Fios expansion, rto, less contractors, selling wireline, buying frontier and more pizza party’s. Heard this from a guy and it’s all true!

Back in the day you’d have big kick off events with over 3k employees. You would see occasional territory wide events where multiple districts got together for a fun day. The reason you don’t see Verizon doing this anymore is because of the union... — read more 

Heard that they will announce end of new video installs end of dsl and end of any new copper pots also talk of the expanded fios builds and the need to move people around to handle the new areas along with the new hiring planned .In the end they... — read more 

Too many errors, bad customer service, and poor treatment of Verizon management and colleagues.

Notified today that more jobs in global network engineering being outsourced to Ireland, specifically procurement related functions. Layoffs immanent. Oh but please continue doing your jobs for now and “doing what’s best for the company”. Ha! — read more 

Oh man, this is huge!

We all know something is happening and it’s about being back the work from India. Woohoo, now get over it.

My foreman just said they’ll be little work on April 30. He saying we all gotta watch some video. What’s this about?

From what I’ve been told it appears they’re getting rid of some contractors. It’s to prep us for the expanded workload. Take this with a grain of salt but it appears likely.

It’s something to do with fios and we’re supposed to get excited about it. That’s all I’ve got. Can anyone confirm?

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Why are managers allowed to mistreat and abuse their employees? HR is consistently turning a blind eye to their behavior. I know HR is there to protect the company before anything else, but this is becoming ridiculous. There's being a tough manager... — read more 

If you retired and have 80/20 health coverage from Vz. Roughly what is the cost for a married couple. Thanks in advance. Hoping to retire soon.

D-mbest comment by Samp@th since the toilet paper comment https://www.fastcompany.com/91071454/we-are-not-a-birkin-verizons-consumer-chief-on-finding-the-companys-sweet-spot

There was lots of talk about this at the end of the year and supposedly the first non-pilot round is occuring some time in June. What's the status? What's the process? How are we getting these level up promos?? Would be helpful if the company... — read more 

So, I have a friend who's spouse was forced to relocate to another state. My friend needed to relocate as well but wanted to stay with Verizon. They ended up applying to about 80 different roles before finally getting someone to give them a new... — read more 

I have only heard about layoffs on Thursdays with a meeting called the night before or the day that it happens? Anyone heard or experienced anything different?

Lowell McAdams, the clown that thought mmWave was a viable solution for internet, the fool who thought 5G was the next Industrial Revolution, the l0ser who bought AOL and Yahoo and thought they were good companies, the m0ron who ruined Vz’s... — read more 

Lots of fraud going on and people going to presidents cabinet for shady dealings. New logo, slamming biz internet, and other devices. Certain people getting fired while leadership stays knowing it’s going on.

Verizon says CEO Hans Vestberg's 2023 total compensation was $24.1 Million versus $19.8 Million in 2022 - SEC filing. Verizon says CEO pay ratio for 2023 was 168 to 1 That makes the average total compensation $143,452

Just curious about the service time of people on the site . I am wireline , 32 years and out the door at years end .

It’s happening!! https://www.teleinfotoday.com/operator-services/internet/verizon-wireless-buys-spectrum-for-36-billion

Real question If someone like brightspeed purchased Verizon wireline assets .Do all the assets people/divisions have to go with the sale or can Verizon decide to keep certain divisions / groups. Kind of like when Ma bell was broken up people chose... — read more 

Anyone leaving regardless of the rates or waiting to see how low they can get ?

Anything stand out to you about the makeup of the B.O.D.? Explains a lot.

Up to Speed was a joke today. Never attending again. I could have used a nap instead.

Samantha Hammock on today's UTS: "There's nothing more important than our customers." IS SHE JOKING?! The customer experience has been degraded exponentially in the past few years. The only thing the leaders care about is the shareholders, the stock... — read more 

Does anyone know which titles were impacted? Was it entire groups, or just individuals?

Article talks about video hard shut down on all markets could be coming soon. What would happen with all those customers. Is YouTube streaming the only other option VZ will offer in the Fios Package... — read more 

Just heard new RIF Tomorrow. 3-14. Not sure what Dept. Any info out there? Do I buy a new car are just new tires?

Slack goes down with users reporting they are unable to send or receive messages on the popular communication platform The team-based messaging platform was offline Monday evening Outage-tracking site Downdetector received hundreds of reports from... — read more 

Too many of the new hires seem to have misplaced loyalty when it comes to VZ. It will not serve you well in the long run. Trust me. This company and its leadership will happily milk you for everything they can, pat you on your back for your loyalty... — read more 

That's Verizon management in a nutshell. All they know how to do is kiss the as--s of those above them and kick those below them to make sure they stay where they are. This is especially true if they consider you a threat. I don't know one current... — read more 

Looks like a special UTS with Mr 5g and the board. He stepping down??? Or is he flying back to Sweden to face the music for his shady dealing when he was with Ericson?? Time will tell.