Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

I think an AVP and one of their SD were offered new positions

My AVP is moving to a director role and my SD is being let go.

@am same, AD told to stay home, no office visit tomorrow.

Allegedly, most or all AVPs are being demoted, which sounds like bad news for EDs/SDs.

@ap Yep, once the frontier acquisition is complete, redundant groups will be chopped. Keep in mind, they(frontier) have about 15k employees themselves, so it’ll be the second bloodbath.

OP here. My team finally got the direction to work from home tomorrow, but instead of sending a message to the whole team, employees and contractors got notified separately. Everyone was thinking they were in a unique group, but we all got the same instruction. I say this because your boss might be the same kind of weird as mine, so try not to jump to conclusions. This is all so needlessly d-mb.

My AD and another AD from RF has simultaneously busy Thursday from 7am to 11:30 AM

NA checking in. Wasn’t told to stay home tomorrow. No communication today. Probably my planning on being home anyway, too stressful.

There may be a list finalized somewhere today but I saw a finalized list this past Monday and it was drafted the previous Friday. From what I'm noticing ADs did not have a direct impact on the decision. I would say that should be happening all year round not before riff time.

We were told for our Market to stay home tomorrow and wait for a call...thats it...
GNT/Field Assurance

@ar Makes sense to work from home and I don’t see it as a good or bad sign. Everyone is on edge, so best to stay home.

Seeing lots of different things about the WFH orders in this thread. My team was told my our AD that we can work from home as he saw that other teams were doing it but the orders were never officially given to him. Said we can do it if we want to, not sure if that is a good or bad sign or doesn't mean anything

@am so if I wasn’t notify of anything that means I am in the let go list? My manager is out but my AD hasn’t communicated anything with me.

@ac she’s 100% correct … after frontier purchase completes another major

@am damn… Joe Russo too? That su-ks….

@ak We were notified on our weekly call this morning its true...notifications tomorrow am..we wer told to stay home and wait for next steps...

@ae if this is true it wasn’t shared with techs

@a2 individual contributor? Is that what us network techs are considered as?

Wow, you mean incompetent management lays off incompetently? This company is on a straight shot to the gutter. Comcast has a fork and kn--e in hand to eat up this company

Im pretty sure avps and sd already lnow their fate

@ad "Same for her" as in WFH ("Work From Home") on Thursday. 11/20/2025

@a9 Kwame who? He was gone last week. Along with JR

@a3 Our daughter said same for her. One time on the 80s, I was working for a company that went out of business within 2 years (a private Publishing firm). My creep of a boss had me work all day and gave me the news just before 5 PM. Most others were let go before lunch. Layoffs, are HEARTLESS!

Our daughter, who works in Corporate, said there will be ANOTHER layoff in March, 2026. And.... the bleeding begins. I was caught in the 3rd or 4th layoff at Fortune 500 company in the mid 80s. It was mind, heart and soul crushing. However, my life took a completely different direction and I would NOT have changed one minute of my new "career".

Good luck to everyone!

@a9 OP here. Sorry, I’ve not heard anything about wireline.

Do you know if this applies to wireline? Under kwame or Yolanda specifically?

@a6 OP here. How that part went down varies by market. In some markets, ADs were asked for input, in some they were not. Final decisions happened higher up. I don’t know at what level. I do know from watching many RIFs in the industry over the last few decades that when the RIF is this big, the decisions are usually made at the very top in consultation with an external firm that helps manage RIFs. Manager input is usually only a big factor in small RIFs. But nothing about this RIF feels typical, so who knows.

My AD is out till Jan 1.

question is the list being pick by ED or AD?

what if ED/SD/AVP is impacted?

@OP thank you for the details. But, “ have everyone’s contact info on your personal phone?” I do but once I get some other business taken care of if I’m cut I’ll be deleting all of those contacts.

My manager said my director suggested we can WFH tomorrow. RIP

@a1 GNT=Network. AD=Associate Director ED = Senior Director/Associate VP depending on structure. IC= Individual Contributor.

GNT . . . AD . . . ED . . . IC . . . OMG . . . LOL!