If the customers don't realize we offer the best mediocre service at the highest prices, then we simply don't need them. We only cater to a select group of customers that got s---ed into our excellent marketing scheme. That's what makes Verizon... — read more
My How Things Have Changed!!
The RIFs are really doing the company in!! It's pitiful that good employees lives are destroyed - thinking they're with a good company. Lowell and his cronies should be thrown off a cliff! They should be put in a hall of shame for taking a confident... — read more
Hey Lowell .... The Big Guy in the Philippines May Has More Good News For You
Maybe he'll accept a bride to not disrupt your business. I'm thinking Verizon probably heard of that kind of business transaction before: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/20/philippines-president-announces-separation-from-us.html
Turdville
WBG has got to be the biggest Turd in the bowl. Look at their results, their leadership, and their salespeople. No wonder wireless business sales are down. Leadership took turd accounts, turd employees, and turd leadership and created a totally turd... — read more
Is there anything more grotesque and pathetic than "Senior Managers"?
Is there anything more grotesque and pathetic than the creatures Verizon calls "Senior Managers"? This elite group of scumbags are mostly made up of leftover people. They've aged their way to the top of the loser pile and literally don't ever want to... — read more
Thank you for the telling us not to join union. Now I have to job Lowell!
All I have to say is thank god my employees are backed by the union. As much as we love to hate the union, I have come to the realization that I wouldn't have a job without them. Wireless leadership keeps brainwashing employees by telling them that... — read more
Google Pixel = Millenials = Huge 4th Quarter for Verizon.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! Just kidding. What an organization of F-ing losers. Pixel + $160 for 20g data = another 100k customers gone in the 4th quarter. Hello Lowell, it's your former customers. Can you hear us now? We're all going to T-mobile... — read more
This Is An Open Letter To Verizon Leaders Without Titles
You aren't surprised by Q3 results... You know all the actors and their thoughtless decisions that lead us here. You've seen them use their useless titles to bully "authority" they did not earn. They thought they'd coast all the way to retirement... — read more
NEED AMERICA TO HELP FILL POSITIONS!
I've been working with Static Agents, LLC. for about 1.5 years and they work with eight different well-known companies taking calls for customer service which can be a variety of calls that include cruise lines, roadside assistance, sales & billing... — read more
Verizon Stock Falls, Q3 Revenue And Wireless Subscribers Disappoint
http://www.investors.com/news/technology/verizon-stock-falls-q3-revenue-and-wireless-subscribers-disappoint/ Verizon Communications (VZ) said Q3 revenue fell 6.7% to $30.94 billion, missing Wall Street views, as the phone company unexpectedly lost... — read more
Union Slobs
Lol at the union Slobs what they gonna do in 2019 when contract is up? They gonna go on strike again probably. Stupid thugs.
Q3 Loss of 36,000 Subscribers - How Those Layoffs Working Out For You Now Lowell?
These fat cat executives will never learn you take care of employees and they will take care of the customer. Instead, greedy Lowell and Shamwow decide to fire people left and right to pump up the share price while creating tens of thousands of... — read more
rats in a cage
sometimes I see quite a few of you ridiculing the H1B workers/Indians/Unions/wireline/sales employees for your potential/actual loss of a job; take a step back, we're all employees here in the same boat. what do you expect those H1B/indians/etc... — read more
Rumors of another EISP in November
Has anyone heard any news of this? I heard this today in Jersey.
Come the end of 2018, VZ employee staff number will be below 90, 000. Vz or Vzw, it doesn't matter. VZ has not hidden the fact that is a Global
Come the end of 2018, VZ employee staff number will be below 90, 000. Vz or Vzw, it doesn't matter. VZ (as a whole) has not hidden the fact that is a Global Diverse company (i.e. meaning consulting to other countries/ non-employee US base or... — read more
RIF'd wireless call center employees! Heads up and keep your noses clean!
Just got word from HR Head quarters that they will be cracking down hard on any abuse of time management. They're looking to get rid of peeps and do quick corrective actions to move as many people out before severance dispersment. Don't let then get... — read more
Work it you s---ers!!
I got laid off from IT last year and got my RIF package worth 6 months. I relaxed for 5 months while you guys worked your asses off to pay for my RIF package. BTW I got my health coverage and my copay was ...wait for it.. ZILCH/NADA/Zero .. and you... — read more
November 1st Is Coming Fast. 60 Day Deadline To Get More Hard Working Employees Dumped By EOY 2016!
Who will Lowell give the axe to next? I know more heads will roll before November 1st. My prediction is crappy Q3 2016 results announced on October 20th, then let the slashing begin! Gotta get em off payroll by the end of the year! Times running out!
IT RIFs Coming
IT RIFs are happening in next couple of weeks. Stay strong.
Wireless bashes wireline. Wireline bashes wireless. Union bashes non-union. Non-union bashes union.
Frontline wireless and wireline employees continue to be laid off, rifd, suspended or fired. How is it that all of those at the top, who are actually responsible for all of the poor decision making, are the only ones who are not only keeping their... — read more
ES, OS and Solutions Managers - What do we all have in common?
In my area the people who were canned with severance was 75% female. Additionally, 90% of them had used STD or FML time. I know the company is reducing overhead and making "decisions for business" but from what I am gathering they are eliminating... — read more
B2B
Any word on local MAMs and CBO'S? There are inconsistencies from Team to Team and a lot of Dead Weight, with the creation of WBG they did move people out of the local support role but for awhile now we have been hearing they are doing away with local... — read more
Dear wireless friends, The company has been fighting for so long to make the union a bad thing. " you need to pay dues, we provide protection
Dear wireless friends, The company has been fighting for so long to make the union a bad thing. " you need to pay dues, we provide protection for free" Look at what is going on now. Nobody is save unless you have a contract. Just like our customers... — read more
No choice in the bad decision.
The worse part of the current lay-offs in the retail stores, is the fact that there are people, who were forced in the new position, who would have preferred to be given the option of a severance package, and part ways with Verizon, while others... — read more
More Creative Financing from Verizon
They certainly are making a name for themselves these "daze". http://www.cbsnews.com/news/verizon-customers-bombard-fcc-with-complaints-about-overcharging/
How are there still people on here hating the union? The battle at Verizon is not union vs. non-union.
When are you going to realize that the battle is management vs. the rest of us? Yes, there are some good people in management, but if it comes down to stabbing you in the back or them not getting a bonus or potentially losing their job, guess what?... — read more
B2B
When is B2B going to be hit? Just wondering because there is a ton of job duplication and 3-5 people getting paid on the same deal. Also there are tons of Support folks that watch tv/videos all day and do nothing. All other departments have been hit... — read more
Number of employees
As of June 30, 2016, Verizon had 162,700 employees, down from 178,500 employees the year before. Approximately 9,300 Verizon employees in Florida, California and Texas left the company in the first half of this year when it closed its deal with... — read more
Frontier stock has declined 154% y/y. Who is responsible?
The company has dropped -20.24% in past 3 months and in the last five trades has moved down -0.25%. The stock has earnings growth of -154.60% yoy and showed a low EPS growth of -26.80% over the past five years. The stock’s price moved down its... — read more
Why Do Wireline Employees Get Paid In Excess of $30.00 An Hour? Aren't most of them only worth $10-$12 an hour?
It is absurd Wireline employees are treated like royalty while us on the wireless side are being laid off and thrown out to pasture. I've transferred calls to the Wireline side and most of the agents I have spoken to sounded like they just got out of... — read more
Go New York Governor Cuomo!!! These greedy bastads have to be stopped!!!
http://www.cwa-union.org/news/cwa-president-shelton-ny-governor-cuomo-blast-verizon-for-wireless-layoffs
Beginning of the end
First Ops and ES...Now entire call centers!! Who is next? Upwards of 15000 people Rif'd. It is only gonna get worse. RIH Verizon!!