Comcast Fired 500 After Claiming Tax Cut Would Create Jobs

[Itsjustguy]

[quote]Telecommunications giant Comcast has been caught in another embarrassing situation, this time involving layoffs and their support of the government’s tax overhaul.

According to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Comcast fired over 500 sales personnel shortly before Christmas, despite claiming that Congress’s new tax cut bill would help them create thousands of jobs. The fired door-to-door sales representatives were also allegedly required to sign a nondisclosure agreement as part of their severance package.

“With these investments, we expect to add thousands of new direct and indirect jobs,” Comcast said in a statement on Dec. 21, a week after the layoffs reportedly took place. The company also promised over 100,000 of their employees a $1,000 bonus as a result of the lower corporate tax rate. According to a Comcast spokesperson speaking with the Inquirer, the fired salespeople will now get a, “$1,000 supplemental severance payment.”

Comcast, one of the world’s largest cable companies, was reportedly the most active lobbyist for the tax cuts. The company filed 60 lobbying reports concerning their support for the tax plan, according to Vox.[/quote]

[url]http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/01/05/comcast-fires-500-tax-cut/[/url]

[Snowmew]

[quote]According to a Comcast spokesperson speaking with the Inquirer, the fired salespeople will now get a, “$1,000 supplemental severance payment.”[/quote]

Wow, thanks [i]so much[/i] for that extra two weeks' pay after firing them, that really makes it all better.

[Silence]

I thought door to door salesmen weren't a thing anymore.

[Fulcrum]

[quote=shills]hey man, just give them a chance, wait 10 years and THEN if they haven't hired more people you are allowed to complain![/quote]