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> More than half of the employees at the Jersey City facility have decided to move to Linden, New Jersey Fun fact if you haven't experienced it before. A compa

> More than half of the employees at the Jersey City facility have decided to move to Linden, New Jersey Fun fact if you haven't experienced it before. A company will close a facility, and say you can have the same job elsewhere usually requiring drastically different travel time. If you refuse you can't draw unemployment or get any benefits because you turned down the job. It's not all roses.

martinald 9y ago
To be fair, it's only 12 miles away. While definitely a pain I don't think it's totally unreasonable especially considering there are almost certainly legitimate operational needs for a larger facility. In London that's about the same as moving an office from West London to East London (which is happening all the time).
austenallred 9y ago
Ah, then that's the PR spin I was trying to be cautious of. It's hard to tell the math from the way they've written it here. What was the former number of employees and what will it be going forward? That makes sense, and explains why the stock is down. It's actually a nastier form of layoffs. Thanks! Edit: Actually it looks like it's a net increase in employment. This is insanity. buying blue apron calls. It's trading at $5.78
- partingshots 9y ago
  You're going to get burned dude.
Edmond 9y ago
IBM use to offer a relocation option after layoffs ("resource action") to India with Indian pay, happened to me :)
- cpeterso 9y ago
  Do you know of any IBM employees not from India taking the relocation option to India?
  - Edmond 9y ago
    This happened almost 10 yrs ago and I don't anyone who took the deal....I can't imagine anyone would accept such a package, even people who are from India...it was basically just a legal and PR cover, they knew no one was going to take it.
aaronblohowiak 9y ago
Depends on the state! I don't know about NJ but in CA there is some coverage for you depending how far the office moves..

martinald 9y ago

To be fair, it's only 12 miles away. While definitely a pain I don't think it's totally unreasonable especially considering there are almost certainly legitimate operational needs for a larger facility. In London that's about the same as moving an office from West London to East London (which is happening all the time).

austenallred 9y ago

Ah, then that's the PR spin I was trying to be cautious of. It's hard to tell the math from the way they've written it here. What was the former number of employees and what will it be going forward? That makes sense, and explains why the stock is down. It's actually a nastier form of layoffs. Thanks! Edit: Actually it looks like it's a net increase in employment. This is insanity. buying blue apron calls. It's trading at $5.78

partingshots 9y ago
You're going to get burned dude.

Edmond 9y ago

IBM use to offer a relocation option after layoffs ("resource action") to India with Indian pay, happened to me :)

cpeterso 9y ago
Do you know of any IBM employees not from India taking the relocation option to India?
- Edmond 9y ago
  This happened almost 10 yrs ago and I don't anyone who took the deal....I can't imagine anyone would accept such a package, even people who are from India...it was basically just a legal and PR cover, they knew no one was going to take it.

aaronblohowiak 9y ago

Depends on the state! I don't know about NJ but in CA there is some coverage for you depending how far the office moves..