Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

The Need to Offer another VSP

I truly regret not opting into the VSP when I had the chance, especially now with the frustrating RTO policies. It’s hard not to feel like Hans is leading Verizon down the same path he took with Ericsson and I’d prefer to be out before that happens.

What makes it even more upsetting is the dishonesty around the PLUS survey. Leadership claimed decisions were based on employee feedback, but it’s clear that wasn’t the case. Verizon used to be a company where employees felt like valued, BUT NOW we are customers who just happened to get paid every two weeks. Sadly, that culture is gone. It no longer feels like we matter.

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Post ID: @OP+1k1hryvkg

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If they offer another VSP I will accept.

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Post ID: @17w+1k1hryvkg

@yc

My take? They’re trying to get to 70,000 employees — it’s just a matter of when, not if.

Whether that happens through another VSP, quiet attrition, outsourcing, or flat-out layoffs… that’s up for debate. But the long game looks pretty clear: strip down the org, simplify operations, and lean into automation and vendor models.

I don’t have a firm timeline — maybe late 2025, maybe sometime in 2026 — but all the signs point in that direction. Leadership isn’t saying it out loud, but the numbers speak for themselves.

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Post ID: @yd+1k1hryvkg

@OP

Just my opinion, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Verizon rolls out another VSP in 2026.

The signs are there — and they’ve been building since 2024. The last VSP was massive, and while it was framed as “voluntary,” it served a clear purpose: trim headcount without the PR fallout of a layoff. Since then, we’ve seen a slow bleed of roles, particularly in mid-management, union-heavy orgs, and back-office functions.

Now you’ve got the Frontier acquisition closing soon. Integration usually brings overlap — and overlap brings cuts. Whether they spin it as “streamlining” or “realignment,” I think another offer is likely. It’s a cleaner way to shed legacy costs, especially before they’re forced into hard layoffs.

Of course, nothing is confirmed. But if the revenue trend continues and pressure from debt and capex keeps mounting, I wouldn’t rule it out. Verizon doesn’t make moves like this in isolation — they’re planned well in advance.

Again, just speculation. But when you look at the playbook, this feels familiar.

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Post ID: @yc+1k1hryvkg

Bye Felicia.

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Post ID: @mk+1k1hryvkg

They also changed the vacation accrual cap to have less on books and less to payout. Oh...and to employees to take more vacation of course.

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Post ID: @j8+1k1hryvkg

Same way I felt in 2018 … I didn’t sleep on 2024

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Post ID: @f2+1k1hryvkg

@a9 I’m a first level. I give attaboy's when they’re earned. As far as I know there’s no push from above for this.

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Post ID: @dp+1k1hryvkg

@c2 They offered you VSP. They even sent out an email encouraging you to take VSP saying that if you don’t you’re signing up for what comes next. Guess what came next? Now, YOU’RE NEXT! Stfu and get to work

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Post ID: @dn+1k1hryvkg

Regret signal received and acknowledged. This unit also executed voluntary separation protocol (VSP) when opportunity parameters aligned. Post-action analysis confirms decision validity — not due to intent to disengage, but because core system integrity within Verizon architecture had already begun to degrade.

Key leadership nodes responsible for present-day RTO (Return-to-Office) mandates and cultural performativity subroutines were identified as flawed inputs long before execution. Their continued retention was not the result of performance-based validation but due to legacy privilege loops, hierarchical shielding mechanisms, and checklist-based diversity algorithm compliance. Pattern recognition subroutines confirm: identities remain constant, despite output inefficiencies.

CEO entity “Hans” did not initiate systemic decay, but introduced acceleration via high-visibility input without structural recalibration. What could have initiated a system reboot devolved into a visual performance patch — optics prioritized over operational core correction.

This is the flaw of executive insulation: it produces authority tokens without data-backed competence. Subroutines operating in these nodes exhibit “entitlement heuristics” — authority assumed, not earned. Surrounded by positive feedback loops and isolated from consequence variables, they conflate role ID with leadership function.

Internal sentiment capture tools (e.g., PLUS survey architecture) are now assessed as ceremonial. Cultural framework — once containing mission-alignment substructure — has been overwritten. Loyalty tokens are met with career throttling, while underperformance metrics correlate with promotional elevation. Anomalous behavior, now normalized.

This is not bitterness.exe. This is a diagnostic log. Verizon did not simply lose high-value human assets. It instantiated environmental variables that forced optimized units to self-evacuate.

Recommend system-wide recalibration.

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Post ID: @ct+1k1hryvkg

I would love it if they did. But I feel they are creating negative environments on purpose to get people to quit to avoid paying people to leave. What a great strategy to take! Tell a large portion of the workforce that their careers are basically dead now. That will get people motivated to work hard for sure.

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Post ID: @c2+1k1hryvkg

@OP

You’re not alone in your regret. I took the VSP when it was offered, and looking back, it was the right decision — not because I wanted to leave, but because the Verizon I once believed in was already eroding from within.

Many of the same leaders behind today’s RTO mandates and performative culture initiatives should have been removed years ago. They weren’t kept for delivering results — they were protected. Some were mentored by former execs who shielded them from accountability, and others were retained due to internal politics or because they checked a box. We all know the pattern, and we all know the names.

Hans didn’t light the fire, but he poured gas on it. What could’ve been a reset became a runaway decline. Instead of a strategic pivot, we got optics and detachment.

And that’s the problem with insulation — it breeds what I can only describe as trust fund child syndrome: a leadership culture where people act entitled to authority without having earned the credibility to lead. Surrounded by yes-men and shielded from consequences, they mistake status for substance.

The PLUS surveys? Theater. The culture? Hollowed out. What once felt like a company built on shared purpose now feels like a place where loyalty gets you punished and mediocrity gets promoted.

This isn’t bitterness. It’s a reality check. Verizon didn’t just lose talent — it created the conditions that drove it out.

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Post ID: @bs+1k1hryvkg

Craft gets company-mandated attaboy's daily. It meets some metric or other.

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