It’s truly mind-boggling that Hans is still at the helm when the stock has been stuck in the mud for over three years—trading at less than half the price it was when he tragically inherited the role after running Ericsson into the ground (assuming that disaster of a company still exists). The reality is, Verizon has no real strategy beyond slashing costs and ja--ing up prices, all while its so-called "strategic" senior leaders laughably pat themselves on the back for their supposed brilliance.
The company is rotting from the inside, thanks to an entrenched, incompetent management class, some who have spent over two decades siphoning every last drop of value from the business. And to make matters worse, this incompetence is neatly packaged in a DEI wrapper, accelerating Verizon’s downward spiral. Just listen to some of these senior leaders—they are neither sharp nor particularly capable, but they sure know how to flood LinkedIn with self-congratulatory posts about their "impact." It’s impossible to ignore the suspicion that many of them are in their positions to check a quota box rather than for any actual ability—because if ability were the deciding factor, the company wouldn't be in this mess.
Even worse, HR plays along, covering for these so-called "leaders" despite their well-known histories of bad behavior, simply shuffling them from one department to another like pieces in a rigged game. Meanwhile, employees are bombarded with corporate drivel about "managing your brand"—as if the company itself isn't just a case study in brand mismanagement. The one thing leadership has mastered? Managing their DEI credentials, because that’s the only qualification they actually have.