#layoffrumor

All the network techs in our state had MNC meetings and calls assigned to us for 8am-9:30am tomorrow 11/20. Asked our supervisor about it and could hear the sheer panic in his voice when he said he had no idea about it and that he hasn’t been invited to a call of any sorts for those times. There’s also no bridge # or meeting link sent to us yet. Just blocked off MNC from 8-9:30.

Not sure if that means we are safe or if he’s getting the boot.. I hope not. He’s one of the few good supervisors still around.

I can’t imagine they’d let all of us go. There wouldn’t be anyone to maintain the network.

Did any other areas get the same meetings assigned to them?

Heard about the big rif coming...
The company is sinking, and they are doing whatever they can to save the investors.

Keep in mind.

Your manager does not care as long as its not them
The company does not care, you are a number.
You will find something else, and be much happier.
The company is NOT what it once was, greed and horrible management along with the BS surrounding the whole COVID and WFH was the icing on the cake.
Hans ruined Erickson, did the same to VZ
Stores are useless....and a total waste of money.

If you were smart, you took advantage of the education allowance and got a degree or did training on their dime to enhance your knowledge to take it somewhere else.

good luck, you'll be fine

Are we done finally? Can I wake up happily assuming my job is safe?

It’s been a while we saw a big one and I am getting a sense it’s right around the corner. Anyone have more information?

In less than 48 hours, Squid game season 4 courtesy Dan Hatchet man!

...not sure if that means we are safe or they are expecting a lot off call offs.

I would think they would start with people on documented writeups first, but maybe if you aren't near a hub, that can hurt your chances?

Got a webex invite from my manager for tomorrow 10 am.

How many Verizon Corporate locations are in the US ? This will help scale the size of the layoff

Has anyone heard what will happen to the Payroll group?

Does anyone know if Value of safe this time around? Value has been spared quite a few times since the TracFone acquisition….

I've heard that another 10-15% of layoffs are coming around the corner. Our subscriber base keeps falling. I'd have to think this is accurate. What are other folks hearing?

On the list, what does it mean # impacted or # not impacted ??

If there is the #1 on “not impacted”, does that mean they are getting let go, but not immediately? Or they weren’t informed yet? Or they are staying past November?

Be kind to your co-workers who are in the office today.

Expect tomorrow to see increase of posts here, I just got the memo...

If they're telling you they don't know they're either lying or they're on the chopping block too. Calls will begin on Thursday (100% no doubt).

This is THE worst kept secret in Verizon... and elsewhere for that matter. Upper management is ticked off that this leaked. Honestly, what do you expect when you "whack and hack" 15% across the board without really knowing what you're doing?

I am feel sorry for those let go because the job market right now is just not great. There is life outside of Verizon, you may have to look for it ... for quite a while.

Good luck people...

Spoke to 3 ADs so far who are my friends. They do not have any list.
Is there any AD who has the list?

Our weekly team meeting on every Tuesday just got rescheduled to Nov 21st Friday for this week. Maybe they wanna accommodate the Nov 20th layoff day? Not looking good.

Does anyone know when the towers layoff will occur? If you don’t know can you give your best estimate's ? Just trying to prepare myself. What percentage of business and dnd folks do you think will be affected?

I continue to hear rumors about an upcoming future layoffs AND a merger. I'm hearing that the VSP and additional layoffs are being done to position us well for a merger (GuideWell???).

Anyone hear rumors at all about Verizon Connect?

is it the calm bofeore a coming storm? Selfie-king just posted about some org changes. Is that the beginning of a trickle down effect?

I really hate seeing the stock fall this hard because we all know what usually comes next when the numbers keep heading in the wrong direction. If things do not turn around soon, leadership will almost definitely start leaning on layoffs again just to make the balance sheets look better for a quarter or two. Mark my words, they always reach for the same playbook when the stock starts tanking.

Multiple teams n same building told 2 work from home while otha teams n building aren’t being told that.

What does that mean?

Seems like there may be another round this week? Any news?

It’s dead silent. Just liars and liars on this forum

I was expecting to start hearing something by now, leaders or even people on here posting some news. It doesn’t seem like anything is being announced today. I thought down to band 6 was happening today?

Am I alone in thinking something major is coming before the end of the year?

Can anybody shed some light on rumored December cuts?

I just got my early notification only cause my superior is good with me wanted to not hold me out to dry .Im in a department that has been dead a while .I knew it was coming good luck to all .

Workload is insane and it feels like we’re barely keeping our heads above water. Everyone’s walking on eggshells, worried about getting cut. People talk about leaving, but years in and severance keeps them trapped. Morale is rock bottom and it’s exhausting. It’s hard watching a place that used to feel meaningful turn so cold and ruthless.

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

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

I've heard from a few people that there's no need to worry about layoffs until next year. The higher-ups don't want to upset people too close to the holidays. Is this true or is it just wishful thinking?

Once it's all over, I just want to see if any of them were right. I highly doubt it, but we'll see.