Lotta hot air and a whole lot of inaction. “Thinking about” volunteering (some people are trying to stay, while you have to ASK to be let go?) does nothing and earns you no points among the rest of us. You say the same sh-t every RIFmas and continue... — read more 

He barely reads at a 5th grade level.

Hearing rumors of the tulsa office closing. Does anyone have any information on this???

When do you think the next RIFF notification will happen? April or May?

Flight to saftey over. Vz stock resetting and back to low 40's/30's. Zero strategy execution exposed. Buyback and layoffs only strategy. Without Executive Leadership... BOD only option is merger and tap out with bonuses. Merge with Charter and let... — read more 

Anyone else notified of their all hands meeting getting pushed out?

Heavy work, broken tech, bad managers, tiny raises. Insurance keeps getting worse. Basic tasks take all day. Sales and customers dropping, no vision. It's a mess.

Took some work, but I got there. That also means I'm done trying to prove myself, going above and beyond, or giving this job anything beyond what my paycheck already covers. At this point, it's obvious that performance is the last thing that matters... — read more 

Has this been confirmed?

I can see there will be the usual suspects Eisp offered to union field soon .But all the rumors of some huge enhanced one and a blanket everyone can leave one do not seem to be materialized.It seems it’s same usual yearly Eisp offered to limited... — read more 

What does it mean when the Indirect or authorized resellers get the new brand logo on their buildings before the main corporate locations? Asking for a friend

So are we really getting hit hard again or it just another speculation. I wish I could understand how they’re all still looking to cut down when we’re already thin. Most of our areas are the sizes of what two people used to handle. Are we going to a... — read more 

Now the count is 30 jobs, 27 of which have openings in the US (also state could be in 10 locations). Jobs in India down to 3. The openings all must have been posted on the Saturday before Easter, and 21 people hired in India on the same day. Yeah... — read more 

Layoffs ki-led any sense of teamwork. Don't let anyone near your work or they'll take credit. Hide your files. Even managers are doing it.

I have friends and colleagues at verizon and several other companies and organizations. I've heard many, many complaints about D.E.!. hires but I've never heard a single positive thing about them. Never once have I heard someone say they were happy... — read more 

We have internal job postings all the time, but it’s becoming pretty obvious a lot of them already have someone in mind. People go through the entire process and then lose out to someone who seems pre-selected. Why even put it up if you already know... — read more 

What's the consensus? I see people here mentioning the next big round in May. It'd be nice to have even a couple of weeks where worrying about being cut isn't piled on top of everything else.

Heard from a sales manager today Alpharetta is closing

I'm so done with this Company, I'm in a position they won't layoff but am so done with all the new management stupid decisions, It didn't work 20 years ago, didn't work 10 years ago, didn't work 5 years ago, but hey I'm a new guy and I think it will... — read more 

This will be my last post about temple terrace but it is 100% closing so just get ready. The ASI 3 auction is few days ago and they have Desktop, monitors and security cameras listed. The monitors listed have a unique 10 digit V asset ID so you know... — read more 

Anyone want to take a guess at who will take control after the company is run into the ground?

I am likely planning on resigning from my position sometime soon (partially because it’s become a nightmare and also due to a family issue). Is there any harm in volunteering for the next RIF? I see many dates on here (April, May, June, etc.) I don’t... — read more 

RIF end of May off the books end of June.

Habit? Compulsion? As if employees and clients don't already see the reality. It's not like they're trying to attract talent anyway. At this pace, there soon won't be anything left to replace with offshore workforce or AI.

The Rural Broadband Build is currently on hold over having to pay prevailing wage. Verizon and the Federal Government are fighting the States over having to pay prevailing wage. They are holding the States hostage saying that unless the prevailing... — read more 

Yeah, not gonna make that mistake again, that's for sure.

Filtering on Japan and Australia show 0 jobs. Great job tools team on getting the query working! Way to go, VZ leadership export those jobs! I see positions listed that could have been filled by people that were recently riff'd. What a BS company... — read more 

Anyone has real info here? How many people and which business unit getting hit ?

I heard from realiable source there will be cuts in GNT in April but not sure how many. Anyone know more?

You might have heard: Verizon is transforming. We’re hard at work serving customers in new ways, building fresh solutions across the business, and operating with urgency and honesty as we grow forward. What remains constant is our culture: integrity... — read more 

Why is it so secretive? Are they going to reduce workforce by October ?

Maybe it’s because I’m just new-ish to Verizon but reading this article is the first I’ve heard of some of these talent initiatives…? Culture OS? Transparent career growth? Personalized development? Making it sound it seem like we’re some A-list... — read more 

The (Bottom Line) is that (No Matter What) Corporate (AI Workforce Displacement) is going to (Increase) into 2027 (at least) - A (Perfect) recent example is Oracle who just (Prioritized) Ai spending over Employees by laying off 25,000 on W... — read more 

Is that the plan? Workload's unmanageable. Half the tasks are things none of us know how to do. What am I supposed to do? Magically acquire a whole new skillset?

Heard from my leaders that Stock Together was approved. We'll be getting email soon (i don't know specific date) on details.

earlier this week I got an API key for Claude Code. my coworker in EMEA got one too. she also got an email from her band 5's chief of staff asking to verify if she still needs to use Microsoft Apps and to present a "convincing and strong business... — read more 

One bad idea after a other - so many to list but let’s take MEC for example - we spent hundreds of millions to build - the “consultants” and internal Verizon lifers in leadership said it’s going to be revolutionary and make us billions. Results …... — read more 

Can anyone share/confirm what total management headcount are we sitting at after Nov impact and frontier acquisition?

Back to Reality.... Trump economy, War heading to " Over". Gas prices coming down. Stocks back in favor...Vz no execution.... honeymoon over, New External Execs sitting in group therapy saying how are we winning with DEI and no clue how to execute... — read more