Those who get laid off with a severance are the lucky ones. Verizon is a sinking ship that has been led astray by poor management, bad decisions, and years of brain drain leaving the company a shell of its former self. Future changes will only make... — read more
All yall laid off are invited the party.
Valhalla Culture would appreciate the party invite to folks laid off. We got food drinks and fun vibs. Remember $110 fun fun fun. Haters can stay uninvited
We'll be hiring again soon
I'm willing to bet that we'll be hiring for at least some of the positions that were cut within a month. This is about getting rid of older employees who earn more than those on top consider appropriate, everybody else is collateral damage. Once... — read more
Will Valhalla handle the extra workload?
Title says it all, can they handle it?
Don't do the extra work!
For the love of everything sacred to you, don't pick up the work of your laid-off teammate/s. Just don't do it. Find a way to make yourself unavailable and always busy with your own work. If you do it, you'll end up saddled with more work for no pay... — read more
"Small Number" Of Layoffs - Yeah Right!
We all know how big this place is and the right foot doesn't know what the left foot is doing. So we will never know the true number. Only Swedish Meatballs bean counters do... — read more
Hmmm... Who assembled the list for those being cut?
So I am seeing many, many strong performers with excellent team dynamics getting canned while some of the most useless and unengaged people that I have ever seen being retained? Just curious, anyone know what criteria was used in the decision-making... — read more
VZ up almost 5%
You guys wanted the stock to rise! All it took were some layoffs. I’m wondering if the Valhalla people have an opinion on this?
Do any of you people realize how many employees can be cut and NOT trigger a WARN Act notice?
500 people in a SINGLE location is a high bar. VZ can inflict serious damage to staffing and not come close to triggering a mandatory notice. I don’t know where this 2% number comes from, but it is averaging in a LOT of groups who did not receive... — read more
Curious
Are all the people rif'd leaving on 12/30/2022?
Come, Elon!
Come buy Vz and fire our execs. The BOD doesn't have that courage.
Vz vs tmus and Att
This is how Pathetic we look next to Tmobile T-Mobile said it added 854,000 postpaid phone subscribers vs. estimates of 739,000. In the third quarter, AT&T (T) added 708,000 phone subscribers while Verizon Communications (VZ) added 8,000 on a... — read more
More lay offs = more outsourcing
The continued outsourcing to India and the Philippines by Verizon to save money (I doubt it saves that much) shows that vz has poor leadership. Had they made better decisions ($12 billion for tracfone recently) and economic adjustment charge for... — read more
VBG
What VBG groups were hit?
Get ready for a lot of offshore outsourcing
Lots of folks in IT got riffed and now a lot of people still there will get the joy of working with some sh---y offshore outsource folks. Very typical of companies to pull this type of idiocy. Fire people and outsource abroad, spend a few years with... — read more
why we lost our jobs
CEO, CTO & CIO are the ones who need to go ! Dropped calls and slow internet: Verizon responds to... — read more
Federal Job Postings
Anyone looking for a job who was affected by the RIF today. Here is resource. Federal government is hiring... https://www.usajobs.gov/
I feel relieved but at the same time pi---d
I work in wireline and we just had this weird reorg that started this month that changed out our comp plans, reshuffled our teams, and cut our year end bonuses by 25%. Was soooo pi---d off to the point where I wanted to seek legal council for a... — read more
TMUS Earnings Call: Intentional, factual, logical!
At 4:30pm ET today I watched the live T-Mobile earnings call. It was a breath of fresh air to see how a US communications company should conduct themselves! I understood every one of their management teams' commentary - on point, fact based... — read more
Hans - thanks for letting me leave with my dignity. When’s my goodbye party?
** A special note to our great leader** Thanks, Hans! You’re sending us out with dignity and allowing us to spend more time with our families, focus on new ventures. After 20+ years, it warms my heart to have the opportunity to job hunt during the... — read more
Come Back Lowell!
We need you back Lowell to stop all this woke BS and put the focus back where it belongs, on the core business
Wheres the WARN notices?
I checked NJ, TX, CO, CA for WARN notices filed and theres none. How is VZ skating around that?
Anyone have news on Valhalla?
Considering how important they must I’m curious if the Valhalla Culture Club survived the exodus. I really want to go to this party and have my $110 ready.
Horrible customer treatment
Submit a signal issue ticket and see how long it takes tech support to respond. I’ve been waiting over 2 months and multiple calls. Now they want customers to pay for wireless workshops. Force customers to use cumbersome touchless transactions so... — read more
It's come to a boiling point
Nothing surprising - they are cutting better employees than those who stay. I believe that for the few talented people who survive, this will be the breaking point for them to leave...
We knew these layoffs were coming
People have been talking about these layoffs for a while, long enough for everybody to be aware they were coming. I truly hope everybody took it seriously and nobody is unprepared for this situation. I don't want to sound callous, but if you have... — read more
Is it over?
Has everyone been notified?
More secretive than ever
I find it interesting that these cuts are more secretive than ever. I'm not saying that they were too transparent before, but now somehow everything happens behind the scenes. Did you notice that too? Why so much secrecy which negatively affects... — read more
Severance details
Can anybody who has been laid off today please confirm if this is true? Severance is: 2 weeks pay for every year service (capped at 35 weeks) STI paid at 67% of target Stock Together paid on normal date in Spring 2023 All unused... — read more
Please re-apply asap
For those of you impacted by the rif, be sure to re-apply for employment at Verizon if you want to stay on. You may not get the exact job you prefer but you can possibly remain on at VZ. Do this even if your last day is 12/31/2022. I had two good... — read more
Any ideas yet on how big the cuts are?
Are we talking dozens or hundreds here?
Oh Boy!!
Anyone from VZW on here?
Manon and Krista need to go.
10-15% cut in VCG last month and 10-15% in VBG/GNT/GTS this month. Meanwhile, Manon and Krista are so incompetent and useless, they're the main reason why our stock is tanking. Krista never should have been promoted and Manon can't even communicate... — read more
Wireline Thread
Any updates on the wireline side? It seems that things are as we were told.
Friday 11/3 Layoff Plans
Now I am hearing rumors they are not done and we (VBG) may have another wave on 11/3? Anyone has more details on this? It seems unlikely?
Is it just VBG?
Nothing else is affected?
Maybe next year = (
I was so excited about possibly getting riffed that I went to sleep feeling like it’s Christmas Eve and I’m hoping for Baby Alive (she was my favorite doll) Now the packages have all been opened and it looks like I didn't get one. Another lump of... — read more
VBG Layoffs
What teams in VBG are impacted?
Rift 2022
I was called at 7a this morning and let go, what a mind fu-k this is.