https://www.barrons.com/articles/apples-next-iphone-could-spell-big-trouble-for-at-t-and-others-1531245797
Manager asked if Rep was going on fmla
I could have sworn this subject matter was a no no I could be wrong?
Eisp rumor
Heard from a reliable source that there will be a enhanced eisp offered to many titles 4th quarter 2018. Anyone else hear this?
Written up for Salesforce
Lol what a joke. I refused to break literal federal law and sign random people up without their consent like other reps in my store and most people I ask declined to be entered into salesforce and get spammed by our texts (why would they?) so I don’t... — read more
Gatt rate for july
Gatt rate for July is 2.96....down from 3.13 at the start of the 2nd quarter. Predictions for the gatt rate for the rest of the year show it going down...all the way to 2.78 by December. My guess is that the tariff war that Trump is waging is looking... — read more
TMP MD killing the bucket !
Managers in our store are having us call customers from the past few years that have 3 devices or more on TMP. We explain to the customer no additional charges and some actually save money. One dude nailed 8 in one day over the phone !!! That’s 1,600... — read more
Verizon You get what you pay for!!!!
Cutting pay and Overtime will make employees less motivated/ productive. You cant cut someones pay and expect them to work harder for less.
The New Commission is a literal joke
Good luck hitting your sales dollars bucket.
Hum write ups
Has anyone tried calling compliance for these ?
Oath ???
I still have not heard what Oath is. It cannot be a Facebook or Google or Netflix.
Thank you and Farewell from IT
I've been with the company over 10 years with the internal helpdesk known as the ITHD/NSC/LSC/ITSC, you name it. 5 years ago we had over 200+ young technicians learning and improving and supporting various commercial clients that made Verizon... — read more
Thank God for the new commission structure. Bye shady reps!
FLS2 here. Thank god for the new commission structure. You shady reps never deserved 80k+ to begin with. In fact you were all the inevitable death of Verizon, and the reason why honest hard working reps were always frowned upon by leadership as well... — read more
Company/union talks
I heard 3 year extension from two different sources. If this is true when do you think they will announce it? Would have been a nice 4th of July announcement.
Retirements
I heard a lot of people suddenly retired with end-of-June retirement dates because of the change in GATT rate would make the lump sums drop. I heard some went down in the 50k range. Mine hardly dropped at all, I don’t know why. I don’t know if it was... — read more
Commitment Coaching
I’m just looking to gain insight into how this is being used in retail stores. Are managers setting a blanket commitment for the whole store and holding individuals accountable for the behavior(s)? Are the commitments collaborative/flexible based on... — read more
We should add riff to the credo...
Richard Branson — 'Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.'
Some of The More Idiotic Subjects Introduced to The Layoff Board
I assume by the same annoying individual. Yawn. (BTW, the poor grammar is not my doing. It's a cut and paste of the triviality of said poster, the one who likes to say things like, "Everybody don’t speak at once!! GO!" I hope he continues to get... — read more
Is verizon going to buy sirrus xm radio
Read an article that vz was thinking about buying xm radio,i guess we will be in the music bussiness..sing me a song vz.
Why dont stores have a more streamlined and standard commission system?
It seems the com setup changes constantly and trying to see how its explained i feel like I’m learning a whole new math system again. Why not just have a set com amount per item and why have some kind of bucket and multipliers. Has it ever been... — read more
Verizon assistant managers
More and more acting roles assigned to Assistant Managers to poison their minds into thinking they got a chance at succeeding as a GM. All to find out that the Corporate world (Dm's and above) have already hand picked the next successor and making it... — read more
Alright WIRELESS!!! Let’s hear it,What’s Quota & How confident are you that you’ll get MORE MONEY?!!!
Everybody don’t speak at once!! GO!
Verizon hires 3 yr temp lineman
Verizon hires new temp,and gives them brand new truck and keeps them separate from the regular work force..not too smart sends them out and tell them go figure it out..plus heared that they have no work for them,vz managers tell them to go out and... — read more
Trifecta Gone...it's a New Day!!
With Lowell, Marni and John out...it's fresh winds with new ideas. Although in early 2000's they were great captains - these later years have been bad decisions, one storm after the next. The culture is decimated - Hans will need to rebuild it to... — read more
Packages for September 2018
Any confirmation for offers For Representatives in NY!? I am hearing rumors of an offer but I want to know if anyone else has heard anything?
Latest on layoffs?
Outside of closing stores, has there been any news on more layoffs happening any time soon?
What's next?
Now that we have official confirmation that Go90 is shutting down (is there anybody who didn't see this coming a mile away?) what is the next domino that is going to fall? There have been so many bad moves and bad decisions lately that I'm certain... — read more
Arizona / Nevada store closures
25% RIF by end of year. Any confirmations?
Verizon to shutter streaming video unit Go90
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/verizon-to-shutter-streaming-video-unit-go90-2018-06-28?mod=hp_minor_pos19
Question on Med Insurance under COBRA
Question to anyone who had been laid-off and availed of COBRA Med insurance. Assuming you are married and no kids, how much does COBRA cost ? I did some calculations looking at the last W2 Box 12C code DD, it costs the company approx $12K for the... — read more
Expect More Store Closures/Conversions in August
If your store is not producing 200+ new lines a month then there is a serious risk of it being transitioned to indirect. In Verizon's eyes if they can still get 100+ lines from a indirect location at 1/4 the price its a no brainer. I'm surprised more... — read more
Lump Sum
I don’t really understand why, but my lump sum amount hardly changed, and, yes, that’s using the new rates. I ran the numbers for June, July and August. Some co-workers took much larger decreases, but they are younger, so that may make a difference?... — read more
Manager/ employee affair
Is this grounds to be fired at Verizon?
Commitments
Anyone know the status of the whole commitment based evaluation system? Seems very shady for one rep to potentially be terminated for not abiding by commitments that other reps never had to on the first place. Also seems easier for managers to... — read more
VDSI Layoffs Today
Post updates here
IT outsourcing, IBM takes over parts of Verizon IT - VDSI
IBM has taken over part of VDSI. A picture was sent showing a sign saying. IBM Welcomes Verizon employees. Increasingly, companies are focusing on core competencies. Billing systems, websites, retail systems and data centers are not a Verizon core... — read more
New commission structure new goals less money
The goals this month are outrageous! 100 phones will get you a 1.0 then you gotta fill the bucket but don’t forget to try for a hum. Does anyone else’s store hold draw keys or make you consult with a manger before getting the customers phone? It’s... — read more
Connecticut hum sales
Very very fishy deception