You don't need a CIO or IT guy! Celebrating small and mid size businesses this week at VZ and we know how important tech is to keeping this massive part or our economy and the jobs it creates alive. Main Street businesses may lack the budgets and... — read more 

Matt Ellis,our cfo Heyis optimistic about growing market share because as he says in this interview , “ So obviously, population growth is in there. But on top of that, we've seen CHILDREN getting phones at younger a age. “ Nice Matt, really... — read more 

I still haven't gotten used to the culture here and I think more and more that I never will. After all, is it even possible to get used to such a toxic workplace and at the same time maintain your integrity? I think not. Leadership is bad, but... — read more 

Verizon has been trying for the past 15 years to have prepaid service work under a different team each year with no success.

The operating budget for millimeter wave should actually come straight out of the marketing and ad spend budgets. Because that’s all it will ever be. Just like some businesses who maintain an unprofitable location in NYC for “visibility”. C-band is... — read more 

Hasn’t anyone noticed how the company has been tanking since Manon was hired? VCG was much better under Ronan.

I was recently a part of the mass RIF, with my end date being December 31st. Today I lost system access. Did anyone else lose access to systems today?

Has anyone heard if leadership is looking at eventually outsourcing VGS? Many of the departments falling under this new organization are being outsourced in other companies so wondering if anyone thinks outsourcing VGS is Verizon's long term... — read more 

They've never promoted talent, those who've won awards and patents. They have so many cr-p Directors and VPs, when a work situation came up mine asked me if I was moody because I shared with her that I was se-----y as----ted while on a run. HR did... — read more 

Those in power don't care about the quality of our products or the needs of our customers. They just want to get the job done as cheaply as possible, which is why they're always focused on cutting corners and making things cheaper instead of better... — read more 

Let’s say you get RIF’d in February, and your anniversary is in June. Is your severance prorated on how close you are to your anniversary? Or do you actually have to be past your anniversary?

Going to a mileage reimbursement, while having to deduct standard commute to the office. I'm in a big city and live pretty far from the office so I have to deduct 52 miles per day before I get "reimbursed." Basically this is a $500/mo paycut. ... — read more 

Elon has officially ended telecommuting at Twitter. He mandated all employees return to the office immediately for no less than 40 hours per week. Any deviation to the new policy will need to be approved by Elon personally. Dont expect any! Elon does... — read more 

Meta laid off almost 11000 employees (13% of work force) and more to come in couple of months. Where does Verizon stand in lay offs part? do we expect the same amount of layoffs? If so, which orgs might effect?

Same old script, nothing new. Keep the fires burning and your CATAs down and all will work out fine. BS and nothing new. This frog is boiling in hot water and doesn't have a clue.

I should’ve taken the hint years ago when they started offshoring anything they could from Cary to Manila. Had numerous team mates spend months on the company dime down there “training “ their own replacements

I don't think I've felt less valued as an employee in any other company I've worked for so far. Why is it so difficult for people to accept that the leadership does not care at all about our complaints? I think they will never take them into... — read more 

July 2021: Verizon and Ericsson agree on $8.3B 5G build in 2021 https://connectedremag.com/das-in-building-wireless/5g/ericsson-verizon-strike-8-3b-5g-deal/ December 2019: Ericsson forks out over $1B in fines to settle U.S. bribery... — read more 

People who are hoping Hans will be replaced with somebody who knows how to run a company of this size are forgetting one thing: Verizon has been so destroyed by its current and previous leadership that no matter who you put at the helm, they would... — read more 

Verizon today announced the election of Vittorio Colao to the Verizon Board of Directors, effective November 4, 2022. Mr. Colao was the Italian Minister for Innovation, Digital Transition and Space from February 2021 to October 2022. In this role, he... — read more 

Let's face it. VZ has lost its way by not focusing on the business and understanding RF propagation to compete effectively with 5G. While we have staffed strategy teams, they obviously have an ineffective strategy. It's time for the Board to clean... — read more 

HR is useless and union reps are clueless. What is the minimum age plus years of service to get medical benefits. I read magic number 75 or 73 minimum age 50? I have 24 years and I’m 45. I really don’t want to stay another 5 years here. — read more 

Funny, not funny, how Hans has done to Verizon exactly what he did to Ericsson: cut jobs, outsource everything, cut more jobs, make bad decisions and acquisitions, outsource more, oh no the stocks still getting worse, uh-o better cut some more... — read more 

Vz spend $225m to acquire protectwise in 2019 and acquired Niddel in 2019 for an undisclosed amount. Is vz selling either of these products? If anyone know what happened to either of these acquisitions or the products please share. I thought we... — read more 

Hans and exec leadership are going to make deep cuts to the portfolio and people. Do you think he will drastically shrink Verizon Business Group? It continues to decline year over year.

Better off than they are now? Or worse? I say they because I will inevitably get laid off before 10 years is up

It will take 10+ years to catch up to folks like Spectrum, they have been laying Fiber for a while now. It makes sense to build out but will take a long time and Wireless doesn't have the time to wait. Also many cities and buildings don't want... — read more 

Or are we completely fu—-d

Buckle up boys, girls, and others. Hans newest idea is to push for a 5 billion dollar savings in under a year. Plans from execs required to Hans by Early March 2023. Labor cost will be addressed with more layoffs. Don’t be surprised when you get... — read more 

Or is he as soulless as he looks

Hans was critical of V Teamers for continuing to be transparent and ask critically important questions on thelayoff.com. Several questions we raised during our 3Q Earnings Q&A session were sugar coated during the non-Leadership Forum and sparked the... — read more 

Lot of employees let go knew the in and outs of their respective networks they managed in Cary as well as being hard workers. They could spot higher level issues hours before anybody else could. It seems the trend here is to fill departments full of... — read more 

I don't understand those who say that RIFs have nothing to do with age. Maybe they should rethink that one?

Read the severance package SPD under Work, Life, and Time Off > Life Events “Retirement Qualified” means any of the following: 65 with 5 years tenure 55 with 10 years tenure Age + years of service = 75 (or 73 if a layoff) This will allow you... — read more 

Verizon is betting on fixed wireless as the future. When will it happen? "I'd rather take 1 million new fiber customers a year than 1 million new fixed wireless customers a quarter," AT&T CEO John Stankey said. "The value equation of those 1 million... — read more 

I'm not saying that I was the best employee, but I always tried to do my job as well as possible. Now I have almost no motivation. How do you stay motivated when there is no logic in RIFs, when they cut the role model employees who in most cases... — read more 

I would quit on Verizon tomorrow if I didn't have to put food on that there table.

It would be a real hit. The cr-p that goes on here is comical. How did Verizon fail so hard? Who is to blame? Will Verizon continue to just go through the motions and be satisfied with lackluster performance? Will Verizon continue to let TMUS and... — read more