If you’re still in a corp retail location I’d get out now !! The “3 year” promise is a scam, a lie!!!

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

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 

Hello Mid-Markets, get ready for next week. They are going to be cutting 18% of headcount including A.D and Directors. They will be consolidating areas to meet this need. They have made a supervisory headcount minimum of 10 persons. Good thing they... — read more 

I have been at the same store for over three years now and it is crazy how much things have gone downhill. No communication from anyone, they refuse to bring in help and instead keep cutting people, and they keep dodging the raises they promised us... — read more 

Oh boy wait until yall see. The rumors on here are true. Manager cutbacks at the store level to align with reseller ops. October announcement. Obviously they are preparing for a total divesting within a few years. No wonder executive Leadership is... — read more 

Does anyone have contact info for the BYOD termination lawsuit? Apparently a few people gathered some solid evidence that they were singled out and targeted. I left the company back in January and would love to provide witness testimony in the... — read more 

Just heard from a colleague, that some of the stores that were divested in the last year are underperforming from a contractual standpoint, specifically BeMobiles in the northeast (was called out specifically, apparently they haven’t been able to... — read more 

is it true that theyre eliminating at least 1 AM per store?

Question for anyone that was recently laid off. The Severance agreement states that we will be automatically enrolled in our current health benefit plans on September 1st but I also received a letter stating that I need to select a COBRA plan by... — read more 

Store management layoffs confirmed for October. Also some addiontional divesting. Finally , some major commission changes in the works for 2027. All confirmed.

One, two, Schulman’s coming for you Three, four, assistants out the door Five, six, AM jobs they nix Seven, eight, roles they eliminate Nine, ten, never manage again

I’m hearing talk of VSP’s being offered to Verizon retail corporate store employees very soon. How is this possible when every location is adding headcount and jobs are being posted ?

I'm at the slowest store in a district by a long ways. They transitioned a store that is a fair amount busier then us. We went from 7 reps down to 5 before the big layoff. Now we are losing another rep to a different store. I have not heard if... — read more 

1000 Verizon stores on the block, 1000 Verizon stores. Sell one off or close it down, 999 Verizon stores on the block. 999 Verizon stores on the block, 999 Verizon stores. Sell one off or close it down, 998 Verizon stores on the block.

I was informed of my fate yesterday. Like the two previous OPs, I work in IT. I have been here a long time. I am being told I will have two years of employment. I will not be working very hard. I will finish my new certification goals. I will get... — read more 

Historical look how VZ management chaned, whatwere thesignals everyone missed.Using Verizon as a case study, there were several governance signals that, in hindsight, suggested the board was becoming more active before the October 6, 2025 CEO change... — read more 

When good managers were kept and the bad ones let go. When our managers were in the same office and you could go to them for help (instead of teams or have them call you back when they weren't soooo busy). When you came into work and had a desk. When... — read more 

That is all. I miss the old days. I miss the Call Centers. I miss having my own server farm. Now, I’m a member of the Borg.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/verizon-sent-man-a-refurbished-phone-with-mdm-then-deleted-his-data-remotely/

Get rid of all the tenured Store Managers and have someone replace them with half the pay. Below is what GMs do, they dont bring any revenue. Reviewed sales dashboards that an AI could summarize in five seconds. Answered repetitive customer... — read more 

We all good with this? Crazy.

You folks were not even good at selling... once you get laid off or fired.. good luck getting a job. They will look at your resume and be like.. oh you signed in people to the queue, you gave credits to accounts, you "managed time sheets", you put... — read more 

I WAS FIRED AFTER 15+ YEARS OF SERVICE- HAD A CALL IN MAY THEN IN EARLY JULY WAS FIRED WITH OTHER IN THE STORE - MANAGER? STILL HAS A JOB - THEN NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER THEY TURNED OUR STORE ALONG WITH MANY INTO A RESELLER... THIS WAS DONE ON... — read more 

How many stores in IL are being transitioned to indirect?

What a drag. After all these years, I end up at Infosys. IT sure isn't what it used to be.

Any stores in Wisconsin affected

I spent two decades here. I showed up every day, I gave it my all, I went above and beyond, I never once had a complaint about my work. And what did that get me? Nothing. I'm out of a job and looking back, I realize I was just a number to them. All... — read more 

This was mentioned obliquely in other posts, but I wanted to get it into the title of this post. The NJ WARN Act requires that certain employers (including Verizon) provide 90 days' notice of layoffs if the company is laying off 50 people or more. ... — read more 

So they are just assuming everyone will take the job at the indirects ? Regardless if anyone does Verizon still needs to own up to the thousands not 500. BTW how many fraud transactions are going to get pushed through if the rep is leaving ? I can’t... — read more 

Any update on the Burlington Store

Remember, it was you who moved the ball for the company. It was the front line employee who made a difference to the customer base. It was you that made VZW. Not the so called decision makers. That being said, the best way to combat this is to all go... — read more 

It sounds like everything is out now. We sold a significant amount of doors to the agents... The good news is, those employees will have a job. I’m told we’re keeping a thousand corporate doors and that my team and I are safe for at least 3 years... — read more 

It’s to diverse your store got confirmation blood bath