For more than a hundred workers at the technology company Talkdesk, what promised to be another normal Monday was soon to come It turned into a day that could be one of the last days they would be together at the office. In one-on-one or small-group conversations, the news came out: the company was inviting them to leave, leaving on the table a proposal for a mutually agreed exit.
“It was all so fast, so sudden.”“, says one of the affected workers. In the midst of this unrest, meetings were held, the observer learned from the few testimonies he heard. Initially, a conversation was scheduled with those involved boss (Team Leader), who appears to be following the script, reports another employee. Then the negotiation moved to human resources. Later, the agreement proposal arrived via email. Anyone who accepts this will not be able to receive unemployment benefits. Anyone who refuses to do so should see the matter and go to the legal department in technology, according to what some employees were told. What does it mean? “We don’t know,” one person laments, pointing to days of uncertainty and anxiety among workers.
The proposed exit will be proven as a result Strategic decision, affecting production and engineering teams, and more specifically functions related to the field of research and development (R&D). Many were surprised by this decision, which will mainly affect Portuguese employees and, to a lesser extent, employees in China as well. The proposal was accompanied by a deadline Set this FridaySeptember 29 as the deadline to inform the company of the decision: yes or no regarding the agreement.
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