Hearing rumbling about RTO emails and/or a voluntary buyout coming in the next week or so. That would be on track with the timing of when it happened last year. Anyone else hear this or get more details? Wondering, if they will offer volunteer to opt out in international markets as well..
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@115 I’ll believe it when James Farris reports it
@10x uh huh. I’ll believe it when I see it
Per info communicated at dept meetings held today, buyouts are going to be delivered on Monday, Oct. 26th.
Don’t accept the buyout if it doesn’t include a good severance. Check your internal docs for the severance packages. If you accept the buy out, you will NOT get your bonus. Also, they remove you from payroll faster and you forfeit some good benefits.
If you wait, you will still get a prorated bonus early next year. Use this time to apply for jobs.
Good luck!
@jr appears as though the double trigger clause will not apply to this merger/transaction.
In the equity FAQ’s it states ‘For RSU awards granted on August 7, 2025, and after, unvested RSU’s are forfeited unless otherwise specified in your employment agreement’
Makes sense, since there’s bound to be a lot of bloodshed and presumably a lot of unvested RSU’s between Paramount and WBD.
If true the company is offering 3 weeks per year, has anyone heard if there is cap at 1 year like previous buyouts?
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@jj no, unvested RSU’s were forfeited if you voluntarily exited as part of the buyout.
If you are let go within 2 years of the initial merger last year, all remaining unvested RSU’s at the time of the merger (Aug 2025) would vest.
Not sure if that ‘double trigger’ clause will apply for the new merger, haven’t seen anything yet.
Anyone know if unvested RSU where part of the previous Paramount RTO/Buyout packages?
agree with posters - no communication at all regarding this - if anyone saw something it has not been put out to us
people i know think layoffs will happen before all this/and there won't be a huge amount leaving when there is a 5 day RTO mandate
Long time WB employee here... no word at all. Not written, not verbal, not secretly delivered, etc. We're all still just waiting.
WBD employee here. No buyout package so far. Though before the merger, we were informed of the severance package in terms of tenure in the event of layoffs.
@et no, a friend who works at WBD was told in writing this was the buyout package.
@e0 agree. it's cap. There are people trolling on here, seeking reactions from vulnerable people
@et WB employee here. Haven’t received anything
@aq so the buyout email already went out to WBD employees? I’m not seeing anything about it in the news and surely someone would report on it
@as I agree. That’s what I was told, but seems wild you could only work for WBD say for 2 years and get a minimum of 36 weeks but maybe that’s the incentive they are offering so more people take it
@as they probably meant maximum instead of min? So 12+ years all would get the same
@aq if that’s true they’re getting a better buyout deal then paramount employees were given last year. Last year it was 2 weeks per year of service and that’s it.
@aq that would be wild. So if you were brand new you would get the same offer as someone employed for 10 years?
@a4 I heard it may go to the whole org.
I've heard from a WBD employee that they received written communication stating that voluntary separation packages would be calculated at three weeks per year of service, with a 36-week minimum. No confirmation on timing of offers.
Wonder if it applies to people who were offered it last year (phase 1), again.. or if it’s just WBD
:) talk about it