With Verizon’s acquisition of Frontier moving toward completion, industry analysts expect a first wave of layoffs in March–April 2026. Estimates suggest roughly 4,500–9,000 Verizon employees could be affected, mostly in corporate, administrative, and overlapping network operations roles, while frontline technicians are likely to be spared initially due to regulatory broadband obligations. Some of these reductions may come through voluntary buyouts or early retirements, but the merger will still represent one of the largest workforce adjustments in recent Verizon history.
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I hope so. Fingers crossed.
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Major Lee Obvious? ;-)
OP, aka Captain Obvious, you are hereby promoted to Major.
Outstanding job Sir!
@OP you are truly a ROCKET SCIENTIST. What brand is your crystal ball and made in CHINA? DONT POST details to what is already known!!!
@OP keep guessing. Some people it's all that got, guessing
@a7 okay ma'am.
correction OP: "frontline technicians are likely to be spared due" to unionization.
Absolute trash post. 😆
Seems pretty obvious. Same pace as before (monthly). Just more people. If we could eliminate useless meetings and critiquing PowerPoint slides prepared for the useless meetings that would be helpful. Then again, Sampath reused his slides from last year so maybe this is VZ 3.0. Let’s set the foundation.
@a7 my god, 40+ years. Pull the plug and enjoy a retirement
finance will be hit hard from what has been said
@a7 WoW was a pivotal transformative winning strategy to embed mean girl leadership culture with no accountability into our industry leading culture OS. I look forward to the clarity that social clique bullies and LinkedIn humble brag warriors bring to our revolutionary frontier merger. Midlife sorority life culture energizes us!
Verizon model is scale to be tier 1 ISP.
The issue is Frontier is a one trick pony... fiber ISP. Zero mobile, business revenue impact.
Verizon/Frontier is a flat ARPU model so headcount/Redudant expenses are focus of growing EBITA. Top line revenue is a 2%-3% model.
Issue now is integrating two culures where Vz has DEI embedded Middle/Upper Mgmt Team based on everything but merit.
Being a 40+ year Vz employee just sharing the facts Mam.. nothing but the facts!
@OP - Yeah, what's your point?
Of course more people's jobs will be consolidated with another merger.
This has been going on at Verizon for decades. It's Verizon's growth pattern they've repeatedly done which accounts for any substantive revenue increases.