I was offered a job, not a layoff. I am a past employee, out for about 4 years and got offered a US based job. Does IBM bridge my prior service or do I start at zero? I ask because of the new retirement plan which per benefits document says I need to be employed for 1 year before I get it. Taking this job could cost me $10k in missed contributions!
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It always slows down around holidays
Noticed prior to termination as an employee - I was getting so much search activity on my linkedin profile by IBM - but after termination - it has dried up.
I was rehired into a different group after an RA. hr said that any break under 6 months is seen as continuous time served, time still accumulated for benefits. Over 6 months then its just considered a break in service. unless youve been marked not rehireable, which I have never seen in my RA’s. Even in that case its just a flag to the hiring manager. HR knows about special contract conditions. For example gts had a 2 year moratorium on hiring between companies . Thats expired now. When GTS absorbed companies, every one had a slightly unique contract. Min and max RA’s allowed, moratorium length, etc. unless you know someone, IBM wont ever tell you the contract details.
Just guessing, but probably "all of the above". It stands to reason that the rehire criteria are much like the RA criteria...if you were booted out of the company for a personal reason, then it would be unlikely for the company to bring you back, right?
If, on the other hand, you were sent out because of business conditions or something like that, then it seems reasonable that the company could bring you back if those business conditions turned favorable again.
So why would a rehire rating say ‘no’. What are the criteria? Bad performance? Age? Role? Manager doesn’t like you?
When I was there, the actual RA procedure was a rather lengthy process involving different managers at various stages. The "RA decision" came from on high (division level, above 1st/2nd/3rd line). Your department manager would update your service record with a "final" rating on your last day, which included a "rehire (yes/no)" decision. I put "final" in quotes because your department manager was not always the one who would send you out the door. For remote employees, that task often fell to a manager who worked in a nearby office close to your location, wherever that may have been. That lucky manager would sit down with you to perform an exit interview, take your ID badge and your laptop, and hand you a paper check. You had to sign various legal forms saying you wouldn't sue the company and stuff like that. If you didn't sign the forms, then you wouldn't get that paper check. After you walked out the door, that manager would "complete the RA process" and update your service record accordingly.
As far as I know, all rehire decision-making included both HR and legal, along with division and CHQ management. If you were taking IBM to court for whatever reason, not only would you be violating the terms of your RA agreement, but the legal department would surely know about it.
Does the employee service record get made on the last day of service vis-a-vis being rehireable or not? What happens if you take IBM to court - does someone in HR have to go in and change the record to say - this person is taking us to court - don’t touch them with a ten foot pole?
Boomarang twice for me was leaving on my own for a perceived better offer at two different customers. From my own experience, working as a customer again was a stiffening experience with the IT organizations moving at a snails pace
While it is not impossible for a RA employee to be rehired, it is quite rare and unusual. The employee's service record would have to be marked as "rehireable" (many are not), and multiple approvals of management are required. I've only seen rehires to different divisions (e.g. RA from services and rehire to SWG, or something like that)...never rehired to the same division.
Why would you not be able to come back if RAed? There is someone in my group who was RAed from another site. They had sent his whole groups work to another country.
Let’s be clear here. When you say you boomeranged twice - were you RAed (layed off), PIPed (performance related) or left on your own (better offer elsewhere etc)? I assumed if you are RAed or PIPed you can’t come back.
Agreed I was a boomarang two times. You will get credit for time served
I've been away from IBM for many years, but in my time I saw employees get rehired from time to time. Those employees were treated as if nothing had changed, even down to their employee serial numbers. All prior service was taken into account for benefits purposes.