Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

They own the manholes poles and conduit and cables.
The other companies rented

@aj TWO eateries?! One with a Marriott chefs flipping omelette(s) into the air?!
Boy oh boy Mr Wilson, you're right, GTE was the last great big telco. 23 skidoo.

the last great big telco was GTE........10k raise for a job change within'.....

D/FW had free underground parking
2 eateries.........one with Marriott chefs flipping omelette(s) into the air.........
Gym and a swimming pool.

VZ came in and ra--d it one day at a time.

100% stock match...

FU-K VERIZON!

@a5 agreed. I would add that the continuous reorg efforts have detached the Dir./Sr.Dir/AVP/VP from the core of each business units making their careers' stability and preservation their main goal. This has contributed to create and reinforce the "silos culture", along with an increased level of bureaucracy now spiked to the extremes by the automation. Verizon does not work from the inside out and this is perceived by the customers and market.

@"current AT&T is really Southwestern Bell who bought the name AT&T.

Correct, but where do you think Southwestern Bell came from (Answer: AT&T)?

@"Verizon blazed the trail in network excellence...LTE rollout was years ahead."

Again, Verizon "reusing" another company's innovation as it didn't invent LTE.

P.s., I Project managed Sprint's rollout of LTE Network in 2012 (about -1 year after Verizon). Yes, I've been around telecom a long time!

Same deal with the US of A, all smoke and mirrors but finds some cheerleaders to pretend otherwise

Actually Verizon used the a retirement company where one can spend their career without having worry

Well, yes and no.

"AT&T" no longer exists. The current AT&T is a corporate fiction and is really Southwestern Bell who bought the name AT&T.

As for Verizon, Verizon blazed the trail in network excellence for the first 10 to 15 years of their existence as Verizon. The LTE rollout was years ahead of AT&T and T-Mobile and (at the time) Sprint. The nationwide 700mhz deployment was the gold standard.

Was.

And then a series of bad decisions, starting with Lowell overpaying to buyout Vodafone, sitting out the 600mhz nationwide auction, paying for useless mmWave, etc.

@FiOS biyatch! - You think way small!

I'm referring to truly World changing Technological breakthroughs not stringing together cable runs to rural towns.

You better bone up in your history:

AT&T
https://memorial.bellsystem.com/belllabs.html

IBM
https://www.thoughtco.com/ibm-timeline-1992491

P.s., I was the Product lead for AT&T's Voice over Cable deployment in 2000 which was five (5) years + before Fios was even launched. Bell Atlantic/Verizon didn't "invent" cable technologies nor even the concept of bundling. I also was the Product lead for the first telecom bundle service in 1997 by AT&T.

Want more?

@a5 have to agree!!

@a5 Actually VZ is heavy regulated along w/the other US telcos. Why are Europe and Asia always ahead of the US in unveiling and rolling out new telecommunication products and services? It's not the fault of our telcos....

Verizon is basically a government operation. No free market economy would have produced an organization run like Verizon. The constant reorgs made performance management impossible, and unfortunately many lazy deadbeats remain post rif when quality hard working people were let go. It’s a disgrace.

FiOS biyatch! We had FiOS running in rural america way before cable companies converted. And TeleGo - don't ever forget that one from late 80s. Want some more?

Is this what we will be subjected to here for the next month?
I mean have at it if it helps… No charge.