What made you think it was a good idea not to take the package?

Anyone know the date of the stock payout we got last year ?

AT&T is getting ready for major layoffs, and from what I can tell, it'll rival what we are having here and then some. Which might create problems for people who have decided to leave or who will be laid off from Verizon soon (we all know it's coming)... — read more 

Our office has heard that any new buyout offers will have a increase amount of $8000 per year of service versus $2200 and they will add 5 years of service. This rumor is spreading fast and please can anyone shed any light to this. I think it’s... — read more 

Fed up, store quotas aren't obtainable, constant micro managing. Last day was last Friday. How long does it take to be able to cash out my 401k?

Does anyone know when the severance check will be cut for people that left on December 28th?

I see that some people on this board are showing concern about the possibility of VZ stores closing. I tend to think that is not going to be a big issue, at least not in the next year or two. Sure, a store or two may close here and there, but in... — read more 

I’m not a company cheerleader, and i generally don't like glorifying the company. God knows we’ve been through tough times and what price was paid for good numbers. Just wondering, with this kind of success, with the new year, and with the buyout... — read more 

Rumors have started circulating in our store that we might be looking at major store closings sometime this quarter. I can't figure out who started the rumor, but I know it's now making me very nervous. Has there been any official info on this? Any... — read more 

Verizon's Hans Vestberg declares: 5G 'is so much more than downloading movies' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/verizon-ceo-5g-much-downloading-movie-204218599.html

I submitted mine but just wondering if anyone found value in their rewrite. I noticed their job listings all appear to be from Indeed, so that's disappointing.

We have a new manager who wants us to be more "agile." It's all about being agile with him. He keeps repeating the word like it's some kind of a mantra. Considering that we are already working as fast as we can, I'm starting to think he has no idea... — read more 

This is what the company wants....we've been told that the company is driving business out of the store and to the internet. We are absolutely training customers to not need us. Our only saving grace may be all of the horrid surveys we are receiving... — read more 

Any update on when layoffs would begin? Store closings? Positions being eliminated? I’m hoping someone on here can shed some light. Thanks.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3421106-verizon-taps-another-snap-exec-sales-role Does this sound like a great idea to you? Yahoo Finance: https://yhoo.it/2C5qaKM

So when can we expect all hell to break loose?

While I don’t agree with many company practices I think that Verizon really made good moves towards the 5G market and that it set good foundations to be a market leader in this segment. Just hope that there will not be more cost-cutting, at least for... — read more 

Anyone that was previous let go know if they took only the 22 supplemental tax out? Did they take fica and Medicare also?

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There is no such thing as reasonable health insurance that is not subsidized by an employer. I am fortunate that I've been around long enough to get a 60% subsidy from Vz when I retire, but I'll still be paying (2019 rates) upward of 1400 a month for... — read more 

Has anyone found reasonable health insurance coverage once your RIF/Cobra runs out? I have 3 months left before I am on my own as far as purchasing insurance. I am age 56 in Florida. Thanks.

It feels like with new org something will happen.. rumors been forever to be changed . Or eliminating channel. Just don’t want to be blind sided.

The U.S. economy added 312,000 jobs in December, smashing expectations for year-end growth, and wages rose 3.2 percent in the year since December 2017 after nearly a decade of tepid improvements, federal economists reported Friday. The unemployment... — read more 

I just looked and my vacation payout was deposited today (Direct Deposit). I thought it was going to take another week to get that payout though not complaining.

I’m hearing that anyone in Massachusetts that was given a December 28th release date us eligible for unemployment. Is this really true?

Anyone with a 6/28 date feeling stressed? I have a lot of work to turn over and it is going to take many months for someone to step into my shoes (no I do not feel that special) because I had so much stuff dumped on me years ago. I have been a team... — read more 

I am not. Is your user name @verizon.com?

The Verizon Fios subscribers certainly have every right to be upset. Not even a couple of days have passed from the dispute with Disney and now a new one has emerged with Tegna. Once again the subscribers are the only ones paying the price for the... — read more 

I’m hearing all kinds of rumors of a 1st quarter eisp. Many of the details vary. Anyone else hearing anything?

Anybody knows how long does it usually take to receive severance after being laid off? Is it on next regular pay date or sometime else?

The holiday season was a bust. Q4 retail numbers are garbage YOY. Employees hate working at them and are leaving in droves. Customers hate going to them and are not visiting them in droves. Big leases, big overhead and nothing in return. Growth is... — read more 

I can understand the need to sweep the Oath desaster under the rug. Think that the decision to reform it within the new company structure was a much better move than blindly believing in a failed concept and pumpimg money into it... — read more 

Affected by RIF / off books 12/31/2015. Due to being advised in 10/2015 that my job was being eliminated, I started applying for jobs that following week. I was hired by a company bu 2/2016. During the end of the year, you're going to have challenges... — read more 

My Org has lost over 1/2 of its people and we still have gotten zero direction or had even one call to discuss what the new Org will look like, nothing, no Org Chart and silence from our Manager, AD and Director. Did they not plan any of this out?... — read more 

Holidays are done, first group is out, I think we are due a layoffs round sooner rather than later. Any ideas on when it might happen?

This has probably been covered before and is likely in our materials somewhere, but what are the January payout dates -- for bonus, unused vacation, and the big "hug"?

Anyone know what the Dc, and Maryland supplemental tax rate is? Is there an option to file exempt. I know Federal is 22.