Lets hear it from each depratment
Layoff
When layoffs start again in Verizon anyone know?
VZ to be landline only?
99 year leases on 1f to VZW.. frontier purchases. Selling dark fiber, how long before the wireless side is divested? Clearly they keep reducing non union employees numbers to make it a much more appealing sell and locking in the fiber leases secures... — read more
port out party
lets all do kegstands. today im moving my family’s lines including in-laws to prepaid owned directly by tmobile or at&t. unlike most company workers, verizon employees can hurt the performance of their company by choosing not to do business with... — read more
India Sept RB and Layoffs
Sept 24th Last Reporting day: Sept 30th IBM CTS and Deloitte 18 months contract God Speed.
Pre-October Stock Together Layoff
Coming to an office near you! Stay aware.
Cobra Confusion
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
Top Secret EISP
WTF? Can anybody post your state, the job titles and areas? TIA for any useful info.
Jan 2027
All I keep hearing from multiple departments is that January is a major reorganization is going to happen company wide, heard from VZW and VZB departments alike, whether a layoff happens this year, appears it might, so the shuffle and changes will... — read more
Verizon Board Root Cause
Many posts in why so many layoffs . No mystery...look at the quality of Vz BOard and backgroubds. Then compare to Boards at AT&T and Other Dow 30. It's so obvious the root cause of lack of strategy and execution. Vz Board compliments of Hans DEI... — read more
FrontEnd Teams absolutely need to go
Idk where to begin but I feel the website is an absolute trash. Like batshit trash. I tried to add the Google AI pro on my FIOS plan and well, you can't. Why the heck it is so difficult to navigate through the website? Same with Verizon Dollars... — read more
Acss updates
Dan make sure you include the team behind the updates in the next round of rifs
September 24th
I heard a rumor in the office today that the next round of layoffs is September 24th. Has anyone else heard this?
Retail management layoffs
I’m reading there are supposed to be more layoffs in October for management in retail stores. Does anyone have any details on this?
EISP rumors again
Hearing rumors of a EISP again today.Is it true has there been talk with the union ??
A little perspective
All this talk about layoffs and VSPS. Come on people- aren’t you watching the news - it’s not about war or inflation or layoffs. Dolly P went tats up. A little respect…
VSP -Reduced
Heard they may offer a VSP but reduced to match typical severance packages. Anyone else heard this?
Delighting customers !
After my departure from GTS last month I went through the process of moving all of my lines (as well as the lines of a handful of friends whom I talked into coming to VZ when I joined) to T-Mo. 16 lines in total. And I have to say, it was a... — read more
Northeast
This is the slowest I have ever seen. No one is at 100% phones, not even close. We will go hours without seeing a single customer. It is very scary how slow we are.
Value vegas
Spend dat money (and post about it on LinkedIn) great job team!!!
Verizon Retiree COBRA Plan – Is It Worth the Cost?
Has anyone here who recently retired or forced into retirement from Verizon signed up for the Retiree COBRA Plan? My severance package includes my current health coverage, but that coverage ends in September, so I’m trying to decide whether... — read more
N&T QA - RTO question
Bad news for RTO trolls on this site. Joe Russo just confirmed the RTO policy is "not a top down one size fits all" policy. He said he encourages everyone to talk to their managers to see what they need to do to be most effective in delivering... — read more
45,000
That's going to be VZ's full time employee headcount within 2 years. That's a fact!
India layoff
Will Dan lay off the entire Indian workforce, despite its established presence in India since 2000? Many employees appear to have been quietly removed by senior directors and HR. This raises serious concerns about the future of the Indian workforce... — read more
Employee Distractions
@VP Why does VZ waste money promoting internal employee videos, newsletters, emails on internal website, most employees do not have time to watch list, read, listen but do their 8 hour work.Personally, I work on my feet, not at a desk,yet local... — read more
Anotherlayoff
When is Another Verizon layoff hits in 2026?
Regional Network Consolidations Thread
A general thread for Regional Network Consolidations. Chime in if you hear something.
finance layoffs
finance layoffs coming. broad and wide.
Off payroll in June. Accepted severance. Verizon pulled employment history in August.
I visited TheWorkNumber website and an entry under “Verifiers who have procured or attempted to procure your data in the past 24 months” appeared as having been pulled by Verizon in August. Is this de rigeur for offboarding? I’d recommend everyone... — read more
New CISO
Verizon new ciso! Something going on....
MD/DC/VA RIF needed
Verizon needs to focus on the quality of people not the friendships they have outside of work. The entire DMV needs a major shake up and they need to replace the entire leadership staff starting with Thompson. He loves to hire his friends and then... — read more
Prom
When will all the Verizon segments get their own prom like Value? We are all the best in the business and want to celebrate how we play to win and drastically cut costs. It will be expensive to buy prom clothes with today’s prices, but I’ll save some... — read more
Delighting customers by hiking prices
Verizon hikes prices on multiple discounted offers for customers Aug 24, 2026 7:17 PM EDT https://www.thestreet.com/retail/verizon-raises-prices-disney-streaming-bundles "The pricing changes came after Verizon CEO Dan Schulman vowed to be more... — read more
Ryan Reynolds just bashed Simplicity
I just saw an ad with Ryan Reynolds bashing our not so simple Simplicity Plan, and then offering Mint Mobile for $15 for 3 months. I feel like it's going to be a carrier di-k measuring contest at this point and we'll all just go back and forth with... — read more
In 2018 it was Sept 24th
In 2018 they rebadged on Sept 24th which is last Monday of September. I wonder when they planning this time
More AI dealings
Verizon cozies up to Google Cloud even more with Gemini integration. https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/verizon-cozies-google-cloud-even-more-gemini-integration
Another week has gone by Another EISP rumor gone
So far it’s been rumored over the past 6 months that every week the EISP is coming.Yet here we are with more rumors of rumors.I would say I have been watching so many fellow union associates keep putting off their plans .At this point if they are... — read more
Soooooooo
Are we done with cuts for now or not?
Verizon InfoS*cks
everything InfoSys touches s*ck and causes more layoffs. why not just sell the company to Indians?