#rif

With Landmark fully sunsetting on 12/31, talk of organizational changes, and losing patients to other health plans, any word on RIF’s in this area in January?

Anyone know what’s gonna happen? I keep hearing RIFs but also massive reorgs?

With Dan acknowledging our customer service is horrible, did customer experience execs (Ken lain, Suzanne Norton) keep their job or were they impacted with the RIF?

My heart bleeds for them.

Beware of toxic leaders. It is usually a leader who has limited knowledge or understanding or have reached a level of leadership without working specifically in the field. If leadership at Anthem or CarelonRx tell you something in a call, follow up in writing and reiterate what they said. I have been flat out lied to repeatedly about what was promised to me or about tasks that I was assigned to. They attempted to functionally demote me until I documented it and presented to HR. They have continuously added more tasks and more job roles to the scope of my work to fill the gaps left by RIF. All I can say is communication in writing , documenting and advising them when they violate policy or law is crucial. The sad part about it is until you have been directed by a leader or by HR otherwise, you still have to do the task or they will use that as cause to give you poor reviews or let you go. Watch your back at this company. Not every leader is like that but there are plenty of them.

Long story short, Rif'd 10/30 with last day 11/13. Signed and email severance agreement 11/14 and received response 7 minutes later saying they received the agreement and are reviewing it.

Fast forward today, call the hotline and they said they didnt receive and are opening a case with People Team.

Anyone else go through this ringer?

I have only reviewed a few postings so far, but now included is “Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within commuting distance from the posting location(s) will NOT BE CONSIDERED for employment, unless an accommodation is granted AS REQUIRED BY LAW.”

Fully remote are stuck in their positions unless there is a policy change or they are RIF’ed.

How long does it take to get the actual severance payout, once you accept the agreement? I was RIF'd in September, received and signed the agreement at the beginning of December but there's no information on when to expect the payout

Have any of the other laid off employees been struggling to find work? I've had to start an Onlyf-ns. It isn't going great, but it is helping me buy food. If any other RIF employees also had to do this to survive let me know and maybe we could collab.

seems counter-intuitive?

If you have been RIFs or fired, you can file a complaint with the EEOC. Based on what I have seen and experienced at this company regarding targeting age, race and s-x with RIFs, you may have a good case. https://www.eeoc.gov/filing-charge-discrimination

When do employees find out? And then will they be walked out same day or 2 weeks still?

When do managers find out? Will it be same day or before their employees do?

I asked HR some detailed questions about how WARN was applied for hybrid employees. They said remote locations didn’t meet the threshold, so they only provided 30 vs 60 days. I didn’t agree with how they explained it, but that was their final position. One thing I’d say is if you’re affected in a future RIF, don’t rush to sign anything. Ask how your work site was defined and how employees were counted, especially if you’re hybrid or remote. The lawyers do this by design. Severance is structured to neutralize WARN leverage. The release explicitly waives WARN and that’s intentional. If you’re hybrid or remote, WARN isn’t just about where you sit it’s about where you’re managed, assigned and counted.

ppl on this board have been consistently blaming Hans for years. Now what? This new CEO will do RIF after RIF. No more VSP, just R-fu--ing-IF. Verizon won't be turned around, for sure.

Now what? Blame the new CEO again?

Next round: 1 week for 1 year. lol

With the "ghost" BH team in AZ and lawsuits alone with major risk in BH across the board are we losing contracts and RIFs planned?

We are told at least 2x a week how BH is failing ..

Please comment if you were affected with the RIF yesterday what market and department.

So CE is merging along with OSG into Fidelity Wealth. What can a client facing rep in CE expect in Fidelity Wealth? I wonder if it will cause any RIFs? Any info appreciated.

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 on their own intentions from all the news about the RIF and knowing I was a casualty.

More rifs announced effective 1/31/2026. This one is even bigger. Billing is losing like 60 to 75% of its employees

Any insight to rifs being talked about on Dec 16 or Dec 18? What parts of wellmed will be affected?

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 been just as surprised I was part of the RIF. I completely believe that HR was given a directive from Dan to first target those 55 and older, then move to others. I only know a few people that are of retirement age who were able to stay. Everyone else in my age group got the boot without direct managements input. I am fortunate enough to have planned for an early retirement so I won’t be looking for a new job, but I feel for my colleagues that must continue working. Hans made horrible decisions and now Dan wants to come in and “fix” the problems.. Dan was/is on the Board of Directors and would have approved what Hans did .. personally I think the entire Board should be fired. Verizon was good to me for many years until Hans became CEO and things started going downhill. Best of luck to all of you and hope you have fulfilled futures

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 affected by the rif heard the same?

Anyone knowledgeable of how to challenge being RIF. I believe that was terminated because of my age (56 years). Question #2 How could avoid big tax bill on my severance payout ? Can I roll it over to an IRA ? Thank you and Good luck to all.

Does anyone know of any RIFed roles actually replaced with AI?

Most of probably sense more layoffs coming. Surely they won’t move forward until January though. That would be heartless and the savings would be a rounding error. There are a lot of Sarah haters on here. I’m not one of them, but getting a RIF for Christmas would certainly change my mind

Confirmed for Digital come January. They've stripped this organization down to nothing, and are so incompetent they can't put any meaningful roadmap or plans into place. This place is truly disgusting and leadership are cowards.

I've been watching all of Dan's interviews, and attended his online Webex updates. Based on RIF execution and the substance of everything I've seen. My comment for our pretend cowboy/mixed martial arts master/Self proclaimed overachiever and coffee aficionado is: ALL HAT NO CATTLE!

Be honest , how much say did you all have in the recent RIFs? Or did we really get selected by a program based on years worked and salary ? I say the managers had a say because my manager fired 3 black people. What are the odds ??

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has initiated RIFs. The Uncasville-based casino operator did not specify the number of employees affected. These layoffs are a cost-cutting measure projected to achieve $9 million in annual savings. The move follows continued net losses, despite higher fourth-quarter revenues. These reductions aim to optimize the company's cost structure and align staffing with strategic priorities amid weaker domestic resort segment results.

https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/mohegan-announces-layoffs-ceo-pineault-to-step-down/

Does anyone know how much package Shankar taking away? It will be way more than 20M that Dan allocated proudly to upskill riffed employees. Any thoughts or insider info? Does he deserve a package at all? In my mind it should be Zero Dollars.

I ended up being part of the November RIF at Optum, which actually worked out in my favor thanks to my team lead. I had already told my manager in September that I was planning to retire in October. She let me know about the upcoming layoffs and suggested rating me at the bottom of the team’s performance list—even though I always score highly—to ensure I got the severance package if selected. It was a risk, but it meant I was part of the RIF in November. Big thanks to Optum for essentially providing me with a six-month retirement bonus! Nice to see they are not verifing the information provided to them for RIF selection. Truely an indication of how good upper management is really doing.

Any RIFs or reorgs today?

I had to sacrifice two members of my team in OI, and I am absolutely disgusted by it. They did nothing wrong, and if I hadn’t submitted names, my manager would have.

I’m so sorry for everyone who will be impacted right before the holidays. Please don’t wait to get the notice—start applying now so you have a pipeline of opportunities going into the new year.

Projects have been cut as part of funding for 2026. But the RIF did not remove those team members. Dan did not announce any new initiatives so now the SDs with no projects are lurking and stealing projects as part of so called reorgs.
The VZ bureaucracy was always bad and now its getting toxic

Good luck to all!

GN&T did their usual shuffle of ADs and SDs after the RIF. For those that are unfamiliar, once a year or once every few years, they shuffle ADs and SDs from one department that they’re unqualified to lead to another where they’re typically even less qualified. It’s one of the many brilliant strategies that have allowed the competition to catch up or even surpass VZ

Currently at the Irvine plant. Demand has been extremely low for months. A round of RIFs already happened a few weeks ago, followed by an extended manufacturing shutdown where most operators have been forced onto unpaid leave after exhausting PTO. Leadership has openly stated their current strategy is essentially to “wait and hope things improve.” Production numbers continue trending downward, and it feels like another wave of layoffs is imminent. Morale is very low and confidence in management is basically nonexistent right now. Just had to let that out lol