No way Verizon can take in that liability now and do you think techs will want to go into peoples homes ever again? Problem is once one tech gets infected he’s going to infect his whole garage now. I like to see the number of Fios techs infected by... — read more 

Verizon will not be doing any layoffs this year

Opening up the economy will save jobs at Verizon and other Companies. Many of us have been working here many years and are too advanced in age to start careers elsewhere. Verizon saw a downturn in our cellular division as we were forced to shut down... — read more 

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to retire, John Stankey to take over on July 1 https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/att-randall-stephenson-retire-john-stankey

Well we’ll, a beat on the EPS and a miss in the revenue. I’m sure you know what that means for employees. Rif is coming. Verizon always increases revenue by reduction of staff. If you listen to what Hans said on the call he wants to reorganize the... — read more 

Any updates on the hiring freeze? I have a close friend who was interviewing for VBG but was put on hold due to the freeze/Covid

I'd like to use the full range of trading options with my 401K assets. Can an existing Verizon employee do an in-service rollover of part or all of their Verizon 401K to an IRA at Fidelity? Obviously, I'd like to avoid the penalty of a cash-out.

Wireless Sales Consultant Verizon Wireless, Premium Retailer - Downingtown, PA The employee will be responsible for the sales of cellular phones and accessories, store operations, along with maintaining a clean and organized work... Easily... — read more 

Honest answers, please. Does anybody - outside of people who are working from home - feel safe and adequately protected from the coronavirus?

The carrier will pay less than $500 million a person familiar with the terms said. BlueJeans, the company’s brand name, is aimed at business, rather than consumer users, with encrypted videoconferencing. It has 15,000 customers and isn’t available... — read more 

It appears that talking Ill of the company here gets you on a blacklisted ip list? Would be interesting to find out how many people they have done this to. Could be an explosive news story depending on what got people on the list? There is a check on... — read more 

Not counting the contractors?

Is there a hiring freeze? Specifically VBG? I was actively looking at joining but was told there is a hiring freeze. Any info is helpful!

With working from home and having the TV on a whole lot more than normal, one thing I've noticed is our advertising s—s. I will say I have seen more ads by AT & T than I ever have and they were not trying to sell anything yet promoted everything... — read more 

Can anyone advise on their unemployment benefits after the term of the voluntary severance plan ends. Have still not found gainful employment, but the claim was denied for lack of income over the last five quarters, which appears to be incorrect... — read more 

The center where I work shares our workspace, that’s right desks and phones. Joke right ?

I'm sure everyone received the upskill email. This is precursor to the coming round of RIFs... they'll make the case that you were offered training to prepare for the new world order. Get your house in order because it rolls down hill fast.

Verizon is doing their part to help keep their employees and customers safe by stopping new installs and limiting techs in home visits. They need to be applauded for this, no other telcos have taken this action. Thanks again for keeping me and my... — read more 

Got this news from a legit source

They change the rules daily sometimes multiple times during the day. We can go out. We can’t go out. We get paid extra if we go out. We don’t get paid extra if we go out. We have to wear a mask. We don’t have to wear a mask. Very poor and stupid... — read more 

Many customers received a promo for free 80 additional channels during Covid-19. I just got off the phone with a tech at Video for almost 2 hours trying to figure out why I’m not getting the channels. She was nice, working from home but we had a... — read more 

So worked for almost 20 years with Verizon and them moved to Infosys as part of the re-org. Thought I'd make a go of it and put in everything but the Indian manager who moved with us apparently didn't get the memo....Let's call him Vadlaman. Made my... — read more 

So as expected the customer facing employees are getting sick and are staying home. Infrastructure fails every day to some degree. When outages start happening that aren’t fixed for days, weeks, it’s going to be a very different world. Better... — read more 

now that we are home all day and everything gets old, this would have been the perfect opportunity to watch Go90! they had some good shows. everyone here in north platte NE loved the app.

Verizon (VZ -0.7%) is offering "significantly enhanced" compensation for its front-line workers who are still performing essential tasks, it says. More than 100,000 employees are working from home, and 70% of corporate stores have temporarily... — read more 

Do you think we'll be hit with this just like eveyrone else.

Have the rules changed at all on management employees who took the buyout offer in 2019 being hired back as regular employees or is it still contract only? Thanks’

At this time many unpleasant thoughts and questions will be racing through our minds. Even though the subject is horrible I feel it's better to be prepared. So here goes. Are you able to retire and initiate your lump sum pension payout 100% online if... — read more