#layoffs

I told everyone it was coming every RUMOR there is a truth in it, i wish he would have talked about the other layoff that will come in February after the frontier neegee is finalized too that number will increased as we had a VP who helped with the transition a few months ago to finalize it, get your résumé’s updated, get your financial in order, also they will try to FIRE YOU BEFORE THE LAYOFF happens to avoid paying you the severance package do not trust any of your managers and leaders make sure you document everything VERIZON cannot be trusted its time the employee UNIONIZED and become Stronger….. YOUR AD/SR MANAGER BEEN HAD ThE LIST OVER 4 Days AGO IT WAS RELEASED ask KATHLEEN GRILLO…. Vz has no transparency the employees knew and everyone kept it a secret from us acting like they didnt fu--ing know shir

If you are fairly young and get let go, do not burn the bridge because Verizon does rehire in the future, in this job market, it is all about who you know most times.

I hope things work out for all of you -- both those let go and those left to pickup the pieces.

13,000 layoffs begin today. Here we go...

Vz team- please use this thread to report if you are impacted. Let’s use the below format
Group—Band—last date
VCG—6–12/30/2025
VBG—7—1/14/2026

This says a lot about him as a person or leader..

Verizon will be sinking ship. Forget customer loyalty, I do not think there will be any employee loyalty.

Say you get told in a few hours that you're being rif'd. What are you going to say in response to your boss? I know there's no options, just wondering how I'll take it if it happens and what to say in return, other than just sitting there d-mbfounded after giving them 18 years of my life.

Announcement date of December 15th for the closing of the Bloomington Minnesota office.

While Hans is running through the streets of Abu Dhabi shouting “Leeeeeesssssss Gooooooooo” and Dan the man is completely silent, VZ Employees are left with what today?

Who actually has any morale or pride left in working for this company? Is anyone actually proud to be a VZ employee? If the business as a whole doesn’t sink, the morale and sense of pride sure have. Prove me wrong.

Years of layoffs have made a very toxic work culture. People do not want to help their coworkers because they are afraid they might be the next person looking for a job.

You cannot have a work culture where you lay off the most experienced people because they make more and expect those same people to mentor younger employees. Instead, you have created a culture where no one wants to help anyone.

I think my chances are about 50/50 of being impacted today.

I started at the very bottom and worked my way up over 28 years. In that time, I’ve held—and mastered—multiple roles. These roles allowed me to learn how everything works. I’m one of the few people who truly understands how everything works end-to-end.

I’ve built many systems and processes here that only I fully understand.

So if today is the day I’m “promoted to customer,” I take comfort in knowing Verizon is fu---d. I won’t be here to take anyone's calls, explain how something works, or why it was designed a certain way. I won’t be handing out contacts or filling in gaps or giving out recommendations on solutions to complex issues.

And I also take comfort knowing I’m not alone in feeling this way. A lot of people know where the bodies are buried—and they won’t be helping either.

Good luck.

Looks like JC has found the company that can be saddled with massive abandonment liability. Will Repsol do any due diligence and what will it mean for employment?

Meeting Invites being sent out today. From what im hearing there is going to be a trimming of the fat. RIF's for Christmas!

With companies like IBM laying off thousands —
Microsoft laid off 9,000, Amazon ousted 14,000,
Accenture about 11,000 — it might be time to
seriously consider the future of this
displacement.
We won't be holding our breath.

https://www.bgr.com/2025199/ibm-tried-replace-workforce-ai/

Or am I just hearing nonsense? Why would they have something against white collar back office?

Please take some time and review and send in especially if you are a frontline worker. Regardless of what happens on 11/20/2025 we should join. We have been getting raises less then inflation for years, our Rx coverages got way worse and our insurance increased by 30% of cost while removing almost all employee discounts from other companies. That whole new program actually cost more then retail in most cases. Providing awards points which are pennies on the dollar while PSO workers get weekends off but reps who have been performing well for over a decade can't see their families on the weekend.

This needs to stop now!

https://cwa-union.org/ Your leader wont help you, your SM wont, your AD wont and sure as he-l your director wont. Time to have a real work life balance and livable wage.

https://cwa-union.org/

People often ignore these or maybe are too proud or whatever, but these can be invaluable. They certainly were to me when I was laid off from my last job.

Will there be more layoffs in Berlin and other parts of international? It is a good time to get rid of employees with high salaries and perm contracts due to Ironclad laws in Germany like how it was done in Milan. Otherwise the Ellisons will have to live with them forever.

We have families and kids that depend on us. Everyone’s all worried and it’s impossible to find a decent job in this economy.

Damn it. They have no empathy. And all the available jobs su-k and are pay cuts.

December

I’ve worked in the retail side of the business for 8 years. I’ve seen the shift of customer service to overseas, the inflated quotas and the lack of communication between higher ups and store level management. The company has changed its direction 180 degrees and shareholder profits and faith have shifted with it. For a lot of people the job search is what scares them. I personally see severance, unemployment and time with family around the holidays as an unexpected surprise to embrace. Some people are okay with complacency, but sometimes you just need a change.

Reading all types of potential nonsense talking about its going to be one of the hardest hit in layoffs and pressure to run the back office function even leaner, etc.

I’m going to …

1. Exercise and eat better and take better care of my health.
2. Study up on personal finance to figure out how I can retire early, so I never have to deal with this type of bullsh-t from an employer ever again.
3. Organize and clean my house.
4. Spend more time with people I love.
5. Cook new recipes.
6. Learn martial arts and challenge the Hatchet Man to a duel

I think I will enjoy having more free time on my hands!

Former Hessie in transitional role. It's been 7 weeks and we are abandoned in the Hess building incommunicado. Not a one of us has been contacted by our new CVX managers. Logging on while collecting a paycheck just in case. 👀
I spoke with some CVX transitional people (former coworkers of mine from a past life) and they too have been cast off from their original team and left in the lurch.

No one understands why they kept us on the payroll but I suppose it's a good problem to have if I don't die from boredom. No plan for us whatsoever. Thank god my tenure ends in 1 month. I pity the ones being held hostage till summer awaiting severance.

This is the strangest layoff I've ever seen/lived thru in more than 20 years (and 2 of those were CVX acquisitions in the 2000s).

Sounds like a bunch of agency’s had cuts/layoffs today 11/19. The ELT team is all in the Omaha office. Will we be next?

Was notified today that I had to submit 4 of my bottom guys. I was shocked because I thought they were protected. Turns out only the senior guys have a security or non layoff agreement. The union has been notified and have been given the list.

120,000-140,000 corporate employees voluntarily departing in the next 2-3 months.

Vote with your feet! Your signing bonus will be the severance that you're passing up.

Will reorgs be announced? If so does that mean that new org charts were already made in advance? Or is tomorrow strictly just layoffs

• yes, layoffs are happening today.
• multiple areas are hit (including digital one and us digital).
• dpt hits (some listed but not all): digital one, digital one implementations, us digital, client office, finance (svps), settlements, ibs, channel sales, offshore d1 devs.
• entire channel sales team is reported gone.
• ibs and settlements report several cuts.
• finance svps and senior directors in client office were laid off.
• some teams shrank from about 15 people to 5.
• good, long term employees are being cut.
• news delivered via teams meetings, poorly managed.
• we are all anxious + angry + resentful.
• leadership su-ks.
• additional random sh-t.

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1991292691423035830

Need to set the alarm, don't want to miss the call and pi-s my boss or HR off, they may fire me.

Anyone here heard of a RIF tomorrow or have any last minute meetings added to their calendar?? TIA

I know many will dislike this post, but I really do not care. I am glad Verizon is dropping all DEI initiatives and going back to merit-based practices. Good luck to everyone tomorrow. Even if we don't get a call tomorrow, I have no doubt more are on the way.

so who is being cut? is it reps, online channels, managers, assistant managers? under performing stores/reps? it’s all confusing

With all these layoffs happening tomorrow and early next year. Do we still expect for a strike to happen out in the east coast or will the new CEO settle ?

Technology Sector layoffs -

Here are the (current) numbers, year-to-date; which includes Verizon laying off; 15,000 employees next week.

2025 - Total (thus far).

644 Layoffs - 201,675 employees affected (624 people per day).

2024 - Total (for comparisons).

1,115 Layoffs - 239,101 employees affected (655 people per day).

The stock market, and the U.S. economy are (2) different things (ultimately) the stock market will catch-up.

I still project a Major Recession enroute for the U.S. economy by mid-2026 (should current trends continue).

These are the facts.