What is going on with the over subscriptions? Is the company and union negotiating a resolution to this? People have received an email stating it is being reviewed. How long does the process go on for?

Really hoping this all turns out to be a big nothingburger.

Build a flying car https://www.instagram.com/reel/Deien_7ONHV/?psln=dWtneWFkNG5nYXB5 Seriously, we think “spectrum” is our moat? Good luck.

282 layoffs - Basking Ridge - Oct 16, 2026 - NJ WARN notice https://www.nj.gov/labor/assets/PDFs/WARN/2026_WARN_Notice_Archive.pdf

When Danny boy took over in October 2025, stock price was $43.67....today it is $44.40. WooHoo....73 cent gain. How much is he getting paid? 🤣🤣

The fabric of what made Verizon as Verizon is the Credo. It energized the V-Teamers to be the best in what we do and what made the company as it is over the years. • Integrity: At the center of who the company is; built on honesty, ethical behavior... — read more 

The workplace has become more political, with little room for employee ideas and almost no accountability. No wonder good people are looking for the exit as fast as they can. Who in their right mind wants to stay in this environment? I had high hopes... — read more 

I’m a very optimistic person. Even amid all the chaos, I remained hopeful that Verizon would finally start moving in the right direction. It’s been a year since Dan joined, yet we still seem dysfunctional, with no clear direction or alignment, and... — read more 

I’ve heard there’s going to be a layoff next Thursday 10/22 from a few sources. Is that what everyone else is hearing?

Thank goodness Elon doesn’t have have billions in order to compete ! Wait? What? https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/14/elon-musk-says-spacex-just-bought-the-last-critica/

Anyone else excited for this years home for the holidays round? I’m looking forward to it like the Super Bowl. Hopefully we get rid of some of these clueless and lazy engineers and leaders that do nothing!

Frontier is done, Brightspeed is next and rather soon.

Well, guess more people are going to have to kiss their jobs goodbye thanks to this AMPLIFI integration.

I guess that'd be the only way to survive. Anyone up for building a rocket?

Probably the best post for ADs so far and I have been on this site for 11 years: @OP+1m3cx4t1t (Title: Job title downgrades) or https://thelayoff.com/t/1m3cx4t1t

More union folks voluntarily separated last week? Anyone have numbers? Was it effective immediately?

Kristi Dent (VP Network Ops) states she's not aware of any upcoming layoffs or RIFs. I'll assume she's referring to her organization specifically (Network Ops). I personally believe this to be true (based on current staffing needs). What are your... — read more 

They'd certainly push harder against them if their jobs were always in danger. As it is, they couldn't care less.

I’m getting sick of the Union not receiving invites to Dans all hands meetings. It’s complete disrespect and only shows that they don’t care about half of the company. And the irony is, we’re the half that do the actual work.

We need more Verizon VP+ posting pictures of their teams and how we won a JD award. OR maybe, a public post from a particular VP giving praise to a particular team member. The bubble Verizon lives in and the executives who think they are silicon... — read more 

When a Chief, a Business Agent, an E-Board Member, or a Local President retires from the company craft, that they haven't actually done in years, from their employer, do they still go on su-king at the te-t of the union members dues even after... — read more 

SpaceX employees are plainly better than us. They’re also incentivized for the company to not su-k, but making stock a significant component of income. Our most is that we exist, and as Dan said, for years we’ve been the stomping ground for... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/spacexs-starlink-could-pose-3-big-risks-to-apple-bofa-warns-175500290.html

Has anyone heard anything about the negotiations regarding oversubscriptions?

The issues here is build out. Dish tired to build out a national network and failed for 1 simple reason. It will cost at least a 500 billion to build a national land based network that will give the same footprint as the big three. In a lot of... — read more 

Verizon posts worst day since 2002 as SpaceX U.S. network plans whack cell provider stocks https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/verizon-att-tmobile-stocks-spacex-network.html

Another week of stressing over layoffs, benefit cuts, and yelling managers has started. At least I know I'm not in this alone.

https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/spacexs-800-mhz-spectrum-grab-threatens-big-3-mobile-carriers Bo-m! SpaceX just inked a deal to buy 14 megahertz of paired 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Management, giving Starlink Mobile a means to more... — read more 

There was a rumor last week about several hundreds of managements are on the list of next round of layoff, across the levels of AD to AVP. Maybe the non-human intelligence figured out what the company needs to do.

Elon Musk just bought spectrum to be able to sell phone service. Most of Verizon customers are conservative and hate Verizon because of years of lying, outsourcing, over billing, and treating customers like sh-t and love Elon Musk for whatever reason... — read more 

Should I start the job search right away?

Regardless of all the problems and challenges of more leadership levels making company progress worse they still adding new VPs especially in NS IT where there is absolutely no progressive contributions to company’s goal from leadership levels and... — read more 

Verizon stock (NYSE: VZ) closed down 8.75% at $41.65 on Friday, October 9, 2026, marking its worst single-day drop since July 2002. Key Reasons for the Drop • SpaceX Spectrum Deal: The sell-off was triggered by news that SpaceX agreed to acquire a... — read more 

Hurricane Isaias brought widespread cellular outages to the Southeast. Major news channels publicly thanked AT&T and Starlink for their mobile disaster response teams and getting a cellular network up and running for those impacted by the storm. No... — read more 

As one of hunfreds of thousands retired NJB/Bell Atlantic/Verizon employees itis a daily embarrassment hearing how Veizon C-Level/AVP/Director levels instructed staff to turn over personal phone records to Biden's DOJ in artic frost campaign. Every... — read more 

With our dividend payments now claiming most our free cash flow, rather than paying down our debt; interest rates / borrowing cost rising and I am assuming a huge purchase during 115 are we going to go down the path of WorldCom or Lehman? We are in... — read more 

The question for Verizon (VZ) is whether the FCC's October 8 decision signals a future in which Verizon's traditional terrestrial wireless network becomes less central to the business, as drones, satellites, and hybrid networks take over some... — read more 

VZ requested FCC approval disinvestment in copper landlines in 9 states in 9/25/26, FCC gave temporary denial or pause, estimated final decision estimated 9/30.

Which roles are expected to be hit the hardest this time?