Thread regarding Comcast layoffs

What everyone fails to also realize is the amount of prior vacant roles that were eliminated also. While it doesn’t impact an individual directly like a layoff, it does reduce the amount of overall headcount the company intended to employ prior to the restructure. It could amount to a significant % of the reduction that will never be talked about.

Why is comcast so secretive about it's layoff numbers? Other companies seem much more transparent about it.

@an I think WARN doesn't cover contractors or consultants. The reported WARN number of 624 for CTC seems low. So I won't be surprised if the actual number is much higher.

BTW Found a Thomas Reuters page on the WARN Act. It's geared towards employers but has useful info: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/insights/articles/what-is-the-warn-act

@an I suspect that the 624 + contractors may be at least 1000-1200
To put that in perspective, that's about 25% of the CTC capacity... which certainly wasn't operating at capacity prior to this week's layoff.

@ah That's 624 employees. I doubt they have to report Contractors. I suspect the collateral damage is greater than the WARN number reported.

The PA WARN notice went up today. Supposedly 624 employees at the Center City Campus. However, as a Philadelphia area resident who has been Remote/VHOB for over a year and also impacted by these layoffs, I wonder if those of us are counted in this number or not...

@a4 if I've got RSUs that vest in early February/early March/mid March, and I'm affected in that hypothetical late January layoff, could I realistically expect to receive those RSUs?

Interesting to see that March 26, 2027 end date for some employees. I guess we’ll see whether there’s another wave at the end of January.

The reason PA employees are getting 2-months notice before severance kicks is not generosity. In Pennsylvania, covered companies must file a written WARN notice at least 60 days in advance of a plant closing or mass layoff.

A mass layoff is 500 or more full-time employees at the same site.

They could have filed this earlier but my guess is they didn’t want to the media buzz. It sounds better to say “we’re undergoing the biggest transformation in company history” than “we’re laying off XXXX employees.

Plus, it would have also required forethought, planning, and (crazy idea) strategy to come up with those numbers by mid-August to file for October impacts. But that just wouldn’t be very Comcastc.