It seems to me the leadership is trying to have its cake and eat it. Stretch the remaining workforce as much as you can whilst expecting them to adopt AI, close multiple offices, remove any hope of career advancement unless you want to move 1000 miles, provide no clear strategy or plan and leave everyone on tenterhooks wondering if they’re the next one to be riffed. No empathy or support from senior leadership or HR. It’s a complete shambles and something major is going to go wrong very soon operationally. Verizon is not currently a coherent or fully functioning company. It’s crying out for some strong and clear leadership that adopt an understandable and logical communication plan
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Do you have a best friend at work? How do you answer that when you're the last people left in your group. Is it survival of the fittest or luck of the Irish to be here doing your job and the jobs of everyone no longer here.
Verizon is subject to many contradictory strategic targets all at the same time which is why the employee experience right now is so damn painful
Upper management has access to internal Gen AI server pulling technical knowledge from trouble tickets & PGL data bases that's currently training cheap labor from India to replace our jobs. 😝
Yeah right. That ship has sailed a long time ago. WTFU!
I have yet to meet a single “leader” at Verizon, strategic execution, planning….. are all foreign concepts
Our incredible CHRO wrote a LinkedIn post recently that resolves these concerns. Emotional intelligence combined with artificial intelligence is the future and she is leading the way on both - it’s an inspiration!
Copied from her post:
Verizon has been recognized as a Platinum employer on the 2026 Where You Work Matters list - and it's a reflection of something we deeply believe: when we invest in our people, we strengthen everything we do.
From learning and development, AI upskilling, a culture of wellbeing, meaningful career opportunities and employee engagement, we’re committed to creating an environment where our employees can grow, lead and thrive. Because when our people succeed, so do our customers and the communities we serve.
Delivering on Verizon’s purpose to power and empower how people live, work and play takes more than the best technology; it takes the best people – the V Team.
I am grateful to work alongside the best team who bring that commitment to life everyday.