For some, there are doubtless better opportunities out there, and getting out of a toxic environment is worth a lot. But when comparing, there are a few places where VZs benefits are very good and should be considered as part of the total rewards. a)... — read more 

Are all on the horizon as Verizon desperately looks for ways to reduce operating expenses. All wireless carriers are facing contracting profit margins but VZW will feel the most pain since they are the top dog. Ask yourself this question; "If Verizon... — read more 

Boss is headed out to a leadership conference that wasn't planned. Anyone else?

help yourselves team! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n69H0JwsGI

H3llo to all the UAT, IT and developers that do system testing wit VZW. Dis morning there were a emergency testin automation call. Testin automation is here to cut your jobz so if you're helping to develop new automation procedures; you could be... — read more 

Another rumor on here, imagine that!

Why do so many employees go on leave?

Verizon Fios Gigabit Connection w/ TV, Phone Verizon offers new customers its Verizon Fios Triple Play Bundle, which includes 940/880 Mbps Fios Gigabit Internet, Verizon Fios Custom TV, and Verizon Home Phone service for $79.99 per month. (This price... — read more 

Rumor has it that a new sales comp plan will be launching soon. It sounds like top performers will be impacted the hardest. It almost seems as if leadership is trying to run off the best talent?

I understand that each job posting has a salary range. However if you are being recruited from outside Verizon into Verizon, you have a higher salary range than an internal candidate would have. Example: If you were to get hired from VZW retail to... — read more 

I was told IBM bought out an IT dept in oburg ny office and they were given a 12 month work contract and no VZ severance.

By my OATH, this guy is a jerk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F9EyWr0pKY

http://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-cities/judge-rules-in-favor-of-verizon-cell-tower-to-be-built-in-appleton

Could not find more info, I know TA was on CNBC today talking about 15% reduction for Oath. They have a page for them but there are no posts there: https://www.thelayoff.com/oath

Anyone know if this is true? I heard somewhere they are trialing a 3rd party for indirect account reps.

any truth that Verizon IT dept will be outsourced to IBM?

R2B program and lack of customer service. "Me customer I save you $50 bucks and give you a MIFI". "No Mr. customer you have to get the Mifi" 1transaction = $600 annual decline. 1 customer, 1 store and 1 day. Now think about all the stores, all the... — read more 

Before it started raining. Keep your resume updated. It's going to be pouring real soon, folks.

Multiple store closings, district realignments, DMs laid off. More to come.

Prep for more layoffs if Big Red misses big this Q2.

This new name is ridiculous!

https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/08/confirmed-verizon-will-cut-15-of-aol-yahoo-staff-after-merger-closes/

She turned a 100 billion dollar company (yahoo) into a 5 billion dollar company, and only got paid $900,000 a week to do it. Plus she's a man hater. She'd fit right in.

I’m an April 6 reduction survivor – if you’re unlucky enough to inherit a micromanaging supe and manager who give micromanaging a new meaning and love witch hunts, follow these steps and you too can joyfully skip down the aisle (like I wanted to)... — read more 

And here we go. I now have my 9th manager in 5 years time. Of which at least 4 were sacked to my knowledge. Starting to get ridiculous.

Here's a nice summary of the hubris and stupidity behind Go90 https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/06/01/i-still-cant-believe-verizon-spent-200-million-on.aspx

In Silver Spring the strikers busted the windshield of a lady going to her assignment. That I know for a fact. There were and are plenty of union pigs but also many others who acted like humans who I have great respect for. But those bad apples are... — read more 

Borrowing money to pay fees on a pension. Seems legit...

Apr 20, 2017 12:17 pm ET https://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2017/04/20/verizon-borrows-to-fund-pension-avoid-pbgc-fees/?mod=yahoo_hs&yptr=yahoo Verizon Communications injected $3.4 billion of borrowed funds into its pension plan during the first quarter to... — read more 

R Verizon workers really go help lead the autom@tion/robot efforts that leadership wants? That does not seem good for employees. To meeee that soundz like a w@y to elimin@te Verizon workers jobs.

Do you know if Tulsa and Orlando were affected by layoffs and if they are planning to cut Finance staff. Thank you!

A World Class Finance Organization will only happen at Verizon when you have a world class management team. That will never happen at Basking Ridge HQ Finance team.

You don't understand Millennials and you never will. None of the companies that you wish to emulate are led by the elderly, or the out of touch. The problem is not the employees, the problem is you. It is long past time to activate the Golden... — read more 

If your job is moved to another office - what is the rule for it to be severance eligible? The new office has to be at least 50 mikes from the okd office? Or from your home?

Glassdoor is absolutely pay to play for employers, and is there a major scam. I know this because I recently left a job at a company where everyone was miserable and desperately looking to leave. Very high attrition -- and every time that someone... — read more 

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/walmart-workers-sick-days.html?referer= Have you seen reps (retail or B2B) that take sick time off or a FMLA, come back to work only to miss quota, that results in write-up/PiP/no commissions check?... — read more 

Where do I send my bill for overtime pay I never got paid for ? I worked 26 Sunday's for 7 years and never got paid for that time. Total owed me is about $40,000.

So just received word that a location in our district, Georgia will be closing end of June. Anyone know about any more stores closing?

Anyone hearing rumors about an eisp coming soon to the wireline side? There are a lot of retirement seminars being offered lately and a lot of coworkers are getting mailings from companies wanting to manage your lump sum/401k.

VZW has way too many Managers who just sit on their a-- send emails and watch dashboards. The quotas are unrealistic. They find a way to raise your quota and pay you less year over year. They are clueless as to what Sales people face on the street.