Make no mistake that this decision is also fueled by desire to reduce headcount. They know many people will have to leave if they cannot make accommodations for the new RTO.
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@ef because I was stupid
If they close office buildings, they’ll have to give severance.
Unfortunately, no. You choose to follow the work or not. You still have a job, just in a different location. If you choose not to go then you effectively quit. There will be no severance. That’s the whole point.
@a7 why didn’t you take the vsp?
I agree! The comments in the video do not disappoint. Doubt it will do anything because they must have figured that we would react this way. They just don’t care!
That announcement yesterday was a whole bogus unfunny JOKE. Nothing about this is productive. Quietly trimming to cut costs while announcing a whole new "state of the art" NY "campus" makes no sense to me at all. I appreciated the comments under the announcement.
We Know Him. We Know the Playbook.
Let’s stop pretending this is new.
We’ve seen this before.
Sampath doesn’t transform companies — he manages the exit.
This return-to-office push? It’s not about collaboration.
It’s not about culture.
It’s about clearing the decks without calling it a layoff.
The Classic Moves
• Shut down offices
• Force people back in
• Don’t offer flexibility
• Wait for people to quit
All while smiling on LinkedIn about “agility” and “modern culture.”
If You’ve Been Here a While, You Get It
We’ve seen the slow bleed of talent.
We’ve seen contractors replace real expertise.
We’ve seen experienced people pushed out while yes-men get promoted.
None of this is surprising — because we know the pattern.
Cut costs. Cut heads. Cut ties.
This Isn’t About Verizon’s Future
It’s about Sampath’s future.
• Show Wall Street a leaner org
• Talk up buzzwords and margin improvements
• Exit stage left to a bigger title elsewhere
Meanwhile, employees are left picking up the pieces of a company that used to build things.
Final Word
This isn’t strategy.
It’s damage control wrapped in buzzwords.
And guess what?
We know him.
We know the record.
And we know exactly how this ends.
You can see how our stock responded to the RTO announcement.
It’s weird to hope for a layoff.
What a carefully crafted message to sound like they give a hoop about us. Hysterical I LOL the entire video. Tell me oh great wizard of oz - what is going to happen to all the employees who have WPA due to their “disability”? I work in an account management location and we typically only have 6 of us in the location because the entire other team works from home - never ever come to the office EVER they have WPA. Yet we are hounded that we must come into the office…why is this tolerated? Comical 😂😂😂
Layoffs energize us! HR Barbie is ready with a smile to carry out the Blackrock plan. Watch this space we’re just getting started! Energized and humbled for the art of the possible! But first, please like my post about my vacation thanks!
@a7 hahahaha same. Put us out of our misery
Give me my severance tomorrow. I beg you.
sigh what this mean for the Contractor Army??
No question about it. Recent announcements have been today’s news, return to office, and fewer carry over vacation days. Clearly intended to cause attrition and eventual layoffs
If they close office buildings, they’ll have to give severance.