they protect themselves , not the others

Don’t want to hurt them or show off I survived.

Terrible decisions from Lowell started this spiral, then they bring in Hans who made very poor decisions with Ericsson and big shocker history repeated itself at Verizon. I literally remember the day he was named as CEO, fellow co workers talking... — read more 

Reports last week was 15K, actual number was 13k. Is it possible there will be no more major layoffs for 2026 at VZ?

Repost this guy is right Ha ha no they are offering a nice severance package to a small few union with Many decades under their belts .Its targeted their ready.But over all they are hiring field techs like crazy .Most areas that didn’t have fios are... — read more 

We get rid of a DEI hire and put someone equally as worthless in the spot

I have no experience in running a small company, let alone a big one. I can think of a strategy to fire employees to save money and show increased profits to raise share price. The current ceo with so much experience is coming up with the same... — read more 

Do we know the total layoff count as of yesterday? Was it 13k or with more to add to today’s count? Is it over?

Seems no changes to VZI yesterday. What’s happening from that front? Anyone know Dan’s POV on outsourcing? I can tell you from my experience that the onshore GTS developers are far more productive and skilled, but you can get 4 offshore for the... — read more 

1 + 1 =1 With the recent reductions, the headcount will be replaced with Frontier workforce in the next three months. So the employee size of Vz will be very similar for the next year or two. Maybe, a few a Frontier’s leaders will become major... — read more 

He's gone

Good luck, Dan, trying to dazzle customers and grow the customer base—you can’t even take care of your internal customers! I still can’t access the severance portal, even after HR intervention. At this point, it’s laughable. Once again, Verizon fails... — read more 

So Dan laid off 13,000 people yesterday, 2,000 short of the 15K total we've all been hearing about for the last few weeks. I'm hearing rumors from several sources that they plan to sell off Vz International (to BT) in April next year. Will the... — read more 

Only 9 Senior Leaders listed in the email sent out by VCG CEO…? Is the “significant organizational change” in the room with us? There was more than 9 RIF’ed on my 50 person team. What a scam this “new” leadership is

Feel sorry for people that were RIFed. Speaking of VCG as well as others, for the people still around, do we know when the re-orgs will take place and what they will look like?

The first sentence on the above doc says: You are advised to consult with your attorney before signing your Severance Agreement and Release ("Release") ...... etc. Is that really necessary? And, anyone done that in the past and if so why? If you... — read more 

Anybody in the Roanoke VA area or Minneapolis market GNT get hit ?

Just because you were just let go, or know of others being let go, doesn’t mean the laid off 13,000 in a single day. They got the higher paid, and the lowest performers off the books before the new year. More waves are coming. ETA 12/20 and... — read more 

A good read that relates to us right now https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-ceo-scott-kirby-confidently-declares-american-cooked/ Replace with Verizon and we can all relate "The current narrative among [Verizon]American executives is that... — read more 

What work groups were impacted by the layoffs?

Funny how Dan S couldn’t wait to send his email to lay 13k people off. Sent it at 7 am. Well it’s 8 am the next day and we still don’t know which execs, vps, sds and ads got laid off. He laid off all the people that do the actual work but kept all... — read more 

Looking forward(not) to all the brown nosing and but kissing the will commence into overdrive in the coming days for those that are left. People jockeying for attention so that they may not be named in the next round.

Who will get affected this next wave? Non-union again? Or Union? Any sources out there?

Does anyone know if our severance will be paid out in what format?

Developing a checklist of what to do pretty quick. Remember if you have Electronic Distribution set for W2 and 1095-C, you need to go to payroll site and select TAX FORMS and then opt (radio button at bottom of page) to Revoke Electronic... — read more 

There is no offer for vacation time?

My whole office is being taken over by Indirect and our positions are being eliminated. The agent was in our store recruiting within the first hour of opening the doors. The effective date is 1/1. I don't know how it will feel to work the holidays... — read more 

Did anyone get a package higher than $197,500 all in (vacation payout included)?

What a puppet guy come in just threw people out. Not even understanding of any sentiments who needs to removed . He’s not only a joker but he’s entire circus

I survived. Most of my team made it. And here I am, still unable to relax and sleep. I think this messed me up more than I thought.

You can't help but wonder why a once great company would purposely hire a corrupt and incompetent CEO knowing that he completely destroyed the previous company from which he came. What's worse, is that thanks to his gross ineptitude, well over 30,000... — read more 

Have any teams begun laying off contractors this week?

In October the U.S. saw more layoffs in one month than any month in the last 20 years. Now another 13k, there are no companies hiring we are out of a job and right before the holidays and a massive Great Depression hits. This is so much worse than... — read more 

The new CEO literally came in and said there would be layoffs. He literally said around 15,000 would be laid off. If you thought it wouldn’t have been you, you are living under a rock.

Read the comments. So many posts about how it’s heartless to do a mass layoff right before the holidays … and how this isn’t the right strategy... — read more 

I thought the report of a “leader” sacking a whole team on Webex was the most disturbing. Then the worst came in later, when I heard someone fainted after being told and had to have an ambulance called for them… this should have been handled much... — read more 

I survived but I don’t feel comfortable now. How long until I’m next? Executive don’t give a cr*p about us. I’m in network assurance and we were already thing with the VSP and bo-m! Hit us 15 more people in our market. What now??

I didn’t get let go but a lot of my peers in GNT got hit hard. Network assurance is already thin and they hit us hard. I’m just wondering what to expect. One thing I learned today is upper management doesn’t care about us or work load. 15 people got... — read more