Welp, just got laid off from Havas. Who is hiring?

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Sorry to hear this! Good luck ❤️

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I got laid off from Havas 6 years ago, and it was the best thing that ever happened in my life. My career finally took off after I got dumped from there. Keep your chin up! It’s a blessing. Trust me.

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Yea I just lost a couple of team members and only found out after trying to message them

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Usually if you were creative I would imagine the CD would have to know. I generally get the news if it happens on my team but seems to be out of the blue

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Didn’t NY promise no layoffs?

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A glaringly risky (and quite frankly idiotic) leadership move to make a claim like that.

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Goodness. Havas is always laying off. I wouldn’t buy a house with them. Smh. What departments saw lay offs?

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Meditation room?

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I used to go there to cry, oh man. I’m glad my time there is over

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Which city, they’ve been promising no layoffs, is that ending?

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Boston as well.

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I got laid off as well in Boston. Anyone know of anyone hiring? Trying to tell myself it’s a blessing in disguise! Wasn’t very happy there anyways.

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Which city?

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Sorry to hear

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Following. Got let go yesterday too. Chicago.

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Sorry to hear this! Good luck I do hear there are openings

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Can anyone post the Adweek article about the lay offs here? It’s behind a paywall.

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Havas went through a round of layoffs across its U.S. agency offices this week due to the business impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

This included Havas Media, Arnold and other offices in New York, Boston and Chicago, according to a source with knowledge of Havas’ operations. It appears around 150 employees were impacted across these offices.

“Covid-19 has had a significant impact on several of our clients, varying greatly depending on business sector and geography. As a result, some of our agencies are impacted depending on their client portfolio. While we expect recovery for both our clients and therefore our industry, it appears it will not be a ‘V’ shaped curve and will undoubtedly take more time than hoped. Unfortunately, the result of this is job reductions in agencies whose clients were the hardest hit,” a Havas spokesperson said in a statement.

“These are painful decisions for any business. We all hoped they would never have to be made, as they come through no fault of any one of our valued employees. Through this, we’re committed to treating any impacted colleagues with the respect and consideration that they deserve, we thank them for their contribution and we will do what we can to support them as they transition to their next chapter,” they added.  “While there is great sadness in any of our agencies reaching this point, we have great confidence in the future.”

While IPG, Omnicom and WPP all made announcements about layoffs and furloughs across agencies in April, and Publicis Groupe announced furloughs and other cost-cutting measures in April followed by a series of layoffs across certain Publicis Groupe agencies in May, Havas had until now resisted such measures.

The nature of Havas’ ownership model with Vivendi allowed it to hold off on the measure and Havas did so in the hopes that it could prevent such job losses and be well poised for a recovery, according to a source with knowledge of Havas’ operations, who added that previous cost-cutting measures included dramatic cuts in discretionary and freelance spending and salary reductions varying by agency. Ultimately these steps were not enough to prevent layoffs. Severance was given to employees who were laid off, while healthcare coverage extensions varied by agency, according to this source.

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Anyone know what the typical health coverage length is? Weeks or months?

Sorry to hear that.... that's all I got

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Is there ever severance from Havas? If so, what’s the ratio or formula for calculating?

You get half of your unused vacation paid out per policy but try to argue it.

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Seems like the second wave is hitting agencies.

First wave for us since lock down.

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