Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

It's official now SMB in store reps have been eliminated

I just got the email regarding the reorg. GTLA SMB reps.

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Psssshhh please.... SMB is going nowhere. It is the only area that is showing growth. Those reps are responsible for training retail reps on sMB since they don’t get it in training anymore. They also call business accounts to bring traffic in the stores and close leads submitted by retails reps who don’t know what they are doing. There are some SMB reps who give others a bad name because they take advantage of what can be done with the role.

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Post ID: @6gby+SZp2aoY

Anymore info on this??

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Post ID: @6lhb+SZp2aoY

Someon post the email!

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Post ID: @6wrq+SZp2aoY

Love all these I got the email but no one ever post the mail...

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Post ID: @1xhi+SZp2aoY

I seriously doubt it. They said that last year and SMB is holding up retail. Numbers don't lie.

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Post ID: @1wuj+SZp2aoY

I am a SMB rep in Southern California and we have been hiring. No email nobody has told us anything.

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Post ID: @1ytt+SZp2aoY

picking them off in groups, VZ is good at using the fog of war to confuse and spread misinformation.

years later people still cant agree how/why or even if they laid of thousands of people, gotta hand it to them.

after this round is over guarantee you will see posts "hey I didnt hear anything im sure ill be here till i retire derp I love VZ kool aid" until you get gutted like tommy in goodfellas.

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Post ID: @1tgd+SZp2aoY

Such BS on this page recently. SMB may get the ax in the future, but as of today, they are safe and are even hiring in some markets.

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Post ID: @1cxc+SZp2aoY

Just spoke to an SMB rep here in the North Central Market. He has no idea what you guys are talking about...

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Post ID: @bmi+SZp2aoY

@orc Thanks for the explanation. Kind of makes sense that a position like that would be among the first to go.

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Post ID: @xhb+SZp2aoY

An SMB Rep serves (served)? a number of assigned stores and will pursue leads on behalf of solutions specialists. SS submits lead, SMBR calls and tries to add stuff to that business account. They go from store to store and sit on a laptop and make phone calls and take off at 5PM.

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Post ID: @orc+SZp2aoY

What exactly is an SMB rep and what do they do that is different from the other in-store personnel?

Is it anything special or is it something that any of the other store employees can do?

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Post ID: @mrl+SZp2aoY

I am sure Lowell feels her pain...

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Post ID: @rvu+SZp2aoY

Our SMB rep is crying in the car like Red off Friday...This is so sad

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Post ID: @ifa+SZp2aoY

confirmed company wide

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Post ID: @dki+SZp2aoY

Everyone was bashing this scoop earlier, yet here we are. I knew something was up.

Stores closing tho?”

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Post ID: @uld+SZp2aoY

So let me guess the role of an in store SMB along with his/her job duties will fall upon sales reps in the store without any compensation, correct?

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Post ID: @rpt+SZp2aoY

What markets are affected then?

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Post ID: @jbv+SZp2aoY

I have seen the email and can CONFIRM this

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