Axes 30k with a cold am email? VZ is warm and fuzzy in comparison.
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It sounds like they were told to leave immediately too.
That is crazy to me- no transition period?!
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@cc May I get you some cheese with that whine? 😆
@ab and let's put the richest person in the world (Elon Musk, on his way to a trillion dollars in net worth) in charge of DOGE, so he can be the one to decide if our SS and Medicare are wasteful or fraud. Heck, let's put a multi billionaire scammer in the Presidency too. Apparently half the country likes this system because they consistently vote for it.
@b2 that was hilarious even if it wasn't true
I can’t imagine Verizon firing the masses in email. People in Lake Mary wouldn’t find out for days they’d been fired as they are busy at the golf course midday or on another “appointment.”
At Verizon, they follow the Halal method — leadership proudly claims it’s “thorough and process-driven,” ensuring every last drop of morale is drained slowly… while employees remain fully conscious of what’s happening.
At Oracle, it’s the Jhatka method — quick, clean, one email… and you’re instantly “liberated” from payroll before your coffee even cools.
HR Ethics Panel Discussion:
“Which is more humane?”
Verizon: “We believe in transparency and extended suffering—I mean, transition support.”
Oracle: “We respect your time. You’re shocked, we’re done.”
Final verdict?
Not about compassion.
Just depends on which boardroom bas_ards prefers: Slow-roasted anxiety or instant vaporization
And now, in a beautiful act of corporate alignment…
Verizon cafeteria serves Halal — because why should the layoffs be the only authentic experience?
They fired 30,000 people via 6 AM email while reporting a 95% increase in net income last quarter.
Oracle isn't a struggling company. Oracle made MORE money than ever.. and still fired 30,000 people because they're spending $156 billion on AI data centres instead..
and Larry Ellison.. the guy who just fired 30,000 families.. is worth $200 billion.. the 3rd richest person on earth.. he owns an entire Hawaiian island.. Lanai.. 98% of it.. bought it for $300 million like it was a vacation home..
this is the same playbook every single time..
IBM fired 7,800 and replaced them with AI in 2023.. Amazon cut 27,000 the same year while reporting record revenue.. Atlassian cut thousands while profits climbed.. Google laid off 12,000 while sitting on $100 billion in cash..
they told you to learn to code.. you learned to code.. they told you to upskill.. you upskilled.. and then they replaced you with the thing you helped build and sent the termination letter before you woke up..
the company made record profits and decided the reward for that was firing the people who made it happen.
No thanks, I prefer an email and DONT make us come to office to tell us!!