the cuts were too deep and haphazard, with not enough precision or thought given to the reality of the situation.
Now the back-peddling and re-hiring will soon begin in order to get things back on track.
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@cq its not managers, but the people who actually do the work.
@e0 "we"? There is no we.
@dm when the contract is not signed we can lose them all
@aw cannot reduce labor/craft employees. the low tally of 50k remaining is not feasible.
@ck less managers so merging groups is long overdue. We're still very fat on the management side vs reports. Lots of fat left.
I have already heard a couple groups are reorganizing others into the roles that got laid off. If we are eliminating positions why is this happening? Because as usual they react and have no plans.
@aw this makes sense 50k but the rest would be contractors. That would be the smart move
@ae Verizon has always managed after cuts. Its never a big problem. Never a reason to rehire for old jobs and contractors should be used for cost savings
@a7 No rehire which means not bringing back anyone. They were not needed. No head count for old jobs
@af it would be nice if it was you so you would just go away with your bad guessing.
@a2 How long he got
https://x.com/USCorpFilings/status/1978056977734393947
@aw If they would cut 100,000 more, payroll would see considerable saving.
Maybe not the customer but, is that REALLY our concern?
@aw and any given month should have one. Period.
Cuts not nearly deep enough. Many more to come. VZ should have no more than 50k employees. Period.
Brain drain can derail a train.
"these layoffs made zero sense. Some teams were cut down to the point where they can can no longer function, and what’s worse is that a lot of the experienced, genuinely skilled people were the ones let go. Now whole groups are missing critical roles, people who actually knew how to tie things together and solve problems because they’d built that capacity over time. It’s not just about losing headcount, it’s the quality we lost that hurts the most. We should hire more clueless bootlickers. Eventually the chickens will come home to roost, when all ya got is yes men and your need for loyalty superseded what our customer's needs were.
In this scenario, a basketball team might offer better customer (fan) service by only putting three players on the court, and expecting to nonetheless win against their main two competitors. Keep your god players, and get more, not less.
This ill-advised shutdown needs to end. All factions need to get together. People need services hey send money to us to provide.
They got another giant cut coming in March. Then 6 months after the process might start.
It will take 3 months to realize it, and try to fix it internally. After 6 months they will be trying to back fill some of those positions again for less pay.
Sort of like Verizon selling their network to Frontier only to buy it back years later.
I want to be like Dan when I grow up.
Looks like a Pill Popper
@a6 You haven't been at the panicked meetings, smoothly-operating systems have gone south.
"We used to have a guy for that."
The "all hands" was missing 13,000 pairs of hands.
Rehire, contractor, whatever brings in a paycheck, the wording matters little.
What are the contracting offers on the table? 12-month contract? 18? To be renewed?
no one will be rehired, but they will bring back ex emps as consultants. a tale as old as time
You just dream on.
Re hiring will never happen
How long he got?
That’s why we call him Dan the Hatchet Man.
He took a hatchet to the company and gutted haphazardly
The All Hands today was awful. Could he slurp that coffee any louder?