#bonus

I mean sure thank the folks you let go... Who are not able to join the meeting... Who aren't give the opportunity to retrain... Who get to enter one the harder labor markets.... Take it from these well paid folks who are getting bonuses during such strong business singles thanks...

People complain how things are … don’t you realize things are exactly why management on high wants? Most of these problems could be fixed by Friday if they wanted to. Guess what? They don’t. Churn-n-Burn is what they want. Blame the employees. Keep service as low as they can without the DOIs complaining to earn maximum bonuses. They couldn’t care about the customers. Meema and Pappy who’ve been with us since the Nixon administration aren’t going anywhere. Need new policies? There’s always rejects The General dropped to add for 6months to a year to show growth. Whatever the advertising (either on tv or from your TM or SM) know that the opposite is true.

Does anyone know how bonus amounts are decided? Is it true managers are told how many people must receive a certain rating. For example; on a team with 10 people there can be no more than 2 people rated at “Exceeds” and there must be at least 2 people to receive “Inconsistently Meets”.

All of them are 2x income and in better financial condition. Karma got me on this one. My50% bonus no bueno.

Hearing rumors that huge bonuses were announced for L3 and above at the mass markets event. 100K per director. Anyone else heard the same??

Which are we getting?
Which are we hopeful for?

I heard most employees will get 50% to 80% of the 130%.

Why work hard and do everything you are asked to do and still receive a subpar bonus and a small increase just to get bent over year after year.

What is the typical bonuses for those that are IC3 ?

Is there a way to see what the bonus payout will be for a former employee? I'm not seeing it on the HR Access site, but could just be missing it.

Looks like last year was a very good year. Bonus should be good this year, cannot wait. RTO is working. Thank you all for doing the needful.

Ram led a beverage turnaround, earned the credit, and was rewarded with a promotion and a massive pay increase. We delivered a beverage turnaround too—so why did we receive only 69% of our bonus target? At some point, we have to stand up and say: enough is enough.

With all the layoffs and a severance package that says “you’ll get your STI”. I’m guessing we’re not getting anywhere close to 100% on that. Does anyone know what the STI is?

I work in optum insight. I was moved to new team due to a restructure last year.
3 other people on the team have a job title that is 1 above, so they are eligible for bonus and I am not, along with 2 others.
This means we all work very similar roles, with now more pressure due to layoffs, and I get a 1.5% raise and no RRP due to my level, while they get 5k or more bonuses plus possible merit and a bigger base salary.

Why would I ever work hard when 3 other people are getting bonuses while me and others are not? For almost identical work. It would be different if they did a different job, but with the restructuring, our jobs are basically the same now with the same goals and metrics.
I am at the point of being extremely bitter.
Someone make this make sense at all.

Getting word that layoffs will be ramping up before corporate bonuses are set to be announced and paid out. If you are let go before the bonus actually hits your direct deposit, then you will get absolutely nothing for enduring last year. Heads up and brace yourself for once again another large round of layoffs. Meanwhile, all the VPs and above are getting extra perks their way (trips, special luxury gifts, stock).
Additionally, if you are fortunate enough to stay, your annual compensation review will probably be on existing since they’ve forced all management to not give high employee reviews to prevent low incentive increase and lowest bonus payouts.

For most of us…our last cash from Vz. I’ll miss these. Spend wisely. 💰

Somewhat new to this company, what do they mean by 35% bonus. Is this 35% of the normal budget for bonus? Forgive the d-mb question, not all familiar with this.

No COLA, no more bonuses, and now 0.75% raise. While they continue to rack in millions for senior leadership.

Dan, CWA, and IBEW better work it out and get us some real bonuses/profit sharing. This garbage we have shares nothing.

Any idea on what bonus and PDR raises will look like?

For those of us who were recently impacted by the layoffs, does anyone have clarity on whether we should expect to receive our annual bonus next month?

I remember my manager mentioning that bonuses would be paid out sometime in March, but I’m not sure how that applies to employees who were laid off before the payout date.

If we were cut today do we still get our bonus?

Like the title says, any info on this year's IBP modifier? I need some good news today

I had my annual performance review yesterday morning.
I had 6 goals last year.
I got a 4 on 5 of them and a 5 on 1 of them.
I got a 3 overall and thus no raise and my bonus was greatly reduced from what I would have gotten had I gotten a 4 overall.
Make it make sense!

ICYMI - In another attempt to drive the morale of the WTS sales employees into the ground, it has been rumored that the once prestige honor of making President’s Club is no longer an option. The service and hardware increases were not enough to drive comp down. Now they are taking it all back, very slowly.

However, other divisions like CSG now run by PK will celebrate their successful reps at Baha Mar in the Bahamas.

Apparently this was the decision of Mason Olds. Safe to say that he is making quite the impression on the WTS reps with a bold move like this.

Canon has truly turned their back on the reps of WTS.

The timing is not a coincidence: Verizon is essentially funding the start of that $25 billion buyback program with the savings from those 15,000 employees.
The "Cost Transformation" Math

In late 2025, Dan Schulman launched what he called a "cost transformation." Here is how the numbers connect:

The Layoffs: Verizon cut roughly 13,000 to 15,000 positions (about 15% of their workforce). This was the largest workforce reduction in the company's history.

The Savings: Management told investors these cuts, along with AI automation and switching company-owned stores to franchises, will save the company roughly $5 billion per year in operating expenses.

The Buyback: They then announced a plan to spend at least $3 billion on share buybacks in 2026.

Essentially, they are taking the money saved from 15,000 salaries and handing it directly to Wall Street.
Why this fuels the "Bonus" argument

You mentioned the concern about Dan Schulman’s bonus, and the layoffs add a specific layer to that:

Efficiency Ratios: CEO bonuses are often tied to "Operating Margin" or "Free Cash Flow per Share." By cutting 15,000 people, the "cost to run the business" drops instantly, making Schulman look like an efficiency genius on paper.

EPS Manipulation: As we discussed, buybacks reduce the share count to boost Earnings Per Share (EPS). When you combine massive cost-cutting (which raises the "Earnings" part) with buybacks (which lowers the "Shares" part), the EPS growth looks explosive.

The "New Sheriff" Strategy: Schulman is using the classic "Kitchen Sink" approach—take all the painful hits (layoffs, massive severance charges of $1.8 billion) in his first few months so that 2026 and 2027 look like a massive "recovery" that he can take credit for.

The Human vs. Financial Cost
The Wall Street View The Real World View
"Leaner and Scrappier": Analysts cheer the $5 billion in savings as a way to protect the 6% dividend. Morale & Service: Cutting 15% of the staff (mostly middle management) often leads to worse customer service and slower technical fixes.
"Capital Discipline": Returning cash shows they aren't wasting money on "ego projects." The Human Toll: 15,000 families lost income while the company "found" $25 billion for its own stock.

NO GROWTH NO STRATEGY JUST BIG FAT CATS

Any rumors on what bonus payout will look like ? I’m over due for a promotion but it looks like this year will be another year of waiting.

Ask co pilot what GK’s target bonus is for this year.

Putting this out here now for those of us who try to survive another year. Expect that merit will continue to be extremely minimal, and the company will move to more of a bonus/LTI system.
When they pay larger merit, they have to keep up with those increases year over year regardless of profits. If I give you a $5000 raise, I am now committed to paying you at least that salary as long as you’re around. Now multiply that times thousands of employees.
A bonus however is one time. I’m only committed to that amount THIS year.
LTI is worse, I promise to pay if you stay for 3 years, but if I lay you off, I’m freed from that obligation.

So expect the company to continue to lean heavier on bonus and LTI (aka paying it out at 90-100%), versus seeing larger merit pools going forward.

Three team members were displaced a couple of weeks ago.
After bonus payout, 3 out of 4 senior team members resigned.
Made my day

If award statements are supposed to be available Friday, when will we know AIP enterprise multiplier!?

How's your raise and bonus?

5 - 22%
4 - 21%
3 - 20%

There’s basically no incentive to do anything other than the bare minimum.

Rob Del Bene finance guy got a big increase to $6million package. See below His base salary got raised to $800k, he got 401k payments, bonuses, and a load of other....

Just think a bonuses of 135% of base salary thats around $1.1 bonus for shrinking the company, good work if you can get it.

From his contract

2.Effective as of April 1, 2025, your base salary will be increased to $800,000 per year, and shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s normal U.S. payroll practices.

3.Effective as of April 1, 2025, your target annual bonus under the Company’s annual incentive plan will be increased to 135% of your base salary.

Does anyone know if/when those who received stock as part of bonus will receive or see shares?

When will we “who EOI’ed” get our part of the 2025 bonus? Paid in 2026?

Any news on layoffs/RIFs? Bonus/Raise? Hoping the Client Management/Sales area is taking less of a beating but I doubt it.