Why is wireline hiring construction managers ? Recieved company email today asking as for employees to refer canidates to HR .

Need some sort of letter saying the payment was a severance, otherwise they count it against social security benefits?

I am hearing it will be black jeans and denim shirts for everyone come April. Has anyone seen this c-ap yet?

With the way things are going, who sees VZ removing the permanent ban for VSPers? It would be fair to open this up to all VSP takers and allow them to interview as a rehire.

I would love to be wrong but I’m almost sure that we’ll be seeing something big in 2019. This is a year of consolidation and reorgs. What are the chances to see another round of cuts or even another buyout offer in 2019? Thoughts???

https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/analyst-maps-verizon-5g-in-sacramento-finds-pretty-sparse-coverage/d/d-id/749216?

Anyone received any info on how this restructure is going to break down as far as markets go? I’ve heard here in the west area, it will be broken down in to 4 regions that make up the west. Not sure of the names but from what I can gather the regions... — read more 

Well it's February. EISP coming soon??

The company is downsizing to save money and RM/ Operations recommends money spending choices to make service level unlimited overtime $$ Opening /entending center hours$$ Who predicts 75% of your staff to be out of the office following the Super... — read more 

If you are a person outside the company, while reading this article, you would get a idyllic picture of a growing company that is on the right track. You can’t argue the number’s, but when you look at the plans for 2019: cost-cutting, lowering debt... — read more 

What memo did I miss? Why is Verizon being generous and sending me another 1500 in March? Is this part of the sti?

Wonder if a disgruntled employee did something. Its taking a awfully long time to fix

VSP is NOT going to save the company money under the current leadership. It was possibly a great idea with very poor execution. The idea that you can get rid of 10,000 people and expect to hire a fraction back at a lower pay rate is going to back... — read more 

Anyone know what they are doing with wireless indirect account managers? Heard a rumor they will pick up tasks of Fios channel manager. True?

Did anyone feel like they were being encouraged to leave or were given a soft push? Anyone older 55+ that felt this way?

I sure all of you remember the rumor that was circulating about the possibility that Verizon could be closing some of its stores. Seems that all is quiet now and there are no more rumors circulating (at least I haven’t heard any), so I wonder if this... — read more 

Pretty good.

I was just wondering is that the criteria for the potential layoffs and does wornikng in units that generate less profit put you in a “better:” chance to get cut? What unit do you think they will be targeting next and can we expect more reorgs within... — read more 

Are you still giving it your all? Are you still performing your individual acts of heroism and personal sacrifice that actually keep this place running? Or are you like me, just making daily scratches on the wall waiting for this sentence to end and... — read more 

Any thoughts on when we can expect next large round of layoffs? Not talking about the final dates of people who've accepted the buyouts but regular layoffs that will affect the rest of us? I'm wondering if maybe from now on it will be focused on... — read more 

So how do you think the transition is going? I don’t anticipate it will be seemless like Hans promised. What a train wreck. Someone should be fired....

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/alezyg/tmobile_and_sprint_announce_postmerger_plans_to/?st=JRJHYOWB&sh=425be268 A damn shame that Verizon puts hardworking employees out of work (or throws them into a “Work from Home” setup that’s merely a... — read more 

The further deployment of 5G Home has been put to a halt, as it was announced by the company officials. The service will remain in the cities in which it was originally deployed... — read more 

Nearly 70 employees are being laid off from Verizon-owned corporate offices in Sunnyvale, according to documents filed with the state of California this week. The telecom giant is cutting an additional 40 workers from two separate San Francisco... — read more 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/infosyss-verizon-contract-touches-nearly-1-billion/articleshow/67668060.cms

The Titanic, otherwise known as wireline, continues on its meandering death spiral. Hearing from the open-space-loud-HR-dudes in BR that an eisp, targeted rif in voice and FiOS, and potential 2nd VSP for just those folks may be on the table in 2019... — read more 

So I took the VSP, as did half of my department. We are getting released at the end of March. Since the announcement of how many of us were leaving, 75% of the remaining department has quit, with yet another person going after he gets a certification... — read more 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/buzzfeed-layoffs-journalism-business-model-problem.html

I’m telling you VZ numbers are alarming, especially in the context that VZ is focusing on 5G as its flagship business. But 5G is not here yet, and when it arrives in a wide commercial implementation what is the timeline before it starts to produce... — read more 

The kool-aid has gone sour! Employees dictate what they do or don't have to do in their roles. As soon as you hold them accountable, they cry to HR, HR does an investigation, and finds something you did "wrong", something that every leader is doing... — read more 

Construction should be working 12 hour days 7 days a week, placing and splicing fiber for 5g! Get those revenues up!

Anybody else feels like Verizon and AT&T are in some kind of a perverse competition on who can lay off more employees in a certain period of time? Because it certainly seems to be the case in the past year, at least. This just goes to show that it's... — read more 

I used to work for Verizon a while ago. I am filling an application where the new employer is asking about the Verizon employment dates, manager's name and phone number. I don't know/remember the manager's current phone number, and think that he is... — read more 

Overheard staff call today. Director talking about controlling response to STI number. Emphasize the RSU bonus so that it almost comes out to the average.

And down goes the price! Who didn't see this coming?

Does anyone know if employees that were laid off last year qualify for the Restricted Stock Units that were announced last year and will start vesting on January 31? or did we already get paid on it on our last check?

Don’t know what quarter but one is definitely coming 2019.