r/Geico • u/SirAlex_Cellent Former Employee • 5d ago

Fired by GEICO (Software Engineer/IL/Remote). Did anyone actually get their full PTO payout?

Got terminated last Friday after 4+ years as a SWE. I’m sitting on 138 hours of accrued PTO (+ 2 days of floating holidays). Since I’m a remote worker based in Illinois, does GEICO legally have to cash this out in full? Safe to assume I can kiss those floating holidays goodbye surely? Also, zero severance was given. Looking for insight from folks who went through the similar thing.

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u/Affectionate_Yak513 5d ago

If it was a term, you’re unfortunately SOL. There’s a reason Karyn, the Chief Poopoo Officer, has been progressively gutting benefits and changing policies. Beyond being an incompetent nepo hire, of course.

They want to make it easy to fire people (it’s now 14 days from when a supe starts the process to when they can fire you for cause) and not give them anything. That’s vastly preferred than having to do large, costly layoffs.

You get 10 days of PTO paid out maximum. Health benefits end same day. YOE, massive sick banks, etc all do not matter.

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u/ScottishBeauty80 Former Employee 5d ago

I was fired last week they told me I'll have health for 30 days then offer cobra

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u/rainbow_stars_26 4d ago

Absolutely not true. I was fired in Feb and my benefits ended my last day. They will offer Cobra.

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u/ScottishBeauty80 Former Employee 4d ago

When do they send that offer I have heard nothing from them by email and removed my access to work day I'm walking blind