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Anonymous
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[quote]I do not work for rand but it sure seems from the outside that people who work there hate it[/quote]
Lots of organizations have employees who at some point hate it. The difference is that at RAND, they choose to stay. |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I do not work for rand but it sure seems from the outside that people who work there hate it[/quote]
Lots of organizations have employees who at some point hate it. The difference is that at RAND, they choose to stay.[/quote] Why? |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a lot of the conversation is about RAND, but will there be other layoffs in the new fiscal year for other FFRDCs?[/quote]
Another MITRE RIF on Oct 6 (500 staff).[/quote] That makes 2,000+ people I'm the last 18 months. That's over 20% of the company. Crazy[/quote] This will not be the last one. More to come as projects expire, particularly in the public sector space. |
Anonymous
| I'm surprised MITRE is so open about its RIFs because others do it quietly without announcements. |
Anonymous
Like who? |
Anonymous
MITRE is a lot bigger. Probably so are their RIFs. |
Anonymous
Give Mitre credit for not quietly pushing folks out. |
Anonymous
They cannot hide them due to the size of each RIF. Each of their RIFs has been large enough to trigger the legal requirement to file (public) WARN notices with the Commonwealth of Virginia. Below a certain size, RIFs do not require such filings with the Commonwealth. Anyone can do a web search and find all WARN notice filings from all organizations. |
Anonymous
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Constructive discharge is an employment law concept where an employee's resignation is treated as an involuntary termination because the employer created working conditions so intolerable that a reasonable person would have been forced to quit.
https://spigglelaw.com/constructive-discharge-what-you-need-to-know/ |
Anonymous
The FFRDC I worked for shouldn't have hired me because they should have anticipated that the Federal Government was going to be taken over by a bunch of arsonists. Good luck with that. |
Anonymous
Which one? |
Anonymous
Cited URL specifically says very difficult to prove such a case in Virginia. Also unclear how that relates to the rest of this thread. |
Anonymous
The WARN Act defines a mass "employment loss" to include drastically reduced hours. If an organization cuts the hours of a group of employees by more than 50% for six months or more, it counts as a layoff and triggers the mandatory 60-day notice. Basically, cutting paychecks in half to avoid a public notice is exactly the kind of loophole the law addresses. If your employer is doing that, the workers should contact an employment lawyer for a free consultation. |
Anonymous
State WARN Acts (like those in California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and New York) offer greater protection than federal law, making a free consult with a plaintiff-side employment lawyer worth it if your employer is reducing your hors or if you suspect a quiet RIF is occurring. |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a lot of the conversation is about RAND, but will there be other layoffs in the new fiscal year for other FFRDCs?[/quote]
Another MITRE RIF on Oct 6 (500 staff).[/quote] That makes 2,000+ people I'm the last 18 months. That's over 20% of the company. Crazy[/quote] That’s so awful. RAND will surpass this achievement. [/quote] i do not work for rand but it sure seems from the outside that people who work there hate it[/quote] There is a substantial difference between hating the management and how the company is run, and hating the work. Many people love the mission, the work, and the people on projects, and thus put up with the dislike/hatred of the management and how some things are run. |