I believe I’m cooked my manager asked me if I wanted to take the next rif package. He then asked me if I was ready to retire. I’m The only one left onshore for my team so I feel like they’re gunning for me for the next rif. I make $184k including STI... — read more 

Anyone hear if layoffs are happening in the October timeframe?

What were the overall ratings?

https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/us-news/criminal-cause-of-mass-verizon-outage-across-socal-revealed/

It's more apparent these days that the increase in promotions at these levels are DEI/High School education level versus College Educated/Non DEI. Tracking with this observation is results are decreasing as education/meritocracy gets... — read more 

So what are we expecting? Delaying a week for an all hands, maybe layoffs on the 14th

SpaceX's first earnings call (Aug 2026) after its June IPO, where President Gwynne Shotwell and CEO Elon Musk announced plans to build a real terrestrial mobile network, not just satellite-to-phone backup service, putting them in direct competition... — read more 

Hearing rumblings that while there maybe the usual EISP this year it may not be like some say.Its sounding more and more like it’s not going to be across the board for anyone everyone to take.Its sounding more like a limited one for associates.One... — read more 

But it's certainly working hard to take that title. I give it another year or two of this direction and we'll have it.

July lay off with last day 8/14 IT rebadge 8/31? What else? AVP layoffs? Band 6 layoffs? Resignations from SVPs that didn’t get Consumer CEO role? Comment all credible information below

Wireless is losing to AT&T in more markets than usual in the RootMetrics comparative benchmarks. The New England region is particularly hard hit. Losses in Boston, Hartford, Providence, and Worcester. They seem to be taking Dan at his word that he... — read more 

So are they done with stores, if not what’s the final number and time frame?

The R2B role has become extremely difficult to sustain. Leadership appears to still be struggling with the transition and, rather than developing a clear strategy for the new model, much of the focus has shifted toward call volume. At times, it feels... — read more 

"Verizon customers across Southern California faced widespread service outages Sunday after vandals targeted and cut multiple fiber lines, leaving residents and emergency networks disconnected across the... — read more 

Get out while you can!!

https://downdetector.com/status/verizon/ See the rise in the graph starting about 5:30 AM and rising to steady state about 1:30 PM. Not as large as yesterday (approaching 800 reports, so we know it is much larger than that). From the comments at the... — read more 

Most likely future: a hybrid model — towers stay dominant in cities and suburbs, while satellite fills the gaps in rural/remote areas and acts as emergency backup everywhere

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We all know an impending rebadge is coming. Chances are VZ will consider those that refuse it as effectively resigning, which means no severance and no unemployment. I'm not a lawyer, but a rebadge could also be interpreted as "your job is now at... — read more 

Verizon experienced a nationwide outage this afternoon is anyone facing real calling issues

Verizon paid employees, can we come together and do more. We can cry about an infinite number of reasons why the work is hard, yet we stay and we quit putting in any effort. Since we are stuck together at work, do we have the professionalism to help... — read more 

I am hearing under Vivek's all are rebadged to Deloitte(70 to 90%)? Is it true? Communication will be sent before August 31st?

From Gemini: Prompt: Rank the top 20 layoffs by number of employees laid off in the last 12 months by company Feedback: Over the last 12 months (August 2025 to August 2026), corporate workforce reductions have been heavily concentrated in tech... — read more 

What happened to last pulse survey? Does anybody have insight into overall ratings?

Per Floods call yesterday the smb new branded group was 3k below forecast. I still am unsure of what’s going to happen with us as a segment of the group as a lot is transition over to i2B but i will say it’s brutal out here. Have a great weekend... — read more 

The title says it all

To those that understand, please help me understand the spectrum auctions from June. Verizon Communications: Won 82 licenses for $3.16 billion T-Mobile: Won 102 licenses for $277.8 million AT&T: Won 10 licenses for $120.8 million SpaceX: Won... — read more 

With case work expanding soon to only proactive work, will there be enough work to go around and will there be any RIF / layoffs in case?? Anyone with insight please share.

A tool GTS is shoving down everyone’s throat.

What happens with banked vacation (e.g. 200 hrs) if I get rebadged? Will that transfer? Will that be lost? Will that be payed out?

The energy and excitement isn’t the same anymore. The joy and celebration simultaneously as thousands were being laid off from VGS and beyond was a moment. A moment that mattered. The endless reorgs looking for cost savings while paying for... — read more 

Bottom Line Both entities suffer from the same fatal flaw: an obsession with defending legacy turf at the expense of sustainable growth. When leadership views customers and competitors as hostile land-grabbers, strategy devolves into pure... — read more 

​Network Operations & Infrastructure as Rip ​The Shared Flaw: Blind loyalty to muscle over strategy. ​The Parallels: Rip is the fixer who relies on blunt force and absolute enforcement to solve problems. Verizon’s network engineering arm operates... — read more 

Consumer & Marketing Leadership as Beth The Shared Flaw: Combative pricing tactics and unapologetic hostility. The Parallels: Beth Dutton’s strategy for handling opponents is sheer we-ponized aggression. Verizon’s consumer pricing and marketing... — read more 

Alfonso as Sarah/ Market Equities Corporate Fixers The Shared Flaw: Cold corporate restructuring and ruthless efficiency over human impact. The Parallels: Brought in to spearhead massive enterprise transformations, restructure operations, and... — read more 

​Hans as Jamie ​The Shared Flaw: Costly miscalculations and desperate self-preservation. ​The Parallels: Hans spent years engineering massive, budget-straining land grabs—namely his $52 billion bet on C-Band 5G spectrum and the $20 billion Frontier... — read more 

​If Verizon ran the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, quarterly earnings calls would sound like land-war council meetings, and price hikes would be enforced at the train station. ​Comparing Verizon's leadership landscape, navigating subscriber churn... — read more 

This site addresses many groups but overlooks the one that has always been, and remains, in charge, the Anglo Alliance. They dictate both the culture and its declining quality, contributing nothing of substance while speaking white. Their... — read more 

​If Verizon ran the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, quarterly earnings calls would sound like land-war council meetings, and price hikes would be enforced at the train station. ​Comparing Verizon's leadership landscape, navigating subscriber churn... — read more