#wantout

Everybody is laughing at us and at this leadership team that clearly has no idea what it’s doing. I can’t wait to leave so I can laugh too, because right now all I can do is cry at what this place has become.

Any advice on how to maximize probability of being laid off and obtaining the severance as soon as possible?

I don’t even care how bad Verizon’s been doing lately or what happens next. I’m overworked, exhausted, burnt out, and I can’t stand this place anymore. After years of hard work, I have nothing much to show for it, and there’s no real path upward, nothing to make me want to stay. If they’re planning massive cuts, they should offer VSP first. I’m sure plenty of us would take it without a second thought, bad job market or not.

Do you have a job you can offer me??? Trust me, a lot of us are trying to get out just so we don’t end up jobless. The job market is absolute trash right now. I’ve been actively looking for a new job for a year with zero luck. In my 15 years in the corporate world, it’s never been this hard to find something better.

Exactly what @rh+1k7f25vy8 said!

I have a feeling that if I get let go in the coming round, the overwhelming feeling will actually be relief. Maybe that’s just me coping, but I’ve been fed up with this place for so long that it overshadows everything else.

I had a huge fight with my manager yesterday. I didn’t back down for the first time over something important, and it exploded into a huge argument that ended with him walking away. All my expertise was ignored, all my knowledge, over a decade of work here... I’m so tired of this cr-p. I want to quit so badly but I can’t. I need this fu--ing job because losing it would be disastrous for my family right now. I know I’m expected to apologize and I’ll probably have to do it on Monday. But I feel so small, so impotent. I want to scream, tell him to go fu-k himself, and just walk out for the sake of my mental health. But I’ve been taking his cr-p for years, and the one time I stand up to him I know I’ll have to take it back even though we both know I’m right. I’m just so, so tired of this cr-p.

Time to leave the company

The goal isn’t a promotion anymore, it’s escape. Forget raises or fat bonuses, the real win here is landing a new job and walking out. That’s the only future that looks good to me right now, and I’ve been chasing it for months.

Run while you still have options.

I’m leaving the industry because of my manager. I have discussed this with my spouse and I cannot take the new culture. I went through all the channels listed in the annual hr trainings and haven’t noticed a positive difference with my manager. I’m a top performer in my department and keep my head down, I’m a low level employee so my mental health is more important.