Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

We're all just another statistic. Reduction in work force, reduction in benefits, reduction in pay raise and reduction in stock compensation means bigger bonuses, more stock options and bigger pay raises for management.

There is no winning anything here. Dan knows what he is doing and has us beat.

If you have a job lined up you've capped or eliminated most of your damages.

Suing your employer == great career move. NOT!

@bh - how to contact your attorney ?

A person’s own economic circumstances factor so much in the decision to forego severance and sue. If you have another job lined up already, perhaps you CAN afford to decline severance and roll the dice - you might get a settlement offer or award. But even then, I’d want to ask what % of clients with these types of cases recover money, and how much.

Because if my severance is 35 weeks’ pay - let’s say $67k for a $100k salary - but the median award amount is $50k (excluding the losing cases) and only 50% of cases result in the employer paying something out, then that’s not a whole lot of chance for an upside. $50k (LESS attorney’s fees) is your 75th percentile outcome.

I consulted an attorney and they said they would be “very interested” if someone impacted by the layoff was, for example, the only person cut and the only person on FMLA, granted an ADA accommodation, over 40, etc. But if there is no potential EEOC, ADA, or FMLA violation, then you’re gonna pay up front to have your day in court, pi----g into the wind.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/16/ibm_dinobabies_case_settled/

$10 days this original post is from a law firm. The only people who ever make out are the lawyers. Not their fault alone. Our legal system is just broken and works best for those who actually have $$ to begin with. The way one lawyer stated this was classic; “I only represent people who can properly defend themselves”. Translation is; “I only defend those people with deep pockets”.

Here is the problem with this, Verizon is a large company with a lot of their own lawyers. They know all the loopholes and what they can get away with. They also know how hard it is to prove most of these claims and that it takes years to ever get a dime. If you get RIFd they also make you sign your life away to never come back with a lawsuit. Its not worth the time or energy to give up your severance on the slim chance in 6 years you might get some revenge and sadly Verizon knows this.

At first I thought it was just one rotten apple and I let it slide but as time went on, I realized there’s a pattern of illegal behavior.

OP - Have you hire employment lawyer ?