The folks over in the indirect sales organization are next to be cut. Be prepared to be shuffled around to new managers, be prepared to lose your job. It will not matter who you know or how hard you work, no saving anyone, no job title or department is safe anymore. Welcome to the new Verizon, Cuts every other quarter. Never thought that VZ would ever hit this all time low. I guess this is what needs to be done in order to stay afloat in this cut throat industry. Severance packages will not be the same, looking at 1 weeks pay for every year not 2 weeks pay for every year and no health benefits this time around. Wishing you the best of luck on this sinking ship they call Verizon.
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What is the Verizon LTD policy? Does it include pre-existing conditions? I've never found the information in About You. I know that I'm paying for it but I don't really know how it works.
Yes severance will be changing for 2016. If you have any doubts, go into About You and try to research the company policy for severance packages. You won't find any information. It was there last October but quietly removed last November in preparation for changes in 2016.
What proof do u have that pqckages will be 1 week ba 2???
I wouldn't call any job simple if you have never done it. A lot of the non store jobs seem easy if you have only worked in the store. Many support jobs are challenging and typically supporting sales who try to get away with doing as little as possible. Good luck... May the odds be ever in your favor.
Dreams....
Nah Indirect Sales is going to increase. Support may just largely go to corporate in NJ or the new compound in TX, wherever it's going to end up.
I work in direct retail. Go90. It means nothing to me or the customer except for a 2GB bonus for signing in.
This was all inevitable with the direction the business has been taking. From what I've heard rumored there have been 5-6 thousand layoffs in corporate. There is talk that small retail stores will close eventually, those with low traffic and high overhead with payroll, benefits and expenses, which makes sense. The higher traffic corporate locations are likely safe for now but who knows what cuts will be made in the future for those? It never made sense to me how Verizon paid many employees 60,000 plus per year plus benefits in this economy (those doing very simple jobs). I guess this is the reality of the middle class being cut out, now Verizon employees are falling to the cutting board.
I was with VZW for 20+ years. I enjoyed my career and the people I worked along-side. I was RIFed in February. It was not easy to take but it turned out to be the best thing for my career and compensation package. I now work with great colleagues that are motivating and inspiring. My heart goes out to those who remain and must endure the wait and see cycle.... again.
Welcome to the new verizon. We don't know what we sell or to whom we sell it or why we sell it? We have a sacred credo that makes no sense, and senseless managers only there because of the content of their race, creed, color, sex or who they like to sleep with. Diversity is the only principle that matters. Customers are for nothing more than paying for diversity programs and hiring the managerially handicapped. This is the New Verizon. We are all about Go90. Dial tone? What is that?
Is all this from a reliable source? I thought indirect would be needed with all the direct retail store closures rumored.