Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

@cx Does that really matter? Does it change the facts? No.

@c0 I love his approach and attitude. He’s being honest and he will turn the company around. Not satisfied? Then leave if you have not already been laid off.

@gr I don’t know why it was deleted either. One of my own posts that poked fun at Verizon’s leadership was also deleted. Apparently some things are off limits at thelayoff.

For those that missed the post in question, it was someone who loved working at Verizon because they started as an intern then got accepted into a leadership development program where they got great opportunities for advancement. They also got to sit on the shadow board and participate in meetings with the higher ups (SDs, EDs and above) and got a lot of their time and attention. What’s not to like?

@f6 looks like the original post was deleted. Not sure what was wrong with it. No freedom of speech here apparently.

@ep It would be a he-l of a lot easier to “love where you work” if the place loved us back! I’ve worked at several cellular companies prior and felt my technical skills were valued and appreciated but Verizon management had a schizophrenic attitude. On the one hand, they liked that they could throw any network problem or executive escalation at you and you could solve it quickly. On the other hand, very few in management had deep technical expertise and they either looked down on or resented technical people. Engineers have a tendency to say the unvarnished truth and that would cast doubt on the rosy tales they were telling.

@ep - "Love where you work love what you do ❤️"

The Kool-Aid around here is GR8!

@f6 great post. if these programs were effective, Verizon wouldn’t be losing so badly. Leaders seem more fit to leader preschools than business teams.

Listening to the “shadow board” is what helped get Verizon get into this mess.

@ep I can’t tell if you’re saying this sarcastically or earnestly. Either way, the fact that LDP participants get all this face time with the higher ups and these opportunities while older, more experienced, more knowledgeable employees don’t, is textbook age discrimination.

The VLDP / NLDP participants who were fast tracked into AD positions made a huge mess in my former market and had to be managed out of the business. A one year rotation isn’t enough to learn the ins and outs of running a complex network so I don’t blame them. I blame the people who fast tracked them while holding back much more capable employees.

I love being a vteamer! As an intern brought into the leadership development program and the shadow board, key pivotal leaders give me attention and space to thrive and grow. My contributions are valued and impactful. Everyday I run to a crisis knowing I have purpose to power and empower the way we work, live and play. Thank you Verizon family!!! Watch this space because we’re just getting started. Love where you work love what you do ❤️

@bk You make a good point but it being a job doesn’t justify the favoritism and discrimination (I’m sorry, I meant to say leadership development).

Believe it or not, there were people in this company who knew what they were doing but they were led by inexperienced and under-qualified yes men and women that took disastrous decisions. If you politely disagreed with their decisions, you were labeled “hard to work with” or “not a team player” and pushed aside.

For example, every wireless engineer knows that mmWave only covers a few hundred feet and yet the company spent about 4 billions acquiring that spectrum and hundreds of thousands of labor hours deploying it. VZ would be in a much more competitive position, had those resources been used to deploy Stand-Alone 5G using the existing low band and mid-band spectrum and getting ready for C-Band. Instead Ed Chan derided what T-Mobile was doing as “fake 5G” and claimed we were doing “real 5G”. The hand-picked yes men and women went along with this obvious falsehood out of ignorance and out of self-interest.

They should be made to give the layoff news in person looking into the eyes of that worker they are laying off. Bunch of cowards

@a3 totally agree. This company is circling the drain. Hatchet man is a joke.

@OP 30 plus years,I think its great working here and the perks

@c0 Hatchet Man is a clown

does anyone thinks he looks cool in those cowboy boots? enough with the bs already! this guy is so full of himself. you cant make him look young. he should be retired.

This company’s culture is in the toilet

@OP - "Verizon lays off people before Thanksgiving."

When do you suggest, National Secretary Day?

When all you are now good at is firing people, that's a big problem. And I would say leaving 13000 of us in the dark for 22 days isn't exactly world-class treatment. I would respect an honest text a lot more than this continuous stream of lies.

@a4
Must kiss the Ring.
That practice has been happening for years with any changes in leadership.

@ab over the last couple of years those began to evaporate as well and that trend will continue.

@OP Its call a Job. Which has great time off, good pay and benefits.

I can’t Believe how many people were in the Basking Ridge auditorium on Friday - standing room only, applauding this man. Embarrassing.

Agreed. I got laid off on 11/20 and I was feeling really bad about it ….. until Friday. That All Hands call was equal parts Honest, about how we are the worst in the business, and Tactless, literally verbalizing how much he loves coffee while discussing how “kind” they were about unfair sweeping layoffs. The Verizon I loved to work for no longer exists. Friday’s call made that crystal clear. Good riddance, I feel sorry for my coworkers that are split between grateful for employment and uncertain for what comes next.