Submission + - Bank's severance deal requires IT workers to be on call for two years (computerworld.com) 3
dcblogs writes: SunTrust Banks in Atlanta is laying off about 100 IT workers as it moves work offshore. But this layoff is unusual for what it is asking of the soon-to-be displaced workers: The bank's severance agreement requires terminated employees to remain available for two years to provide help if needed, including in-person assistance, and to do so without compensation. Many of the affected IT employees, who are now training their replacements, have years of experience and provide the highest levels of technical support. The proof of their ability may be in the severance requirement, which gives the bank a way to tap their expertise long after their departure. The bank's severance includes a "continuing cooperation" clause for a period of two years, where the employee agrees to "make myself reasonably available" to SunTrust "regarding matters in which I have been involved in the course of my employment with SunTrust and/or about which I have knowledge as a result of my employment at SunTrust."
Way incomplete, and one-sied sourcing (Score:2)
No compensation at all? Or is several months severance pay contingent on providing said support?
Almost certainly the latter, because no matter how much the anti-capitalists try to phrase it, companies have no right to enslave former employees (or even current employees) for two years after they quit. All they cn do is offer some inducement to be on call, such as ... pay! Whether that pay is sufficient is entirely a matter between (former) employer and employer. Whether former employee's prospective new
How about (Score:3)
A standard reply to any request for assistance:
I'm sorry but I did not work directly on the matter no did I obtain any knowledge regarding said matter while I was working at SunTrust.
With Love, former employee who you are trying to screw over.
PS. If the code monkeys you are now paying peanuts cannot work the system, perhaps you should employ better people - oh wait, you had that.
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