Heard there were 20 VSP’s sent out to IBEW VZB OSP techs in Florida 2 weeks ago and 20 turned it down, Layoffs later this month? Forced reductions? Seniority based bottom up? People bumping rights? What’s your take on this
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This post is inaccurate. The company offered 2 (not 20) voluntary retirement packages directed at 2 specific Senior techs who were not ready for retirement. The packages were $1,100 per year served, plus $10k.
There are several others who would have taken the package (comm techs and Sr techs), but management said the offer was not transferable.
More layoffs coming. Hopefully I get cut too.
I worked in telecom for 42 years some as management and 30 here in IBEW. I never seen this prolonged idiocy of re-structuring. Lowell McAdams sc--wed the company and we have yet to recover. Paying 130 Billion for Vodaphone. Since he was the mighty President of Verizon Wireless and he was the money maker, the $100 per line would continue for eternity. The only way to fix the company is to get rid of all the incompetent upper management like every company does and keep the talent that's left or can be acquired. Get rid of all the junk that's out of production in our Central Offices. It is costing us a FORTUNE in electricity and maintenance. That's how you can tell the cr-p we have for upper management. Raking in the money and doing absolutely nothing but stupid mission statements.
dead weights
@OP only 20? They need to get rid of all of them slackers
Simply to remove the old home telephone wired lines. Florida lacks the skilled labor it makes sense for them to source from a different state instead of hiring verifying skill set and doing a training class