I heard many people got laid off within a year after moving to a hub city. I want to know if any of them were in 40s or 50s and if the surplus was because they moved on their own or if their position was redundant due to their project getting closed.
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If you move, rent a room in someone’s house. Keep your old house and everything the same. That way if you get laid off you just leave. No moving expenses, no lease, no new house payment. Just go back to the old house. That’s what I’ve done.
It all revolves around favoritism.
@ag They did the same thing in the Torretta Org over the last two years. Start applying internally for jobs outside your org.
It is an arguably legal way to target employees for layoff by age. They know the older you are, the less likely to relocate you become. That is the whole reason for the "hub" phenomenon. They don't actually care where you report, they just want old expensive people to choose to be laid off so they can sidestep the EEOC. I hope someone calls them on it and sues anyway.
I think they’re just targeting whoever they don’t like. They pray that when they force you to move, you do not so they give you a bit and then dump you.
Here’s the same old problem:
It’s unethical what they do but not illegal
And btw, Stank wouldn’t care if it was illegal - think if some of the things he’s done and no harm
ever comes to him.
He’s been like teflon — nothing sticks to him…
In our group, all the layoffs were targeted to the people who returned to the hub office. And most had made major moves. If they force you to move, start applying right away OUTSIDE YOUR ORG . They are looking to end your career .
I work in a hub.
People get laid off here.
Being in a hub does not mean you are safe.
Being outside a hub is worse, because they do not want people outside hubs.
Hope this helps.