I’m stuck in a three-layer sandwich—Sr. Director, Director, and AD. Sr. Director seems calm and confident, but the Director and AD are all over the place. Priorities change almost every hour, so the team is constantly scrambling and redoing... — read more 

My manager noticed I’ve been down lately (I wonder why) and decided to give me a pep talk about staying positive and how things will get better. Are you fu--ing kidding me? Verizon’s been a mess for years, and things keep getting worse day after day... — read more 

There’s NO Way the board will keep pushing gramps on stage for much longer. Analysts suggest Verizon is shopping execs in Europe. Does anyone keep up with Vodaphone Execs who might make the jump to save a sinking big red?

Why is there no structure at Verizon? Someone in Leadership in retail, who hasn't spent 2 weeks in a direct business sales role can move into leadership in the b2b channel. When did they prove their marks, show their grit, make their strides? ... — read more 

This is my first time being in a union. How long until we know if the contract was voted through or not?

Any info on this? Saw it on the wireless side

That's how bad it's become. I've been trying to find something else for months. Read the other day that it's something like 250 people fighting for every open role. The inability to change your situation no matter how hard you try is debilitating. I... — read more 

Has our CHRO actually ever worked anywhere, ever? The completely empty vacuous statement…ignores the utter despair of operational teams right now

Since someone asked and this alone is one of the best KPI to unlock the hidden potential of the entire vteam I thought we should raise it to a topic of its own. Here is the answer: Number of times you like, comment and repost the post-it note. JOMO... — read more 

Will Dan finally deliver on his promise to share his grand plan for the future or will this be another wasted 30 min. listening to him ramble on about nothing?

I just read an article that said many people are forgoing PTO due to fear of layoffs, and I realized I'm one of them. They really conditioned us like dogs, didn't they?

I know case is Sampaths Baby any Sampath is gone.. Is Case very much needed to clean up mess or will there be any layoffs in case, or will Case get axed? Insight will be appreciated..

I don't understand how they are receiving a 83% match per dollar from the company along with their pension. I heard directly from our delegate that the company turned down talks about increasing the match for new hires. We instead get this cps 4k... — read more 

I wonder what the future is for Retail to Business? Everything is very secretive. Nothing is being shared with the store locations. There are so many postings, would anyone consider this job after the November cuts?

Frenzy in my office, but nothing's happened here yet.

Union - 27% (24,270 = CWA + IBEW) India + EMEA - 11% (9,890) Non-union - 62% (55,290 incl engineers, customer reps, sales and juicy Management fat @ BR) Verizon Total - 89,900 Union - ~69% (8,700 = CWA + IBEW) Non-union - ~30% (3,780) Frontier... — read more 

Noticing a lot of random folks saying goodbye today, different parts of the company…. Eeek :/ something’s brewing..

hope nobody moved to this area recently...

Verizon has a long history of successful execution on transformative and bold initiatives at scale. From go90, aol, yahoo, plus play, hum, blue jeans, finance transformation, Verizon global services, return to office, project 626 for customer... — read more 

So what's the buzz out there on VCG layoffs?

Do not waste employees time if you have nothing new to share! Heard the same ideas again with AI in every sentence in Nancy’s org All Hands. Did not dare to answer most liked questions on the slido.. trying to paint rosy picture when in reality... — read more 

The newest CHRO’s Post-it wisdom says: When we stop trying to be everywhere, we finally give our leaders the space to be innovative and quick. Speed doesn't come from more eyes on a project; it comes from fewer, more decisive ones. Yet - we are... — read more 

It’s clear Dan and the board are focused on cost and the location strategy is dead. No point having offices only 30% full and paying 100% cost. Further rifs are going to reduce sites below critical mass. So which ones are in danger?

Not sure if this is me or a catch of three RSU’s issued 2025 in stocks only , had to sell at market value 1-3 immediately. Please check your RSU’s. The third is a gotcha , please check and sell if you want the cash. For me , two were available for... — read more 

Ask your leaders in your next 1-1 measurable criteria for next 30/60/90. Make sure you include your plan. How they can help remove hurdles for you. If they can't commit or are vague....you know already , but want to be passive , its ok. You now... — read more 

Has anyone noticed an increase in Vteamers posting cringe LinkedIn updates about how their kid’s activity reminded them of leadership lessons (bullet point format with emojis)? This seems to be the way to act post layoffs. It conveys alignment... — read more 

Kabuki Theater. Were they not at the table with the national during negotiations? If not, why not? The political environment is currently 100% against the union at the moment, including the NLRB. A new contract negotiation opens the union up to... — read more 

The pre 2008 hires are all terrible. They voted to get rid of pensions for new hires. They voted to get rid of healthcare for new hires. They voted against job security for new hires. They voted against us, now they want you to vote for them. No... — read more 

Dan signed up for multi billion dollar transformation. 15k layoffs wasn't enough. More cuts def coming and it seems like execs are getting real with their teams and just flat out scrutinizing everything. The Sr Directors are also lacking one of... — read more 

Well the reality of living off a questionable net adds 4Q/25 is setting in. Zero change in execution, integration of Frontier and DEI Directors/VPs to execute will continue to drive Vz stock South. Hiring MBAs to create a theoretical strategy vs... — read more 

Let’s face it we all know that one the unions didn’t do much of anything to get what was gonna end up being the offer in the end.Last year they were all about fighting to win things like caps on retirement medical ,but in the end the unions knew the... — read more 

Management here. I've been here for the last two strikes. For the last one, I recall getting my assignment fairly early in the year, and having to attend 8 days of on-site training at the Virginia center in the spring. They also told us not to make... — read more 

Serious question: What advice would you give to a very capable employee who isn’t one of the anointed ones (not in a leadership development program and not part of a good old boy network and who spends their time getting work done and has no patience... — read more 

Once buttoned up. He can return to what he enjoys most, cutting waste. It is going to be a long and difficult year with this guy on the loose.