Anyone hear the rumor that not enough 20+ year vets took the offer, so it's being selectively opened back up with a pot sweetener? The incentive I heard was them giving an additional 5 year credit to the original package. Full disclosure, I have no... — read more 

Anyone else see the conference call with Shankar in an hour?

I am disturbed by the amount of people I have heard from, that are either being asked 'what will it take to make you stay' or, because they've told their manager they volunteered, the manager took it upon themselves to ask for them to be held until... — read more 

How many have hit the button? Who goes first? Is it based off of seniority? How are they deciding these things?

Director had a skip level meeting yesterday and advised that almost 30% of the people in her org hit the button. She said all that did hit it will be released either December or March.

The ESP has been getting all the spotlight, but in years past, this Thursday in November has been the day to get all the RIF personnel out the door before EOY. We have an abnormally early meeting today, so we'll circle the parking lot for black limos... — read more 

What a waste of an hour listening to a boring webcast about Oath. Absolutely nothing tangible in that division. Just a bunch of millennials with limited ideas and too much free coffee. Jettison guru and the kool-aid gang in California. Marni was... — read more 

Actually, Hans is doing what people have been talking about doing since the beginning, creating one single Verizon. One single culture and a couple of business units. People and execs have been talking this smack for years but Hans and Matt Ellis and... — read more 

Wondering how many Verizon employees have second jobs or side businesses?

Key personnel accepting the package, unrealistic expectations for the FAST desk already shared with the group, and diversity quotas that severely restrict picking the best qualified for positions. All of this coupled with front line management... — read more 

It seems that 5G is coming to life in a commercial sense. In an official press release, Verizon stated that it has tested commercial 5G using a commercial smartphone( Moto Z3) and the commercial 3GPP 5G NR (New Radio) network. The test consisted of... — read more 

In other words, a decent percentage of the people offered the VSP are also part of the RIF list, so if they didn’t click the button, many of them will be getting the tap on the shoulder right after the 17th, with another RIF to follow in early 2019... — read more 

Matthew Ellis Yes, so we'll - some of the organization changes will kick in at the start of the new year. From a reporting standpoint, it will be the second quarter before we are in a position to report under the new structure. And we'll obviously... — read more 

How many of you will still use Verizon services once you're gone? I personally can't wait to switch to something else once I'm in no way tied to the company and I know a lot of people who feel the same way. I wonder if the number if high enough to... — read more 

Curious, was it open to directors and above?

5g equipment is currently being installed in all the central offices in the area I cover. Will wireline or wireless employees install 5g home?

1340s and above are safe for now. Get your Q-7 certification ASAP as it's being used in the red team/blue team rankings. Don't forget your 780-Cs and all earlier 1465(a) certs, as these are being used for evals too.

Anyone who’s been at Verizon over 15 years recommended to take the package, the purpose of this program to remove high salaries of the books and get in fresh blood with new ideas. To answer few of the questions here; not everyone will be approved... — read more 

Applied for a job outside of Verizon a couple of weeks ago and got called to schedule an interview for next week. Kinda thinking maybe I should have clicked... On another note, I heard my AD was working on new org stuff today so they must have a... — read more 

Any thoughts on if everyone will get approved for the vsp. Will be just a matter of when Dec March or June? Or will some actually be denied? Thoughts?

How realistic is this. I've heard some rumors but wanted to hear what the board thinks. I am sure there will be a lot of 'oh, just go away' and 'you make no sense', etc, etc, but I'd still be interested to see if there is someone here who's willing... — read more 

For all the people who have b*tched and moaned, or enlightened us with your "insight". Easy to do here right? You're anonymous. You claim to be in the know. So full of yourself when you can pretend to know wtf is up. I don't know squat but I do know... — read more 

We still think we need one more dose Dr.Hans. your job is not done yet. We still have few choke points in vein which is blocking the flow. For their own survival plotting their own band wagon. Stupidity is flowing at peak level. pls control.

What happened when 36k union associates went on strike in 2016? They received a new contract. So why don't we go on strike, instead of taking a deal or being outsourced...

So what business unit is being sold off? Announcement today?

I have been with VZ for 5 yrs. My division was completely re-orged in the VZ 2.0 initiative and most of it got the option to leave. Many of us ended up with no team and will have to be re-distributed to existing or newly formed teams, but nobody... — read more 

Now that those on top know exactly how many people have accepted their offer, anybody worried we'll be getting an announcement on incoming layoffs sometime soon? Judging by people I work with, the number of those who accepted will definitely be lower... — read more 

The Murfreesboro call center is for sale. So what does that mean for the employees there? Will they be laid off? Transferred to HBA? What is the time frame when this will happen?

Does the buyout count as earned income for social security purposes? So when i get my SS statement that shows how much i earned every year of my life, will it show the buyout for 2019 or $0 if I don't work anywhere else? I Was wondering the same... — read more 

I only wish that Hans showed as much enthusiasm for growing the existing businesses (the ones bringing in billions and billions of revenue) as he does for pouring cash into some nebulous FIVE GYEE enterprise with an ambiguous date and quantity of... — read more 

For me, giving a joining date is a tougher decision as i dont know wacky exit date. 2) Same level opportunities are in hand , but waiting for next level position. I would say , walk out with confidence ,ahead of the game, before the crowd hits the... — read more 

If Wireline & Wireless are combined in Verizon "2.0" - does that mean the meager staff left would combine buildings or WFH full time?

What org detailswere announced today? Wish I was in an org that cared to share something below SVP level.

Are we looking at the government taking around 30% - 32% of the Severance package?

Does anyone know if Network Field Assurance Managers are going to get downsized. All of our managers are high on tenure and the group is top heavy. From what I hear none of them accepted the offer. Are they immune to the whole process?

Anyone experience management trying to bring button pressers back in to the fold? Rumor is our group had significantly more people volunteer than they needed. Had one person who pressed the button tell me her director approached her today to see what... — read more 

Has anyone heard any news on the fate of inventory? There has been talks for months of outsourcing and all we hear are people saying they are in the final stages of outsourcing, but no one confirms or denies. Any thoughts?

Seems to me more and more that if it was offered, it was taken. This is going to be epic. I’m curious about who will be left behind on this offer. I fear it’ll take care of the managers and leave the plebes to wallow in the squalor of their... — read more 

There are a ton of Network people leaving. I cant wait to see the first outage! The people who have built the systems are leaving and Verizon will fail. All because some stupid Swede that destroyed another company is here to destroy ours. Good luck... — read more