As hard as it is to accept, for me and I believe many others, this RIF was a much needed kick to find something better for ourselves. It will not be easy to find a job now, but it is comforting that we will finally take control of our careers... — read more 

This website is removing all the posts that calls out fake and misinformation about layoffs. They are worst than Communist countries.

Does anyone know of any Director level and above positions that were eliminated, or was 5V and above immune?

That's my guess. Dump the business group people before the slow for them holiday season and get em off the books by the end of the year. Milk the VCG people for all they are worth during the busy for them holiday season and then dump them too after... — read more 

T-Mobile said it added 854,000 postpaid phone subscribers vs. estimates of 739,000. In the third quarter, AT&T (T) added 708,000 phone subscribers while Verizon Communications (VZ) added... — read more 

It's amazing how the strategy & execution are failing, but the people (i.e. the failures) who lead the company are the ones that get to stay and keep failing. Meanwhile, the individual contributors (ICs) get axed... and probably the same ICs who... — read more 

Get ready to only have 1 lazy SM rather than two. Finally, VZ is about to save money with SM watching movies in the back rather than helping when the store is super busy.

Layoffs Today have begun

Curious VZ employee.. hey it’s October we know the deal.

https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/1996885/will-higher-revenues-benefit-t-mobile-tmus-q3-earnings The company has more than 1.5 million Home Internet customers, positioning itself as the fastest-growing broadband provider for the third quarter in a... — read more 

Pretty much just live 10/26 (Today). Very little will change tomorrow within Verizon. The one thing that needs to change will not happen, you can count in it too! And that would be the CEO of Verizon to step down. Short of a miracle, when we all... — read more 

It's Verizon's biggest expense at this point, paying for rent and employees. So Vteamers get ready!

Some say that these RIFs will be based exclusively on performance, while others think that performance will not matter to a large extent this time. Thoughts?

Kick Hans out with his gold parachute. Terrible vision! Didn't pivot hard enough with COVID. Mmw would of set us far and away pre COVID, but slow rollout hampered by trump restrictions on tech screwed that pooch. Couldn't even push cband out... — read more 

Okay, so 10/27 and about 6k people. Any idea which groups will be impacted?

Low pay limits staffing and creates high turnover. Long wait times makes potential new line opportunities walk out the door. Experienced sales people are replaced with newbies. New sales people and low staffing allows missed opportunities. Team... — read more 

This company always preached work - life balance but lets discuss work-work balance My region (northeast) and primarily my district is just a constant beratement of negativity from the district manager. Its a daily what you are doing wrong, being... — read more 

The situation here is not nearly as bad as it could be, considering how poorly managed the company is. I am looking for a new job because I know in advance that any new change that our leadership makes will make things even worse. I absolutely do... — read more 

Check out this article, it's 000 loll pollfrom 2018, but it's spot on. https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/open-letter-to-44000-verizon-employees.html

Confirmed that HV acknowledged Q4 RIFs, but who's getting hit?

How did we go from 2.0 to 2.3 and what is 2.3 supposed to mean?

What we are witnessing is Ericson 2.0, straight out of Hans playbook. Go back and see what he did to Ericson, he's doing the same to us, they finally kicked his crooked a-s out when the stock tanked to $6 a share, looks like we're headed for the... — read more 

I have been telling you that "H" tore apart a once great company. We are a shell of our old self. We are not in a position to turn it around. Decisions were made to weaken our core workforce and infrastructure. Bigger disaster Ericsson or... — read more 

Wowwwwww please some one tell me the numbers are wrong… https://youtu.be/WHDrD6kW6RQ Look at this id--t’s face when she told him ATT had 708K new adds vs 8K from verizon. He couldn’t even say HE fk up and therefore he the only one to blame. It’s... — read more 

I expected that at some point I would be asked to do tasks not specifically outlined in my job description. However, it's already started to create a huge pressure on me and I really don't know what to do. Anyone else with a similar experience?... — read more 

Blockbuster incoming!!! Soon verizon will be the redbox 2.0 buy your phone at CVS or Walgreens. https://www.investors.com/news/technology/vz-stock-verizon-earnings-verizon-stock-wireless-subscribers/

Thanks to our pickled herring brain leader, it’s coming. Get your affairs in order.

A recent article showed that Amazon has a turnover rate of about 150%. The internal analysis was that it costs the company $8 million a year. Moreover other articles have shown that Amazon may have burned through all potential employees in several... — read more 

Seriously, as an employee and a shareholder how do we conduct a vote of no confidence for Hans and other VCG leaders? Clearly we can’t continue the course we’re on with our poor 3rd QTR results. Wall Street keeps telling us there’s a cancer in our... — read more 

Long Overdue. If the Board tolerates this performance, they should be held accountable by shareholders also.

Yep, we are lucky if 10 percent of our new hires make it to 6 months, most are gone by the 3rd month, mostball say the money is not worth the stress from customers and the stupid metrics. I generally agree with a person who wrote this (post ID... — read more 

Correlation or causation. You decide. Question #2. If you could draft one leader from the past to right the ship, who would you select? Lowell, Stratton, Killian, Strigl, Mead, Ivan? Others?

I would like to see my boss meet the same expectations he expects from us, considering that he thinks that these are not unrealistic expectations at all, but that we are not doing our best. I would like to see him try and wonder if he would manage... — read more 

How is that going to work? Do you go to the store with Covid if you are out of sick time? It's holiday time they really need you at the store...

Our stock is now at the same price per share as it was 10 years ago!!! Thanks Hans. What great growth you've created. How many more successful companies do you need to sink before you give up on it all. Let someone else do the job. Enough is enough!!... — read more 

Manager just told us that if we’re 100% complete by Friday, we’re getting lunch on him/her. Last lunch as a team before 27th I guess.

Last year, late October they gave me the canned speech. Well..... I know I can't change it or stop it, but they say you can apply for other positions within Verizon. Why would you?? The grass isn't any greener over there, plus the RIF will come to... — read more 

We are treated like cr-p daily. High quotas and cuts in compensation. It needs to change