none of this would have happened in the first place. I’ve been here for more than ten years, and every round of cuts, reorgs, or leadership changes I’ve witnessed has been about shedding competence while retaining or promoting failure. There have... — read more 

Just stumbled across this really; cross-checking rumors and such.. I was uploaded 3 months ago. Anybody else seen local CFA's pre-positioning? Wall hangings, emails? https://youtu.be/UD5sadFMbUM?si=xDF0IIFgxyEW8AZT

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/craig-lekutis-41269627_inside-the-300-million-contracting-scandalapparently-activity-7406518645876473856-eg2i

Can’t wait to see the hypocratic face of VZ by sending the pulse review in a few months?!?!?

Long time lurker, first time posting. I know we're all recovering from the Nov cuts, but I’ve been bored and reading the actual filings for the Frontier deal, and something isn't adding up. The Union Shield: I saw the draft decision from the... — read more 

If you received an offer from a large, public company, different industry. Comparable comp, role. Would you take it?

The strategy is not working so well to delight the customers. Don't CEOs realize that word of mouth via your worker bees is crucial to company success. Anyone else have friends jumping ship? I am not even bad mouthing VZ, this is all being done based... — read more 

A few clueless dolts crash the ship into an iceberg. They grab the lifeboats and you and I have to jump into the water. Vz leaders….do better and be better. Thousands of people’s lives are affected by your decisions.

Yes, Verizon is in the process of acquiring Frontier Communications in a major $20 billion deal announced in September 2024, with the goal of integrating Frontier's significant fiber network to expand Verizon's broadband offerings nationwide, and the... — read more 

hmm, who was on the board all 5 of those years? Oh yeah, the current CEO who's burning the company down, the same one who's been watching it burn for years. verizon, where id--ts fail upwards and good people are just thrown away.

Will VZ pay my COBRA Premiums during my severance period? Workded here for @20 years. Husband was laid off in July and still has not found employment. I work until 2.16.2026. The Unaffordable Care Act looks horrendous with $6K deductible!

Beware....Certain field techs were now volunteered to test an AI program that we are being told to eliminate some inside jobs such as NTs(Network Techs)

VZ DOWN 31.95% 5 YEARS.

What Dan Schulman is proposing isn’t new. You can find old videos of Tami Irwin bragging about how customer centric we’ve become and old videos of Shankar Arumugavelu bragging about how much gen AI has improved things. We’ve had reorgs that didn’t... — read more 

I have not seen a single picture of our new CEO wearing anything with a Verizon logo. Have you?

OC/LA. Today wasn’t random. Signals confirmed. VEC overlap active. Reviews + verification in motion. D+22 check-back. 74% is the line. More reductions coming. Do your modules. Stay active on PC (VPN) — ~7 hrs/week minimum. Data doesn’t lie. Tighten... — read more 

I got cut in this round. My wife could easily lose her job in the coming months too, as her company is heading into a major round of layoffs. I keep hearing and reading stories about people who haven’t been able to find another job for months, even a... — read more 

Vteamers - we are winning! The same leadership team that’s been around for decades and was key to our current market position is energized and excited to bring you another reorg! We look forward to continued chaos and lack of accountability (key... — read more 

What was your experience? I fedexed my papers so they’d be received before the tenth only to be told to check back the end end of January.

we can be creating a company in the consulting industry, about strategy, process, whatever, to bring our intelligence to the market we know Vz weaknesses and we know the market, we need one leader to start it anyone ? we could also crush the... — read more 

I keep seeing these comments blaming being laid off and the sorry state of the company on DEI. That wasn’t the case in my experience. In my case there were good ol’ boy networks that took care of their own. You didn’t need to be white or to be a... — read more 

I am 62 with nearly 32 years at Verizon. I was the only person who knew and understood what I did. I planned on another 3 to 5 years of working, but Verizon put me into early retirement. I am not angry with my direct management as they seemed to have... — read more 

I never thought I’d say this, but losing my job at Verizon actually feels like the clean break I needed. The place looked solid from the outside, but once I was in it, the long hours, constant pressure, and nonstop scrambling wore me down fast. I... — read more 

Why come we get many tax taken by gov between fed & state we losing more 1/3 of pay wtf ppl how do we keep from being robbed I need to save it this us bunk, hello?

It seemed like our VP got to keep their good old boy system while really talented people got asked to leave. I think it’s always been that way but it was hard to hide this time with people let go who were dependable.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-invalidates-union-contract-covering-47000-tsa-officers-2025-12-12/

I understand we get our severance payout in paper check mailed by end of Jan and STI by end of Feb. When do we receive our PTO balance payout?

Verizon Strategic Growth Analysis: Competing for the Top Line Note This document analyzes Verizon's position relative to T-Mobile and AT&T as of late 2024/early 2025, focusing on strategies to improve top-line revenue. Executive Summary Verizon... — read more 

I have been laid off. I started in 2008. The CEO when I started was Lowell McAcadam. I did not pay much attention at the time as to who was CEO. However, I did know the man who sat in the cube next to me (name withheld). He was an elderly man... — read more 

I called the folks handling the severance payout to ask how the severance would be distributed, one lump sum with last paycheck or seperate checks. They said seperate checks but severance is hitting 30 days after your last check. Has anyone else... — read more 

I just checked my bill and noticed that all of my trade in credits have been removed from my account. I’m a laid off employee and was curious if this was normal?

https://www.lightreading.com/5g/verizon-s-new-wireless-rates-spark-price-war-worries

COULD HAVE OPEREATED IN TEXAS BUT JOBS GIVEN TO CWA EAST COAST PUKE WAY BACK IN 2000. VERIZON LOST 4.5 TO 5 BILLION ON OATH. CEO WALKS FREE. LOCK SOME OF THESE FU----S UP.

So some took it as overdue discipline, others as the familiar cost of order when order is measured mainly in expense… and many simply waited for the next email to tell them what their years would count for…

As a stranger things fan it’s awesome to work in the COs and see all the equipment from the EIGHTIES still in place and running. I can imagine how cool it must have been to be alive in that time and how shiny that SLC-96/DMS-100 was back then. As an... — read more 

I received an email, same as all you, asking for ideas. A similar email was sent by Hans. I also gave sincere feedback during Pulse. Multiple submissions in Ideas at Work. For over a decade, I have tenured ideas. Also for over a decade, I have... — read more