#jobsecurity

Waiting to find out whether I’ll have a job to go back to weeks after a traumatic delivery… while still in FMLA/STD… AND a colicky newborn… so fun!

The way they’re doing this RIF is crueler than usual.

How many others have pivoted from "oh, God, please don't let it be me," to "fu-k it, give me my severance" since this all started?

I've been told by a few people I have nothing to worry about because I'm one of the newer hires and this layoff will target those with higher pay, meaning people who've been at Verizon for a while. Is this true? I'd like to believe it, but I'm too scared to get my hopes up.

It was supposed to go live in February however, I guess sh!t didn't get done fast enough or something, and has been pushed back a quarter. I think it's May or something now, idfk... JC literally said "to be clear, this won't be pushed back further." - aka if it's not, heads will be flying.
At least that's what I've been told by someone who is part of the NDA thing, so i dont know how true this actually is.
but this NDA thing has been Dell's NUMBER 1 PRIORITY for the last year and so I'm worried because it got pushed back, this will affect raises, or even cause more layoffs than usual in Feb.

I see where the BRC union has signed the post merger job agreement. A question for anyone reading this that is an official in the union, what do these agreements say? What wording is there in these agreements that makes it worthwhile? Are the members voting on this? None of this is making sense. It seems strange to me someone that has cut about 10,000 jobs is interested in anybody’s job security.

Has anyone heard if the security teams will be affected, specifically those working under Mike Russo? Many of these teams are brand new teams build over the last year.

Anyone hear anything regarding internal care teams or case management/ert

I don’t know if that means I’m on the chopping block or safe or maybe they are gonna offer me a different position if riffed

With today’s announcement, is there any estimate how many people are losing their jobs?

This is insane.

Fed Rate cuts have (Never) -

Mattered.

For the stock market either, reference the 2008 Great Financial Crisis; for example.

In a deep recession, or (Worse) scenario.

This is where Treasury (Bessent) and the Fed are (Totally Wrong).

Verizon layoff next week - 15,000 employees (their Largest ever).

The employee-employer power balance has shifted firmly to the employer, according to Glassdoor’s 2026 Worklife Trends report — and it has prompted employees to reexamine their engagement in turn.

https://www.hrdive.com/news/forever-layoffs-and-rto-pressure-employers-hold-the-power-again/805673/

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4336218015/?trk=eml-email_job_alert_digest_01-primary_job_list-0-jobcard_body_15410528500&refId=NPp%2B27WXsygWNPJyBEeg5Q%3D%3D&trackingId=4nLchv%2FF4FyNcFQXbWLQxw%3D%3D

What about the vendor employees who are part of the core teams at Verizon will their be any impact on their jobs. They are still part of Verizon org chart

I've been searching everywhere for over a year, and nothing has come through. I only had two interviews in that entire period, and I was ghosted after both. I honestly don't remember the job market ever being this bad, and that just makes the idea of any upcoming layoffs feel even more terrifying than usual.

So many of us are sick to our stomachs dreading Thursday’s RIF Day! This wait is horrible!! How can you even think about the holidays with this kind of anticipation. This is horrible. Plus the reality is if we make it this round, we can expect it to happen prob almost every quarter over the new year. We are stuck! With the amount of people unemployed through all of the larger companies + government layoffs… how do people move forward? I expect the job market is horrible and unemployment gives a max of approx $400/wk.. how are people able to survive and support their families??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpuvjxDNrXk

Most of the job cuts will come from Non-Union positions

I was laid off this time last year. I was with Dell in various sales roles for 20 years right out of college. I became an adult and professional with Dell. What I’m learning is my Dell skill set isn’t seen as that well trained or valuable to many other companies. Maybe it’s a bit of age discrimination as well, but surely being early 40s doesn’t mean I’m already retired from any tech job does it? I don’t know. I’ve been doing gig work to survive, but I used to have a real career, decent pay, benefits, savings, retirement, travel, dignity… feels like I’m worse than back to square one now. I feel like I’m going to lose everything I’ve spent two decades building in my life because I can’t find another job like what I had at the only job I’ve ever really known. I used to be the guy that had enough to help friends when they were hitting rough patches, now I’m the one always asking for favors. Sorry, just having a panic attack in the middle of the night because of all of this. I’ve applied to hundreds of places, even outside of tech in other sales fields, and I feel like I do great in the multiple rounds of interviews, just to get rejected or even worse, absolute crickets. I can’t go entry level in another totally different field because I’m either seen as too old to be an apprentice, or too over qualified (they feel) for an entry level thing. So how do I start over then?! I also have other friends and former coworkers that have been recently laid off, so now I feel like I’m competing with them for a role. It’s all so frustrating and frankly scary. Make it make sense. I just want to work again.

There are always the Layoffs that are Guaranteed to come after the Frontier merger— we are nowhere near done with the layoff musical chairs 🪑.

Roles will be spared! (Fingers crossed) Good vibes…

directors will know tomorrow AM whether or not they are canned. SHould we assume if the director is safe, our team is safe?

I can’t imagine a laid of AD calling to tell their director reports their fate.

I've heard this is not performance based, so what is it? How do they decide who to cut? Also, I hate that we have to wait until December to know if we still have a job or not. I don't get why they have to let us wait that long.

I’m afraid the holiday season will flop, and things will only get worse from there. Jobs are scarce, most of us have little to no savings, and there’s nothing to fall back on if it really hits hard. Maybe I’m anxious for no reason, but the vibe has never felt worse in my memory.

People were talking about cuts around holidays, what's going on with that?

What’s the schedule for finding out this week? Do SDs know or do they find out tomorrow or Tuesday? Does everyone else find out Thursday? How will it happen?

That's our reality now, and I admit, I'm not handling it all that well.

Look I’m not even mad anymore. just tired... Every week it’s another round of whispers about realignments and optimization, and we all know what that means. People disappear from the org chart, managers act like it’s business as usual... and everyone else pretends not to notice while secretly refreshing job boards.What’s wild is how leadership keeps calling this progress. They hold some all hands to talk about leaner operations like we’re supposed to clap for losing our coworkers. Then they tell us to stay positive and embrace the change. I’d love to, but it’s kinda hard to embrace being disposable.... and don’t even start with the we’re one team stuff. One team doesn’t keep cutting off its own legs. One team doesn’t keep asking people to train their replacements. You can call it efficiency all you want, but what it feels like is betrayal. I used to think Verizon was a place you could build a career. Now it feels like a place where you just wait your turn to be streamlined. Maybe the saddest part is how normal that’s starting to feel.

Bumping from @a6+1k9qp9myj.

I don’t even know where to look for another job anymore. I’ve tried everything, sent out more resumes than ever, reached out to everyone I know, even looked far outside the box. I’m willing to take lower pay, worse benefits, whatever it takes, just to have some kind of backup if I get laid off. Nothing has worked out. It just makes the worry that much heavier.

IF YOU ARE NOT UNION YOU ARE AT RISK…. Get your resume ready and prepare for the worst. Hope it goes well for everyone.

In recent months, I have had multiple people on my team leave BNY and I am the only person left. Should I finally demand a real raise? 5%+?

Just think, this round of Verizon layoffs have nothing to do with Artifcial Intelligence. Once AI and its resulting streamlining of required human resources takes hold at Verizon the possibilities for recurring downsizing are highly likely.

May be time for VZ'ers to seriously start looking for a more trade based occupation.

Network equipment provider Nokia plans to close its Munich site by 2030. According to the IG Metall, over 700 employees in Munich alone are affected by the decision. The layoffs are to take place in two waves: over 300 jobs will be cut nationwide as early as 2026, and further jobs in Munich will be lost by 2030. Nokia confirmed the closure when asked by heise online. It was a difficult decision to ensure Nokia remains competitive in the long term.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Nokia-plans-to-close-Munich-site-by-2030-11079263.html
https://atlantisthemes.com/austerity-measures-nokia-cuts-jobs-the-munich-site-is-scheduled-to-close-by-2030/

Schulman is planning cost cuts that are likely to result in the reduction of about 15,000 jobs, The Journal reported Thursday. Verizon currently employs about 100,000 people.

A source familiar with the situation told The Post that the 15,000 figure is “in the ballpark” and that layoff notices are expected to be sent out to affected employees next week.

Verizon offered $4 million retention bonuses to two top executives — consumer group head Sowmyanarayan Sampath and finance chief Anthony Skiadas — to keep them through at least the end of 2027, according to the Journal.

Schulman told a Wall Street Journal event this week that Verizon needs to get “scrappier and less bureaucratic.”

https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/business/ousted-verizon-boss-could-still-pocket-most-of-20m-salary-as-company-cuts-15000-jobs-report/

If your job can be done from home then it can be replaced by either AI or offshoring. I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be mean but blue collar is all that will be left in the near future.

https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/15/Many_IBM_Workers_to_Become_Unemployed_a_Few_Weeks_Maybe_Just_Da.shtml

Anybody else feels completely suffocated knowing you're basically trapped here for who knows how long because the job market is a wasteland right now? I keep searching and pushing and checking every lead, and it still feels like there’s nothing worth grabbing onto, so barring a layoff, which would be its own disaster, it really feels like there's no escape from this stressful place anytime soon. And that thought makes me hyperventilate.