This company is just pushing customers away from stores with better upgrade fees online while sales reps and managers are just sitting around for hours at a time doing nothing being completely unmotivated , all the while the DM's and above are... — read more
Winners Circle recap Orlando ( Northeast, Great Lakes)
What an awesome but consolidated rushed event ! After a half day of travel we were promptly checked in to beautiful Marriot World Center Resort. There was an area set up with light refreshments and vendors. The refreshments lacked anything of... — read more
Integrity 2.0
HR needs to complete a thorough investigation into the manipulation of in store pick up transactions in OH. Some of the leaders that came up with this shady practice knew exactly what they were doing and their spin of how it was “only being done to... — read more
Asurion
Is there something happening with asurion reps that help Verizon?
New Next Gen Store Opening! Oh Wait...
Its just another authorized retailer! Had me fooled, looks just like a Verizon Corporate Store. Hmm.... https://www.journal-news.com/news/new-store-monoe-unlike-any-other-this-popular-chain/f33Osk0w41Jv9KdAmvssvK/
So don't tell me to shut up and sell
I have been here 12 yrs, I do sell, I sell twice as much as I used to, I also make almost half of what I did in the past, I'm doing the job of all the people the company has fired, the tech, the greeter, the csr, the inventory specialist and I have... — read more
Changes to fees are coming
Upgrade and activation fees are going to $40. If you do it online it’s going to be $20. This will push what little traffic there is out of the stores. Say goodbye to discounts in store for consumers with ECPD as well.
So much truth in this
Turnover in wireless is horrible, 45 percent is pretty close, in my store we have 2 people that have been here over a year, most new hires bail once ramp up ends, quotas are to high, they are told they will be making x amount of money, they end up... — read more
Bye bye corporate stores and call centers.
Verizon 2.0 is basically converting everything that is corporate to either indirect or outsourcing. Why do you think they are making such a big deal about "we and me".
Any West Coast impact
I’ve seen a lot of east coast stores being impacted any word on WEST COAST?
1 GM 1 SM per store rumor.
This has been scheduled to go into effect by the end of Q2 in the east. My sources are extremely reliable. We will start to see job postings as soon as start of May for Lead solution specialist positions which will be a keyholder with managerial... — read more
Verizon closing Austin facility, laying off 133 employees
https://www.statesman.com/news/20190402/verizon-closing-austin-facility-laying-off-133-employees
Call centers
Anyone know how call centers will be affected by 2.0? Or hear of any closing of centers?
2.0 is here..... and nothing is happening.....
April fools! Your all fired.....
Store closing and severance pay
There are store closing in the north east. Anyone know the severance details. We here in Philly are hearing that the union store is getting more. Thanks Verizon
Get ready for VZW 2.0!!!
This is a string of rumors circulating: 1) Store will go to 1GM 1SM and 2 LEAD (name may change) Reps (announcement 4/4 paid until June. 2) LEAD Reps wil get a pay increase and reduced quota. 3) Store hour changes due reduced managment 4) More store... — read more
For Those Who Think Stores Are Closing Check This Article
221 closed between 2013 and 2017. More to come! How bow da? Ca$h me putside! https://progressive.org/dispatches/how-verizon-is-trying-to-bust-its-workers-union-180926/
What does a Network Assurance Manager (Field) Acutually do for the company?
Can anyone explain to me what the value of the Position of Network Assurance Manager (Field) acutually is for Verizon? Ours is of no value technically, Is always unavailable when you call, and attends lots of meetings but shares very little... — read more
Verizon’s RSU just got taxed at Commission Rate
Anyone questioning why we just got taxed at commission rate for this payout when we were told that wasn’t the case. Been on hold with payroll for 20+ minutes and now there’s an automated response saying we just got taxed at federal rates plus 22% and... — read more
district realignment
exactly as it looks above. so cal will be realigned.
Any more closings coming?
I've heard something might happen next month - it would be nice to have confirmation so I can prepare in case it happens.
2.0 Coming ....
Has anyone experienced this yet ? What are the behaviors being coached to ? Anybody with details ? Any info would be appreciated.
https://gizmodo.com/guy-who-ran-verizons-failing-aol-yahoo-hybrid-to-leave-1833425616
This says it all.... executive fails..golden parachute. How does it make the folks that just got RIF'd and those working looking over their shoulder
All stores 1 GM 1 SM 4/1 CONFIRMED
All stores will go to 1 SM 1 GM and each district will get 2 floating SM for store coverage this was confirmed by VP starting 4/1 also team commissions 4/1 also for all areas.
Department is now a ghost town.
Started out with about a 100 in my department and then 2-3 years later it’s now about 1/3 of us left. And the workload has been dumped on the ones that have been left over. More work with fewer people. I know they’ve been trimming the fat over the... — read more
Profit Sharing
Does anyone know if the VSP folks that were released in December will be getting the 3% profit sharing?
As long as your store is profitable you don’t need to worry more than usual
I don’t get all the fuss about store closures. Sure there is always some degree of danger as the leadership tends to shift the retail to online, but who in their right mind would close a store that’s profitable, no matter how much they want to shift... — read more
More than half the people in my district aren't hitting their numbers....that is a Verizon problem, not an employee problem
More than half the people in my district aren't hitting their numbers....that is a Verizon problem, not an employee problem, quotas are out of control, traffic is way down, promo's s--- and KPI's are set to high. Verizon has lost its mind, are we... — read more
What is the SMP/PIP process/steps?
I know it’s changed quite a bit and just curious.
VZW Network Layoffs / Reorganization
When are we going full turn key? Any ideas when the reorganization and layoffs will hit the vzw network teams? What teams will be impacted the most? How and what are they centralizing? Will we even have markets anymore? Rumor has it that all... — read more
Is It Union Time?
More-n-more whispers of stores and Solutions Specialists wanting to go Union in Northern New England. Rumor has it the Cape Cod store has been meeting with CWA reps and are considering voting soon. I’ve heard reps in other stores want the same but... — read more
Boycott the new attire
Denim shirts and vests ???? C'mon
Now that the company is aging 5G isn’t what is was hyped up to be...
...where does the company go from there? The company admitted we wouldn’t see anything worth noting about 5G for another 5-8 years. We have aging copper that needs to be updated. TV is a dying business. Wireless has plateaued. Verizon Media/Oath, not... — read more
401k Profit Share
Does anyone know when they will deposit the profit share money into our 401k?
Staffing
Retail stores in my area are suffering. With headcount cuts and management cuts any small thing causes the store to be in chaos. One call out can make a very busy store run with only 3 reps. If manager goes on vacation you have the other managers... — read more
Verizon wireless 50 stocks
Verizon employees (other than top management) will receive 50 shares of restricted stock, the price of which will be set on February 1. Has the first 25 shares of stocks been paid yet? All employees that have been terminated still will receive this... — read more
Verizon 2.0 in Retail possibility
My guess is that we switch commission, in our current mode, into an hourly rate and make it base pay, then incorporate a team commission model with a “bonus” as an additional sales incentive for reps. What’s your guess? Fire away.