Hey Verizon!!! Are you having a good day? I hope you are having a good day. T-Mobile is having a great day!!! T-Mobile scores another 5G first, and customers are already reaping the... — read more 

So our stock is in a freefall and the only way to float the stock price is to cut expenses (overhead). We are spending money on fiber and need capital back. So 9/24 or whatever date in October is going to happen. We're bleeding money, and the iPhone... — read more 

Verizon Communications EVP Malady Kyle Sells 1,100 Shares at $51.19 Each

The main criterion for being promoted to manager at VZ is to be hard-charging and willing to overwork your team. It's not about quality or results. If you're filling out the Pulse survey and telling them that your boss is overworking his team and... — read more 

i've read here claims that because vz's is self-insured for medical covrage employees with higher recent or ongoing medical costs could potentially be viewed differently during workforce reductions. people were talking about chronic conditions recent... — read more 

With the new leader from T-Mobile Germany reportedly moving into Anil’s TPD organization, does anyone know what the actual timeline is for the next phase? There has been a lot of discussion that GTS is only the first step, with broader TPD/GNT... — read more 

A Federal Aviation Administration equipment outage is causing significant flight delays at five major Northeast airports after construction contractors dug up and cut a Verizon cable, the company said in a statement to CNN. The impacted airports are... — read more 

They are confidential. TL;DR: Fill out the surveys honestly. It won’t make you more or less likely to be RIF’d. This means they have identifying data collected that links responses to records, but that data is strictly protected from general... — read more 

Anyone else feel like a VZ Pulse Survey is just an indicator that another round of RIFs and restructuring is coming? I’d guess, from the timing, that an announcement will happen in October with severance dates effective December/January. I have no... — read more 

If any. I'm just curious how this will affect employees.

How many employees will be RIFed over the worst iPhone launch ever? Little to no sales….. little phone calls….. unheard of…….

Looks like Rebadging and few layoffs are coming on 09/24- Any idea?

There’s been a sea-change in the cellular industry since the introduction of the iPhone. Years ago the industry was profitable and growing. Feature phones were roughly equivalent, cheap to make and none of the vendors had pricing power. If... — read more 

I wanted to share a serious concern regarding the toxic work culture and ongoing mismanagement within our organization. Over the past three years, we have been trapped in an unsustainable cycle. Leadership consistently chooses underperforming vendors... — read more 

High P/E Valuation Leaders in Telecom 💡 T-Mobile US (TMUS) P/E Ratio: ~25x – 26xDriver: Aggressive 5G subscriber acquisition and strong post-merger cash flows.💡 Bharti Airtel (BHARTIARTL.NS) P/E Ratio: ~37x – 42x Driver: Rapid ARPU (Average Revenue... — read more 

Will I finally be able to talk on the phone without holding it over my head and walking around in random patterns waiting for the bars to increase? Verizon 5G is getting better and better Recent upgrades have expanded capacity and boosted... — read more 

I'm seeing lots of "good roundtable", "great roadshow" type posts. Unfortunately that seems like a red-ish flag to me. I guess business lines are doing ok? (Maybe One Talk is helping.) Not sure if the AI Connect stuff is real or not. If VCG... — read more 

Imagine, if you will, a world where a survey can give a clear view of improvement or decline in how employees view leadership and the overall health of a company. Imagine that the survey responses are collected by Gallup, who has been in business... — read more 

The AD was shaking, voice weard, eyes blinking when talking about the Pulse, going to crash under the loads.

So Dan's been here a Year... can anyone provide top 3 goals/strategies that is being implemented for Culture change? I sit through All Hands and leave clueless. Sampath at least repeated each session. Strayer University must not of taught that to... — read more 

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They'll wait until the next one to spring another major one on us.

Just heard we got a new director and she is from there. Why is all senior management affiliated with this school?

If you don't understand the rules of the game, you won't win and you'll end up bitter and disappointed. So here they are: 1- Don't sell the steak, sell the sizzle! If you look closely, you'll notice that many emails and slide decks touting major... — read more 

Go look at their pages on this forum and you'll see what I mean. So what's left for us as a potential source of jobs? Where are people applying?

my department leader is scared of pulse. she sends us pre and post pulse surveys no one is brave enough to fill out. she tries to act like a fun, happy leader. she promotes leaders who overdo social engagements. everyone knows how fake she is.

is it normal behavior for a director level POS to run around telling people they are jealous of a higher ranking person who has an office?

Verizon surpluses union positions, out of 6k offered package how many will be backfilled my guess is 10 percent 600. Thoughts ? Is the 6k number accurate. We've seen facebook posts that NY had 1500, PA 1200, NJ 800 where is the other cuts? Is it more... — read more 

T-Mobile has established its GCC in India, and AT&T has also expanded its offices across multiple locations. Meanwhile, Dan (the customers man )appears to have taken a very different approach, with several leadership positions being eliminated and... — read more 

Just saw on LinkedIn that people are getting promoted to Associate Director without having a single person report to them. I know this person, and let’s just say “brilliant” wouldn’t be the first word that comes to mind. He has been moving teams and... — read more 

This new survey is asking questions specifically about if we are happy with the direction of the company, how often are we using AI ect! This survey is a joke.

So there's a solid rumor going around that internal cs and tech will be rebadged to a PSO Vendor. VPs will not confirm or deny this claim, and from a company standpoint this just happened with the stores going to indirect. Seems to me like this can... — read more 

Does this make sense. In this specific order... I think they are following this logic when deciding who to cut. Feel free to add or correct me. HR issues, complaints, conflcts, or employees seen as "problems" Low perormersperformance employees... — read more 

You can have a strong record here and still find yourself on the wrong side of management. It seems far more important to stay in someone's good graces than to actually do good work.

All TPD move to GTS in 4 months major possibility

Any updates if market level network engineering (RF, SP, network real estate, construction, transport) will have cuts? Rumors or combing more makets? Any cuts to SDs or above?

Anyone else feeling the vibe lately? Between director all-hands and the 10/29 meeting—not to mention the travel freezes—it feels like something is up…

If layoffs are coming, just tell people and let them make their plans. This endless uncertainty is worse than knowing where you stand.