#change

Goodspeed everyone.

I’m going to join the rest of you in Technology! PNC wants me in the office 5 days a week, no problem. Just to let managers know, when my shift ends, I am not available until the next business day at my starting time. I simply cannot make myself available during my commute into work or after work or on my personal time any longer. I have over an hour commute to and from work. I need to change my availability to be there for my family. It’s unfortunate because this is not something I wanted to do, but in order to accommodate my family I had to make some changes just like PNC had to do. As far as technology is concerned, I don’t think any managers should be reaching out after office hours when issues arise. It’s unreasonable to have employees come in the office every day and get home after 6 o’clock and then have managers calling you because online banking is down. My cell phone will be turned off.

what is something out of the norm that they’ve never done before that you’re noticing that’s happeningy? Is this something out of the norm for you and this time of the year?

Decline in value 3 consecutive days. Time to let the board activists drive real change - let’s get on with accelerating the next two chapters for gods sake.

I just saw on another thread that the RIF for 1/22 was moved to 1/23?? Is that correct and what’s with the change?

We are moving forward talking to the Teamsters
Union. The lack of strength shown by CWA leaders indicates it’s time for a change to a new strong union. With just a few more signatures we can move forward with a lack of confidence
Vote.

Anyone have any details on the big operations change coming?

Some numbers and data to review as many on these boards are asking questions re changes and prospects:

1. Enrollment decline or as they call "purge" of approx one million member:
   https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/medicare-advantage/unitedhealth-projects-1-million-member-drop-in-medicare-advantage-enrollment/

2. UHC's total membership by state:https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/unitedhealthcares-total-membership-by-state/

3. Areas of exit.
   https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/unitedhealth-exit-medicare-advantage-plans-16-us-counties-2025-10-01/

Speaking of HouseCalls in particular. It appears that cuts will be targeting mostly rural areas.

RJ reign begins.

Hi folks,
Is there any news if EurAsia structure will continue? Any news on OLM and RLM structure? Recently lot of Eur-Asia LT changes.

The market is at all time highs and our stock is down 3%, back to $24. Exactly where it was a year ago. Zero progress while everything else runs.

Banks across the board are downgrading the stock to “sell.” Wall Street has no confidence. Employees have no confidence. Yet leadership keeps pretending this is working.

How much louder does the message need to be? This strategy is failing. The stock is dead money. Morale is wrecked. Talent is leaving.

Enough excuses. Enough doubling down. We don’t need more spin. We need real change. Now.

Get ready leadership ping pong 🏓 starts

I'm still not convinced Dan is a bad thing for this place. I think it'll just take some time and pain to get where he needs to be to see the positives. I could be wrong, but I'd rather wait to make my judgement than make it right away and proceed to stress over things I can't change.

I retired early from CVX as an engineer at 52. Luckily I started a side hustle that turned into another company that gave me the outlet corporate world didn't. Spouse is still there as a 30 year engineer and on Monday he gets to walk into a open desk space with just his laptop and squat. Cube farms for all and no more private office after 20+ years. How are others feeling about this change? Is it changing your mindset about staying?

I’ve watched a steady parade of senior leaders come and go, and after a while it hits you that there aren’t any truly new ideas. It’s the same playbook over and over, just repackaged with fresh buzzwords and a shiny new label. I can’t count how many times I’ve thought, we tried this five or ten years ago, they’re just calling it something different now. Once you’ve been around long enough, the pattern is impossible to ignore.

Has anyone heard anything more about the in office changes?

Do you foresee more mass layoffs? Reduced benefits? Or maybe some positive changes?

I am in the PMR and have heard rumblings of “changes” in 2026. Anyone heard anything about what these may be?

I’ve heard from four different people that something big is supposed to happen in January 2026, but nobody would give me details. I’m curious what they might be talking about. Any guesses?

FYSA: Mr. Schulman, H-1B visa price hike deemed lawful by federal judge.

A federal judge has rejected a challenge to the White House's proposed $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas. The court ruled the price increase is lawful, citing the president's "broad statutory authority." Separately, the Trump administration announced it will end the lottery-based work visa system in favor of a new weighted selection process. Officials claim the changes will prioritize higher-paid, higher-skilled applicants. The updates follow months of shifting guidance on fees and restrictions tied to the visa program, which is widely used by technology companies to hire foreign talent.

In a surprising move, our CEO has appointed a new hotshot CFO with a global business background, replacing a seasoned executive with years of experience at MPC and MPLX. This change could be a response to performance concerns or may signal a significant shift in company strategic direction. If the latter is true, it raises the question: Could more long-standing MPC/MPLX employees face a similar fate in 2026?

Glad to see changes . About time we made an extreme pivot.

1. 56 percent DEI
2. Failed macro strategy of increasing price plans when post covid people has lesser disposable income.
   3.Blanket outsourcing without thinking
3. Open checkbook on failed investments without strategic direction
4. Failure of chief revenue officers to create organic revenue for the last decade . A
   Few were let go after warming seats for a decade.
5. Incapable of lobbying with FCC for negotiating on spectrum auctions resulting in paying premium that put VZ in further debt .
6. Hibernating chief strategy officer. Does anyone remember the name.

Anyone heard that there are senior leadership changes in APJMEA? My manager was on a call earlier and changes have been announced.

Seems an odd time to make such senior changes to the leadership who have been in place for many years.

We’re holding steady at every other week for connect weeks! Also, who else is incredibly thankful that Fido never required the ‘shot’ to keep employment?!? A true blessing!

Is anyone else having to change up their weekly shifts, to rotating, so that someone is working everyday? Instead of Monday thru friday?

Is anyone else's weekly shift changing to a rotating by the week? Is this company wide?

While Verizon has a long history of failed execution from go90, aol, yahoo, hum, finance transformation, VGS, blue jeans, plus play, and even something as simple as RTO - Verizon does succeed at empty catch phrases. Better matters! Change energizes us! Go beyond! I’m anxious to learn what catch phrase our overlords will rally us around next.

Many of the changes that are made are planned 12 years in advance. They are broken into smaller runs that lead up to the final piece. Instead of making everyone fear their jobs wondering who will get the ax next and creating an unsettling environment, why don't they just make those plans public? It would give people an idea of whether they should apply for a job and how long they should be in their job. Morale would improve I would think because people wouldn't be whispering wondering who will go next. I have worked in both environments here where people knew well in advance their job was ending and when and where people thought it might end looking at signs but they were unsure. The environment where people knew well in advance was not very stressful. A few people left early but most stayed until the end then moved to other departments or retired or went to another company. There was no bitterness, nothing negative really. It was very stressful where the people didn't know. I accidentally found out one person's job was going and they turned down early retirement. I wanted so much to tell them they should take it but I couldn't. It would also be nice to see what the company is planning across the globe in the future. The information is out there. Why not be transparent and share it?

To all,

Enjoy the holidays, love the time with family and friends, feel th peace of today. The New Year will be - changes, what you want it to be , exciting new opportunities or cr-ppy same ole. Don’t put your energy on tomorrow, instead embrace today and your peace.

4 days in April will become 5 days in July/August.

Looks like next year will kick off with the merging of BFS into AFO. This is aligning with the one title tech as mapped out earlier. As a previous DT I hate to hear this because AFO does not treat people well. If I was a DT still I would move to construction asap. Otherwise be prepared for a lot of residential work and a whole new set of guidelines you will NOT like.

Have you noticed that the constant volunteer harassment has ended. Maybe Verizon is turning a corner.

What is the new sick time policy going into effect in 2026?

Heard a rumor that more big org changes are coming. Any details? My money is on BH as next COO.

staying at Dell in 2026 makes no sense at this point, time of change is here....

Thoughts on our new leader in Medicare, Martin, coming from Amazon? Thoughts on our good old Aaron leaving us after 29 years’ of service?

Oh looks like he actually just went to be the CSO at Walgreens. Guess he realized high complexity supply chains weren't his calling and he'd rather be back in the consumer commodity world.