Thread regarding Comcast layoffs

I was laid off during last year’s reorg. It’s sad they are still using the same playbook of, “We are here to help”, endless HR meetings to ‘assist’ you with your needs, offering Challenger Gray, etc. From my experience , It is smoke and mirrors

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but be wary of/be thoughtful of those job postings that can cruelly provide false hope. I’ve been there.

I applied for an internal role in late October (after I was given notice I was being let go). I felt like the whole interview process was being slow-rolled. But, alas, I made it past the second-round (FINALLY, at the beginning of December)!!! I was excited! The leader wanted me, the recruiter stated offer letter coming. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝑩𝑨𝑴, 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 (𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔)𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, “𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 (𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐???) 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚.” I guess because by now we were into December now, and all the ducks wouldn’t be lined up in a row for the role by 12/31?? Was the painfully slow-rolled interview/hiring process meant to delay??

Like, whaaaaat!? Y’all didn’t know that offering a role could impact my severance? Why offer roles then do a sleight of hand? I didn’t care about severance, I wanted to keep being employed.

So, moral of the story, I get it. I have felt the pain, and my heart breaks for all impacted Truly one of the hardest times in my adult working life. I couldn’t get excited about the Holidays, it was worry worry worry.

Apply for the roles internally, I get it 100%. My experience (hopefully) will not be yours. Bills are still going to come, so I understand the feeling of wanting to grab ahold of anything, desperately. But, I encourage you to focus a majority of your energy on external roles. You take care of yourself, first and foremost. Comcast only cares about Comcast. Ultimately, they are the ones who sign the checks.

You have survived every bad day so far ❤️ Lean on your family and friends. I don’t know how I got through it without them.

𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨u, 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

They’re insane if they think I’ll be begging for my reposted job back. No thanks.

It’s called spill and fill . Typical corporate greed

Then know most people still need a job. Hire you back for less of course. Do more for less with the same expectations as before this all went down. Cut the cord! Spread the word.

Altice, Optimum or whatever they are called this week has been doing this for years.

@ah more to less. Pretty simple. Rather than make decisions on who gets laid off and who doesn’t, easier to just lay everyone off and have them fight over a small number of roles in an interview process.

My peer who was let go was encouraged to reapply for the same role. Did just that but was then told the next day he was over qualified. He was even willing to take a pay cut but the recruiter said they wouldn't feel right doing it.

What are your theories around why roles are eliminated only to have the same role posted a few days late?.

I just accepted all the silly HR meetings for "Navigating my internal career search" or whatever to keep my calendar red. I might not be the first rat off the ship, but I'm not gonna be the last rat.