will still fall woefully short of.

We are deemed "essential" due to the number of hospitals/medical facilities and Gov't/Military bases we support.

Sort of makes sense, but really not happy about it. We have onsite techs that are on the front line and it just blows.

Last three posters. Guarantee each of you are negative in every aspect of life. Cheer up.

Our city just issued a mandatory lockdown except for essential business, and yep, Xerox thinks we’re essential.

Typical Xerox double speak from Management and HR....Confusion reigns.
Why be surprised ...

Yea, still trying to get stuff delivered for the quarter and its ridiculous...

Our city recently issued a mandatory quarantine unless for essential business, as well as curfew. Yet we have not been told we’re closed. Selling and delivering copiers is essential business apparently. The hospitals won’t even allowed our service techs in prior to screening anyways.

We are allowed to work from home, if we can. Most of our corporate office has transitioned to work from home. Who can’t (it seems)? Service techs, warehouse. One of our locations is in a “shelter in place” state, but our CEO seems to think we’re an essential business (we’re not).

Also some schools in US are putting pressure on because they are printing scho lesson kits (especially in k-5 grades). They are handing them to families on a weekly basis. So a printer being down may be a crisis form them. You may only be dealing with principal or admin physically at school; teachers are logging their lesson plans and what they are printing from home.

I hadn’t considered the supporting of medical and government facilities so that part makes sense. But I still see Xerox trying to push sales and deliveries for the end of quarter. One of our employees was told they could stay home last week because “there’s a big push to get stuff out before everyone shuts down”. Basically they just want to squeeze as much revenue out as they can before they’re forced to close.

I work in a state where all non-essentials businesses are required to be closed. Xerox is considered an essential business because we provide technical support for medical and government facilities.

That being said, most of our core employees can work from home. But some, like myself, cannot due to the "hands on" nature of our work. We are operating on a skeleton crew schedule. We are rotating days on and days off for the next two weeks. However, luckily, Xerox will provide the full two weeks pay. With the rotating schedule, we are able to safely practice social distance.

After two weeks, we don't know what is going to happen—especially if this quarantine goes on for much longer than two weeks.