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Layoffs to follow holiday furloughs at Honeywell; whisteblower says...

• http://www.abc15.com, Nohelani Graf

There's devastating news just before one of the most expensive times of the year for many families, as Honeywell Aerospace warns employees layoffs will follow holiday furloughs.

According to an internal email, workers can volunteer to leave by early December and then a portion of the workforce will be let go by January and will be offered severance packages.

A whistleblower tells ABC15 of the employees in the Valley who will be impacted the first to go will be those who've been written up by a manager in the past for varying reasons as part of a performance improvement plan.

The employee, who has asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, says some who are believed likely to lose their jobs are just a couple years away from qualifying for their pension.

"What could save them is if someone in the group who's close to retirement would take the golden parachute and leave," said the whistleblower.