Thinking of claiming exempt status for both fed and state and then making estimated payments. Why let the government borrow my money for ten months? Any previous VSPers do this?

What's your take on Rebadged Jobs . Approve? Not? Good or bad? What are your thoughts.

I dont see it,who is doing the infastructure work ,amt

Were there any rumor lately? Are any big layoffs in the making?

I hear that Millenials are much more open to sharing salary info. Do you have any experience with this?

do you think it would be a good move to take one of these positions ? i thought they were only laying off in wireline ? can anyone give any insight into this position ? in my area verizon sold FIOS to frontier. so what exactly does this position... — read more 

Everybody keeps talking about VZ being the ultimate market leader when 5G rolls out, as it were an unchangeable fact. What makes us so sure that’s gonna be the case with such a tough competition that also desperately wants to grab a bigger piece of... — read more 

Anyone else notice on the latest pulse survey email that you are directed to NOT forward the link to the survey to anyone else? So much for anonymity and honesty in what employees really feel!!! It would be funny if it weren't so sad.

Has anyone else noticed an increase in internal applications errors and bugs since the move to outsource IT? The majority of Ves will eventual be outsourced. Soon, the V in Verizon will stand Vanish. And within 3 years Hans will vanish and he will... — read more 

Closing stores is dangerous and I think that VY leadership started way early with the trimming of the traditional retail footprint. A majority of people is still used to traditional stores, and by starting to eliminate them, VZ got nothing other than... — read more 

Anybody else notice how bad POS is now they we have no IT. Most of my transactions are twice as long as they should be thanks to the damn system. It great that our whole job revolves around these damn tablets that work half the time and nobody seems... — read more 

Retail stores are trimmed on headcount so much and our customers are paying the price by long waits and less service from the “premium” carrier. Anyone else feel this way?

The executive responsible for Aol/Yahoo received a $60 million severance package. All of his initiatives failed. How could anyone put in extra hours or effort when performance is not rewarded at Verizon? Basking Ridge feels like 1970s Soviet Union.

Is there an EISP in our future?? (Sorry Wireless...Landline only)

For most users, 5G is unneeded; especially with the not so large increase in delivered bandwidth to the phone. Line of sight applications is where it will shine, past that it will not deliver much more than 4g and at an increased cost to the... — read more 

You know - going out of your way to do something just to make sure it gets done, putting in extra hours, helping coworkers if they need it? I know I'm not. I gave up on doing my best for Verizon a long time ago, when they stopped treating us as... — read more 

I would like to hear the thoughts and feelings of other people;le that were in this situation, givet that I was denied the buyout even though I pushed the button. Right now, from this distance, i can say that I feel like a broke person who came close... — read more 

When managers are hired, is there a "no experience required" clause somewhere in their contracts? It certainly feels like it lately... Especially considering that experienced and knowledgeable people who've been with Verizon for a while are being... — read more 

True unlimited prepaid jet packs gone... what is everyone thinking the reason is?

VSP for wireline mgmt employees was announced with leadership claiming 5G was the future. There was also a threat that if you don’t take the package then you are at risk of lower/standard severance if Verizon decides to lay you off. An argument can... — read more 

More like Titanic.

Talk amongst yourselves

See the Samsung results and the stock price. K--ling it!

How long did it take for March VSPers to get their final big check

From the outside. She comes from Corning.

I'm here considering my financial security. I've never had unemployment before, but let's say I ride this Verizon thing out as far as it goes and I get the ax for no fault of my own of course, is unemployment pretty much guaranteed? I would not take... — read more 

I’m sure that, by now. Everybody is aware that the company is in the process of constant change, at least that’s the case under this leadership. Don’t doubt for a second that changes will continue, and you know how it is with changes, someone always... — read more 

Anyone hesrd of a training facility for new outside techs hired at a different payscale to help get rid of the old timers?

Since there is only one month until the last round of VSPers leave the company, do you guys think they'll immediately commence a round of layoff right after? SOMEBODY here has to be privy to the timeline. I ask because I'm done here...I've accepted... — read more 

My director asked why don’t you go to the Town Halls. My answer is I have so much work to do and that hour is an hour where my Jabber is so what calm and I can get things done. I have seen the dog and pony show multiple times. The same BS on another... — read more 

I took the severance package as a 14+ year employee at a vzw call ctr that was closed. I would say that ultimately NO VZW customer service job is safe. Verizon is slashing all jobs that can be outsourced. Ride vz as ling as you it works for you. I... — read more 

I took the severance package as a 14+ year employee at a vzw call ctr that was closed. I would say that ultimately NO VZW customer service job is safe. Verizon is slashing all jobs that can be outsourced. Ride vz as ling as you it works for you. I... — read more 

I actually love my job with VZW. I do tech chat in Rolling Meadows. This career has afforded me more opportunity than I've ever had. I'm going to school for free to finish my finance degree, I have a decent amount in 401k after only being with the... — read more 

I was a VSP’er in December and filed for unemployment and had an appeal hearing and was denied. Was told no employee of Verizon that “volunteered” to leave will be approved for unemployment in any state so anyone saying they got it is lying!