Does the company care about its customers?

Interviewer: OpenAI's CEO officially confirmed that OpenAI will not go public in 2026, explicitly citing a need to shield the company from shareholder pressure to focus on profit so it can focus on AI safety and alignment. He basically said that he... — read more 

It's sad how companies don't want to see why all the easy roles like testing etc. are going to H1b or H4 EADs... but then calling people useless, taking away our fair chances to give them to friends and relatives, and then blaming us is not right.

Looking back, taking a job at Verizon is one of the few career decisions I genuinely regret. There are plenty of better places to work, so don't convince yourself this is your only option.

I’m surprised nobody posted this article. https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/verizon-ceo-dan-schulman-describes-himself-pretty-intense-guy

What ka the best thing that ever happened to an ex employee

Anyone have an insight regarding VCG? Customer service is going through training to become universal reps, our jobs are now ai and outsourced. My supervisor is extremely paranoid about everything! This makes our team feel like something is up.

Co-worker VZ ASSOCIATE in NY just received company offer via email regardg surplus declared and offer. Offer closes OCT 2 termination OCT 10.

S-B trying to wrap himself in the work and sacrifice of others. FU Dan. VZ had over 220K employees at one time, and now under 90K, most of them kicked to the curb before Dan put his sh1t covered boot prints on the company. Hey Dan, what about those... — read more 

Anyone else see the invite for the All Hands on October 29th? Do we think that is when more layoffs will be announced?

For anyone who was RIF'd- how does it work with RSUs? Is that all gone or do you get paid out? I see present vesting dates are 3/1/2027 and 3/1/2028

But If you're still before SS eligible and not near Medicare, this offer is nothing special.

For working heads up even with all the uncertainty about future All this with the unworthy and incompetent leaders

Looking back. Looking forward "May this serve as a reminder of our identity as one V Team and our steadfast, enduring commitment to the communities we serve" "When lower Manhattan was silenced by the attacks on 9/11, 14,000 V Teamers ran to the... — read more 

It’s so weird. We are still trying to work with whatever we have but there is no direction or communication from leadership.

Looking over all the bad decisions that VZ has made regarding the direction of the company since Dan has taken over with the direction of using AI has only really proven that, he should have replaced himself and most of the leadership with AI. The... — read more 

keep canceling. pay lower prices for better services. layoff verizon leadership

The silence and consistent cancelation of meetings or pushing out is a clear indication of what we have all experienced before. They will continue to get paid as advisors long after so just update resume and fill in the time. Don't expect employee... — read more 

I know it’s a long shot but has anyone heard any rumors of the October 1st stock together payout?

I have no clue what’s happening

NYC , big numbers. So long su-kers

Maybe we shouldnt worry about layoffs, we'll all be gone anyway. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgwy1k42w4o

which teams do we hope are impacted

Seeing posts mentioning cuts in management next month. Does anyone have any information on this, and will it be senior manager cuts or assistant managers?

The new VZ commercial starring Kevin. Awesome!

Verizon is stupid because instead of offering a VSP package to those that are ready to go and have already mentally checked out and won't leave until they get a "RIF package". They lay people off that care about the company and those that are... — read more 

Is rebadged going to de delayed, until iPhone devices prep-order is completed?

Verizon and Corning to deploy 80 million miles of fiber for broadband and AI The Wall Street Journal by Connor Hart, September 8, 2026 Verizon and Corning reached a multibillion-dollar agreement to deploy more than 80 million miles of high-density... — read more 

I walked away from Verizon two years ago. The internal dynamics were exhausting, and I couldn't see a path to grow there. From what I read today, those same patterns are still around. My own career took off in a much better direction after I left, so... — read more 

So for the first time in nearly 20 years Verizon did not announce an increase in the dividend payout in September, something the company has done since 2007. And with treasury yields increasing, there's less of a risk/reward advantage to invest in... — read more 

Has anyone received a LevelUp notification yet? I saw they were rolling out over the next few days, just checking to see if emails have started going out.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-ai-safety.html KEY POINTS Anthropic safety researcher Evan Hubinger said there is a greater than 10% chance AI could ki-l all humans within the next decade. Another Anthropic researcher said... — read more 

Hearing that there are plans to handover the entire IT or Network Systems IT or Wael’s team to Deloitte. September 2026 or Jan 2027???

comment below. does your boss talk about department succession planning and their desire to be 2 levels above their current role? do they also talk about how much political capital they have above them and that they manipulate people? are they petty... — read more 

I was laid off in June and I’m on my third billing cycle for my family plan post-layoff and I’m still getting half off. Does anyone know when the employee discount ends? I was told two cycles but surprised it’s still there..

I'm sure some of us are thinking that VGS is coming back soon, and it would be a validation of sort. Maybe some newer folks can chime in that think otherwise. I'm not looking forward to big changes with the holiday coming soon.

Coming soon to a garage near you for 35 happy v teamers!

I am pretty sure there is something in the rebadging contract which is making to get delayed . Is the vendor not okay to rebadge all or want everyone as individual contributor or what is the expectation? We are making a guess of Deloitte vs HCL vs... — read more