There were several posts about the rumors of SMgr, AD, D & SD. Are they still on the target lists for the 2026-2027 RIFs?
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Some one needs to tale a hard look at mkddle management to see if they have upskilled themselves in AI amd have taken any management classes,have they been on their positions for over a decade, what kind of innovation they have been bringing to the busiiness , how did they get promoted - was it their experience, knew some one, race bassd , nepotism, Are they mere talk track and gathering and presenting data wirhout their own inputs.. cleaning the house strategically should impact the stock price.
Sept 24 is finally supposed to be the day reckoning for all of these AD’s with headcount of 6 or less. There will be a reduction of Directors as well - across all departments except NA operations.
My group lost 70-80% of SD. But they retained Directors and ADs. I think we need only one layer of people’s manager at Band 6 either AD or Director but not both.
@OP They are as accurate as all of the other posts on this site.
ADs are the glue that keep things running. We all know the ICs do all the real work, but without ADs between the upper bands and ICs blocking and budgeting, ICs would be overloaded with administrative tasks. Please keep your ADs in mind, they may have lost some of their capabilities but they know how to prioritize and push back.
Of course they are... name me one sr Director or VP tgat takes owners for poor results... but so many who take credit for good results.
Vz C Level is spinning constantly achieving resukts behind AT&T and T Mobile each quarter.
So bad they are now selling dark fiber.. the holy grail.
@OP nothing has changed yet at leadership levels...they just rotate roles to make it look like we are "restructuring" for the press....we are still pretty much disorganized, fat and inept...all the positives have come from previous layoffs...expect the stock to drop back in a few weeks again
I have not heard anything for certain. but It wouldn't surprise me if they did just that as it is the only way to achieve flattened organization and efficiency.
all these are made up titles and were given during the previous leadership which gave people a fake recognition to shut them up without any meaningful increase in responsibilities nor meaningful raise while top leaders and their cronies made millions.
e.g. Mgr was first moved to SrMgr, then moved to AD (title change only)
AD moved to DR (title change only)
Dir moved to SrDir (title change only)
during that time VZ saw an increase of the number promos to PMTS and DMTS that can't do a regular engineer job, of course they were given peanuts for the move because they were mostly given no extra responsibilities, and that was merely to show fake recognitions for nothing to show for it.