Company announcement, what could it be?

[bluebag27]

In your experiences, when you have been told there is a company announcement, what has it turned out to be?

I'm currently off work, but have been told there is an announcement tomorrow and that I must attend unless it's absolutely impossible that I can't.

My first thought is redundancies. What else could it be?

Surely that's Self Addressed Envelope??

Don't know if it's been mentioned but pregnant then screwed are apparently tly goof at helping you know your rights in the kond of sitiation when you are on mat leave.

Maybe she's got other things to do than constantly faff about?! 🙄

Could be. Different departments affected differently by the merger. Some redundancies, some relocations, etc.

True. I was formerly an elected employee rep on redundancy "consultation."

Some parts of the company were unionised and the union rep was experienced and knowledgeable and prevented the company reps steamrollering and bluffing.

Incidentally he also forced the company to pay the Retention Bonus which it had promised me and many other employees if we stayed on when the company got in trouble. It tried to back out and not pay to people who it later decided were going to be laid off.

@PrincessFionaCharming and @weirdoboelady

Your recent comments made me LOL my tits off which is unexpected on a thread about probableredundancy!

Weird eye roll considering it's no more difficult to visit on browser than on the app.

Hope you're in a better mood this morning.

I'm always baffled by people who come here and so confidently state that they definitely know what it is. And as usually happens, you were wrong

The OP was asking for people's experiences - there wouldn't be much point in everyone coming on to say 'I don't know, could be anything.'

If it's a merger, I'm afraid it is likely some redundancies will follow further down the line - once the two companies have worked out how to align their systems and processes, they will strip out duplication.

was I wrong?

Are you sure you're a lawyer? Surely you know better than to state that something is definite when you can't possibly know that

Is your assertion that 100% of meetings as described will be for redundancies? Are you saying that posters who've quoted examples where this didn't happen are liars? Delusional? Misunderstanding?

ok, I am obviously not a fortune teller. I’ve just worked on dozens of these exercises and I haven’t ever known an all employee meeting that everyone has to attend - even those on leave - which is to be followed by small group meetings, be anything but a redundancy scenario (maybe merger + or restructuring + redundancy but definitely redundancy).

but if I was wrong OP and worried you unnecessarily then I’m sorry!

And that would have been an appropriate thing to past, dozens of instances isn't enough to state anything with certainty was my point

I and others are proof that redundancies are in no way inevitable

End of the month is usually a giveaway. Redundancy, restructure, merging...moving. It certainly won't be about a bonus or wage increase.

Usually a takeover

Generally always redundancies/ or re-structuring, that co=incidently also means redundancies. That's the only occasion the company absolutely wants every person to hear the same thing at the same time, for the benefit of both employees and the company.

Sooooo what was it OP?

Merger / takeover usually

She told us yesterday! Use “see all” for OP posts 👍🏻

Mergers, sales and being bought are often followed by redundancies, eventually. One of the purposes is generally efficiencies/savings, and people are expensive. Its not necessarily something that happens fast and often it won't be admitted. My employer is being bought, and they're calling it "changes" after about 2 years. It'll be getting planned secretly during this time.

Whatever happens though, worry is pointless, I'd just advise factoring the possibility into future plans and have a rough idea how you might adapt should changes occur that requires you to adapt

When we had a company announcement, it was to tell us of a merger with another company.

Or re-structuring, merging teams etc.

Doesn't necessarily mean redundancies.

Last two times I was made redundant there were department meetings, not whole company wide meeting.

Restructure

Redundancies. X