As a spouse to a former Verizon employee who was riffed several years ago. I understand your fears. I pray all get the decision you wish for. Just know Verizon is a business and no one is irreplaceable. There’s no heart in it. I know what this kind of stress can do to a person. If you are riffed please take it as a blessing and leave Verizon in the rear window of your life. The constant mental torture of worry every few years is devastating to a person’s confidence and self worth sometimes. As my spouse is here in a hospice bed the only thing I’m grateful for is that Verizon means nothing to him. If you have your health and family that’s all you need. Hold your head up and find a job that won’t run you through mental torture every few years. It’ll be worth it no matter how it turns out for you today. I wish you all the best in life.
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@"but the men and women who built this into a once great company."
Seriously, Verizon was NEVER a "Great" company. They never invented any groundbreaking technologies nor created any new markets nor set any significant business or technology trends.
Verizon (Bell Atlantic & Nynex) was spawned from AT&T (AKA, "Ma Bell") and grew primarily thru acquisitions (GTE, Alltel, MCI and potentially Frontier). Yes, they built out an excellent network but their real success come from leveraging sheer mass scale.
AT&T and IBM would be examples of truly great companies. Verizon is an "also ran" company who's day in the sun is fading because it ignored it's customers.
Thank you for sharing your kind words. Verizon might not mean anything to your husband now, but the men and women who built this into a once great company allowed me to have the career that I did. Please thank him for his years here for me. Peace to you both.
Your words are kind and meaningful. I'm sorry for your husband's situation, but it does prove the point that a job is a just a means to an end and not the most important thing in life. I left VZ a few months ago and I couldn't be happier. I have many friends that still work there so I try to keep up with the happenings. This whole situation is awful, but everyone who is tapped today can look forward to something much better in the future.
There is so much fat in VBZ they could afford to let most of them go just for incompetence. They will find out shortly.