As Verizon launches its Community Disaster Resilience Initiative, complete with hashtags on equity, access, and innovation, one can’t help but notice the irony.
This is the same company that has quietly sidelined experienced professionals, replaced institutional knowledge with short-term optics, and embraced ageism under the banner of “transformation.”
Let’s be clear: you can’t build resilient communities while dismantling your own.
You can’t preach equity while practicing silent attrition.
This is what the end of Pax Corp Americana looks like—where corporate citizenship is reduced to branding exercises and resilience only applies to those outside the payroll.