I noticed a lot of irrational decisions when I first joined GN&T. We had directors and managers of engineering who had no engineering background whatsoever (no engineering degree and no hands-on experience). They, in turn, would promote people who lacked experience and were clearly unqualified. They would spend a lot of capital on projects with dubious benefits and predictably low return on investment and reject projects with obvious benefits and ROI, etc…
I thought this state of affairs couldn’t last and things would eventually follow a more rational path but I couldn’t have been more wrong so I volunteered to be laid off. Verizon can remain irrational longer than you can remain patient.