Just announced today. Last day for Accenture folks is December 15, 2025. Merry Christmas.
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@65m Been there, done that, came back better. Get over yourself cupcake.
@63g WRONG!
L3 hired HCL and Infosys, they are the ones hiring and their quivers are so full of qualified people that they are hiring for these roles, everyone know the best people love working for companies known to be se asia sweat shops that pay nothing and hose their people. Another pro tip, always hire in desperation, you get the best of the best that way.
@656 LMAO, and what change are you trying to *Affect with your prose?
Imagine working for the same company for over 25 years, giving your all, pouring your heart and soul into every project, every goal, and every challenge. Then, one day, out of nowhere, you're let go with no severance package —just kicked over to Accenture. It's easy to say 'get over it,' but let's see how quickly you bounce back when you've invested a quarter of a century into something that didn't give you the same in return.
Found the L3Harris IT execs. What is wrong with you people? Is Kim handing out bonuses to punch down on 400 people who are about to lose their jobs? I hope you enjoy the quality of IT service you receive six months from now.
@63d
If there is any justice in the universe, Bill Brown will spend eternity shoveling shyt in H3LL where he belongs..
@64v
Agreed. There are obviously a bunch of people who think they can effect change by ranting about what a sh-t company L3Harris is. Those of us who STILL WORK HERE know that. We get up every morning wondering if today is the day we get laid off.
Those days are over for those of you who were let go because of the whole Accenture thing. Yes Accenture sued. But not for you. Win, lose or draw, you're not getting any of that money. Yes, L3Harris is having troubles but those troubles are no longer your concern. And, to be honest, as far as L3 is concerned, you no longer exist.
As former employees, you have no relevancy here.
Get over it.
Get a new job.
Get a life.
The thought police have arrived, looks like a dart hit the board. I know I am not smart enough to still be an L3 employee, but it looks like someone has something they don't like to read, that or they are really bored. If your truth su-ks, you are the one that has to live with it and the horrible management that remains.
It is over. Time to ki-l this thread. The site is intended for people working at L3 Harris to share experiences and concerns about layoffs. Hence the name layoff.com. the Accenture story is a dead story. There is nothing left to be said about it. Those of you who were let go are going to stay gone. That's it. At the risk of sounding cruel, nobody really gives a sh-t anymore about any of you.
It's a done deal. L3H signed the next 7-year managed services contracts with HCL and InfoSys. L3H has already hired many new contractors from both companies.
@63d Beating a dead horse here. It's over. Move on.
I take it that your post was sarcasm. We all realize that HCL is taking the infrastructure jobs which is a lot easier to replace with a Cisco certified or Microsoft Azure certified green card holder. L3H only cares about cheaper labor costs and doesn't have a clue about down time costs just like what just happened at DFW airport. You get what you pay for is an old and trusted adage for a reason. I wonder if the government still trusts the type of disruptions L3H has been causing?
L3H had zero clue how to manage their own service requests to ACN and ended up running up a bigger bill for managed services than they expected and are trying to blame ACN for L3H IT mgmt's ineptitude.
Now they are bringing in cheap green card labor and somehow hope they will save money on IT.
Sure, drive out all the experienced former L3H now ACN workers and pray that InfoSys and HCL can handle the highly customized IT systems after losing all the tribal knowledge that designed and implemented all of it.
Sounds like they can expect more incidents such h as what just happened at DFW airport and lose way more money in fines, lost contracts, and lost future opportunities just because they simply did not hang on to the original L3H IT professionals.
It's such a shame to see what has happened since the merger with so many upper management mis-steps. And somehow Kubichek is not responsible. Thanks Bill Brown.
@62r ….. making my point, why are we being so nice.
This thread has been going on for too long. This topic is old news. It's over. L3 doesn't want you anymore and you need to move on. There's no point persisting this discussion. This site is for L3HARRIS employees to talk about possible layoffs. You don't work there anymore. Close this thread and move on. Get a Life
the ones remaining or those that were sold into indentured servitude?
@1cd Rumor is if this fails it is NOT the fault of L3Harris but on the IT folks instead. That makes no sense.
I think there are a lot of people who still think they have one final 4th quarter drive to score. We have been toast the entire time and I am not so sure this wasn't all premeditated, way too smooth the way it went from some big bang platinum or whatever Accenture client doing a digital transformation with all the big wigs on calls to zero communication do the minimum you need to commodity technical person. Accenture doesn't care, they still got paid and they don't have to pony up some huge separation package, give us a couple weeks pay and tell us bye. Perfect hose job.
I am sure there are plenty of folks that are still thinking they have a shot to stick around and find another role, but the board is tilted. They say look now and give you this impression you can roll off early onto a new role but they have to replace you with someone and KT starting next week. I just hope they keep me until Jan 15th in all honesty.
You can't be a je-k, but there are professional ways to go about it, ie. do exactly what you are asked and nothing more.
Cr-p situation for us, the month on the bench was the final straw. Nothing happens over the holidays, especially if you are waiting for someone else that is checked out until mid Jan.
To all of us Accenture employees. Why are we being so nice and acting like nothing has happened? I have to start training my InfoSys replacements next week and fear I will lose it and tell them to F-off , figure it out yourselves. We all know the chances of finding a new roll within Accenture by Jan. 15th is slim. I’m just venting, but it would be nice to make them , both L3H and Accenture feel some repercussions for what they have reaped upon us.
I am surprised there is nobody from that call HCL hosted yesterday has commented here yet, sounds like a "great opportunity" if you want to stay at L3
For anyone considering remaining with L3Harris by re-hiring into HCL (I.e., interviewing to retain your job), beware of HCL. You’ll be training your replacements and then laid off. That’s what they’ve done at State Farm and Verizon. Just read the first few threads of HCL on thelayoff and see for yourself. Don’t take the bait… but woe to those of us who may have to take the offer to re-hire because we need to put food on the table in this terrible job market.
Anyone who doesn’t find a new role at Accenture by January 15th will be fired. Severance does not include L3Harris tenure. Happy holidays.
For all of you concerned about L3 not getting all of your knowledge tran$ferred or worried about unqualified replacement$, quick reminder, they don't care, that i$ why you are not employed there anymore.
@2c8 Yes , meeting held today for Accenture personnel on how to handle the knowledge transfer requests from L3H.
The industry outlook just got a whole lot better for us and a whole lot worse for anyone looking to staff up experienced SAP people, good, I am tired of being reverse discriminated against
SUMMARY OF H-1B EXECUTIVE ORDER
ENTRY BAN: No H-1B visa holder may enter the United States beginning Sunday September 21st, including current visa holders, unless they pay $100K to enter.
VISA FEE: New H-1B and H-1B extensions must pay 100K to be processed and 100K per year every year thereafter to maintain them.
This will effectively end the H-1B program completely. No one, even the highest paid at 500K will be paying an extra 100K a year to the government.
It will destroy the health care, higher education, and technology sectors as we know them if this isn't struck down in court.
YAWW this Accenture end of contract with LHX has not yet been made official, least not on the web.. No announcement, and all I see is a lawsuit between LHX and Accenture.
If you go back to L3 you are admitting that you can't compete in a world with much better options and most likely operate as a silo under bad management. I know of 3 that have gone back and none of them are that great but they control domains within L3 and do not cross train anyone, kind of stupid. Downward management is almost non-existent, go ask any of them what their 1 year plan is for their team and they have no answer. They are an authority figure in the "because I said so" logical flow of operations, they claim to have processes but ultimately it is because it is because what someone wants, right or wrong.
@3y1 and if you read the clause, it seems to state that we wouldn’t be able to work for an Accenture client we’ve supported in the last 18 months providing the ‘same services’, but it does not mean we can’t work for said client. Would that mean we just couldn’t have the same title? Also, wouldn’t this be an non-issue once L3H ceases to be a client come 12/15?
The issue of whether Non compete clauses are enforceable or not is an evolving issue. Currently, it appears that at the federal level, they are non-enforceable except for executives.
However, at the state level it is quickly evolving. New laws differ state-by-state, but generally, NC is non-enforceable for workers. Executives are a different classification.
Yes, InfoSys is using a 3rd party company named AppLab Systems to reach out to Accenture Project Monarch staff to see if they are interested in a subcontract role for InfoSys.
I heard it's a 6-month contract and offers somewhere between 20-30% less than your current salary. Supposedly, it's a contract-to-hire opportunity, but that's not usually the InfoSys playbook. More than likely, it's 6 months to train your cheaper replacement.
Plus, subcontract position probably does not include benefits.
L3H really messed up this time. It doesn't make sense to accept this offer.
Personally, I was satisfied with the Accenture move after getting over the initial turmoil of the abrupt change without adequate notice.
But this InfoSys change is a non-starter.
Over the years you forget how good some of your peers were. It is talent discussion season and it mad me really sad to realize how many of the people that are still top performers were the same way back then, almost 20 years ago. When you realize the history, credentials and specialized skills a lot of us have developed specifically to support l3, it is no wonder it is easy for a bunch of boneheads to manage us. Every high performer I ever met would prefer to execute without a lot of direction and a lot of times just do it and say here it is, that is what professionals do. You all should be proud of yourselves, this situation isn't deserved.
Has InfoSys tried to recruit any Accenture employees to continue working the L3H contract?
Yup, the whole thing has been a train wreck. Lead by Kimberly Mackenroth, a person with no formal education in CS or CIS. Hired for the very purpose of outsourcing the I.T. staff by a CEO who could not keep it in his pants and was fired from Lockheed Martin. Ironically, Baylor placed her on the School of Engineering and Computer Science page when she only holds a BA and MA (https://www.ecs.baylor.edu/person/kimberly-mackenroth) which is like calling someone that manages a doctors office, a doctor. Graduates of Baylor should be up in arms about the misrepresentation.
Former employee, what L3harris has done to IT is criminal. So many outstanding technical resources gone without any backup, so much knowledge lost. For a supposedly high tech defense company, they could care less about technical skillset or resources. Short term profits over productivity every time. The only way to dig out of the whole is to invest in your workforce and tools. Building quality products on cost and time is what will make u an industry giant. There is better out there for you all, and IT employees still ate going above and beyond all this nonsense. Poor management and a toxic culture will not protect our war fighters. Shame on greedy leadership.
There are plenty of folks with skill sets so customized for L3 that they can't transition those to another employer, me included. I spent 20 years doing every weird impossible technical thing there was and it was great while there were people around that appreciate that, but there aren't a lot of other companies that have postings for "IT Handy Man", it's all glitz and bs now. So much for retaining good people and using them on another team that is growing, the skills are typically synonymous.
If a former L3Harris employee is let go by Accenture and returns to the L3Harris, I wonder if their time with the organization would be bridged. Or if they would start as a "New Hire".
Would any future severance pay include previous years with the organization, after being away for 1 1/2 or 2 years?
That is one of the few reasons I can think of for an older employee returning to the company that let them go in such an unceremonious manner.
….and then if this isn’t bad enough you come across this story https://www.thehrdigest.com/why-past-trends-point-to-accenture-layoffs-in-2025/
@1dg only for the 1st year following the agreement. As of June 2025 the agreement expired.
the new LHX IT motto - "It isn't wrong to implement it that way, it is just not what the vendor recommends"
Good luck L3, with the management you have overseeing the work, you are going to need it. You were very fortunate to have a whole lot of people that were perfectly happy owning their own domain.
Has anyone told you that we have to train them? What is there to train?