Many 10 to 20 year tenured people or even more!
The age discrimination act is supposed to protect people over 40 from being targeted due to age.
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Xerox has always been good about throwing in some younger, or low tenured employees into each IRIF over the last 15 years to demonstrate (on paper) that cuts are not age targeted.
Things are not going to change. The slashes, cuts/ restructure will continue because the people in charge are constantly looking at ways to recapture the past and they keep hiring key role positions from companies that have either gone under or tossed out the people Xerox hires. People that have no history with whats been tried in the past and failed. So, What's left is a workforce demoralized and hanging on from Irif to Irif for as long as they can. A few do most the work and the majority are in roles that exist to feed the process choked system. Too many chiefs, not enough indians or arrows.
My coworkers and I each have several decades with the company. One, less than a year from retirement. The layoff date being given was a hard pill to swallow. The drastic cut in severance and immediate loss of insurance was c--nide. Each is taking whatever action is necessary for their own situation. Personally, I will be taking on 2-3 jobs as will my spouse, and for remainder of year, open market insurance.
If you were lucky enough to have been with Xerox during the good times, you would have received training that will serve you well now. Problem Solving, Quality, Valuing Diversity... Include on your resume. In interviews, don't come across as angry, downtrodden, vindictive, but instead, excited to share your world class customer service knowledge.
We can do this! This ship is sinking. Grab your floatie, jump off and start swimming. Don't look back. We CAN do this!
I am older and was cut last fall. I got a certification, networked, paid for some training and interviewed like crazy.
I made the cut to the top 2 or 3 of hundreds of applicants on several full time hire jobs but the reality is they just do not hire older people.
I found a great contract job ( w-2) only and realized there are many of these opportunities where they seek seasoned people - hr just does not want to full hire old people.
You will survive and maybe even flourish if you let go of the past. I am so much happier and so sad to see what has happened to my former colleagues in this round.
I did see it all coming as the incompetence was unsustainable.
I'm 62 and a white male accustomed to a high salary. Good luck to me finding a job. Maybe one paying 1/3 what I used to make. Is anyone keeping demographics? If not...how do we do this?
After years of service to xerox they let go of people who are to old to compete for a job else where. They have dedicated decades to the success of xerox and now this... what a horrible company to work for