Thread regarding Avaya layoffs

HR is an Absolute Pathetic Joke!

Below is all Public Record.

  • HR Learned that a Supervisor Performed inappropriate acts in the workplace at his previous role, a female employee expressed fear for working for this person and they concluded there wasn't a problem????????

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On September 6, 2019, a few days after the meeting, Plaintiff contacted Avaya's Head of Human Resources, Faye Tylee, to request a “confidential phone call.” Id. at 12. Later that day, Plaintiff told Tylee over the phone that she had learned that Levesque, before joining Avaya, was terminated from his former job because of a video of him and a woman engaging in inappropriate behavior. Id. After the call, Tylee emailed Plaintiff advising her that Avaya would take her report seriously, that an employee assistance program (“EAP”) was available for her to use, and that human resources would contact Plaintiff at a later date to discuss “next steps.” Id. The same day, Plaintiff emailed Tylee to express her desire to discuss the Denver meeting. Id. On September 8, 2019, Plaintiff forwarded the video to Tylee and expressed concerns about being “in a chain of command that does not respect women[,]” as well as concerns about “speaking up” because “[r]etaliation happens in many forms silently.” Id. at 13.

Levesque allegedly placed his hand down the pants of an individual later identified as his sister-in-law. Id. The video of the incident has since been removed from the Internet. Id.
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Just WOW!

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That sums up the Destination Place to Work.
Unimaginable that HR disregarded the employees valid concerns

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Post ID: @Drfv+1otQjmsS

No words. It's 2023. Not 1976.

How? Why? And they Did What?
This sums up the fact that Avaya has never had proper HR processees.

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Post ID: @8kcq+1otQjmsS

I took have copies of communicating about the Corporate Compliance Policy not existing via the online training modules.
How can I share these to help this ex employee?

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Post ID: @4dcn+1otQjmsS

HR in Galway is non-existant.

An absolute non entity to support employees. Exists to layoff and reduce. Nothing else.

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Post ID: @2wpn+1otQjmsS

And SS is who was responsible for HR then ....

Her liability trail is deep , wide and long.

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Post ID: @1ejj+1otQjmsS

*These comments triggered my memory. See a post from Nov 2022.
Especially the comments.
How many of you recall having to"Accept" the Terms of a Policy you were not able to read via Avaya Red Carpet*?

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1gJVn6IW

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Post ID: @1ylb+1otQjmsS

What is and isn't retaliation can often fall in a subjective grey shaded area.

However.

Not having a published policy at all times while being listed on NYSE; with this employee being hired during the window when the policy wasn't available... That alone is grounds for Action by the SEC!
Any/All employee concerns presented when there was not an active policy are grounds for review.

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Post ID: @1bcw+1otQjmsS

Indeed.
There hasn't been HR. There has been "do whatever the most elevated leader in a situation tells you to do". Hence. The individual who hired a friend after a very public se-ual abuse scandle skipped the proper vetting and fast-tracked friend into job. Then immediately promoted said individual and HR didn't blink. That alone should have been a red flag to HR. NOPE. Then when a female raised their hand they tell HR female is wrong and shortly thereafter she is "laid off". Oh yes. That smells perfectly acceptable.

Avaya had Corporate Ethics Guidelines. As required per their public listing. Albeit, they went from Nov 2017 until May 2019 with ZERO Published guidelines. (I even have emails from HR disciplining me for not completing my 'training" of a policy that I couldn't read. I was told I would be in violation if I didn't Consent to the terms of a policy that didn't exist. When I pressed for a copy, I was told it was Under Review and the best they could give me (again, ONLY after pressing) was a policy that they made clear was "no longer active"! But simultaneously, they sent my manager countless warnings that I would be fired if I didn't consent to a policy I couldn't even open and review.

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Post ID: @1lbj+1otQjmsS

I'm never shocked by Avaya people's lack of worldy knowledge. The HR lady being gone has zero bearing on Avayas responsibility. It is a real case that was approved to move forward. How many violations or near violations does it take for people to become more knowledgeable on the world outside of the stepford land Avaya bubble? If the last year hasn't woken you up to seek information on your own, I don't know what will.

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Post ID: @1ebn+1otQjmsS

F.T. left Avaya in 2022. Old news

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