I'm sure everyone received the upskill email. This is precursor to the coming round of RIFs... they'll make the case that you were offered training to prepare for the new world order. Get your house in order because it rolls down hill fast.

Verizon is doing their part to help keep their employees and customers safe by stopping new installs and limiting techs in home visits. They need to be applauded for this, no other telcos have taken this action. Thanks again for keeping me and my... — read more 

Got this news from a legit source

They change the rules daily sometimes multiple times during the day. We can go out. We can’t go out. We get paid extra if we go out. We don’t get paid extra if we go out. We have to wear a mask. We don’t have to wear a mask. Very poor and stupid... — read more 

Many customers received a promo for free 80 additional channels during Covid-19. I just got off the phone with a tech at Video for almost 2 hours trying to figure out why I’m not getting the channels. She was nice, working from home but we had a... — read more 

So worked for almost 20 years with Verizon and them moved to Infosys as part of the re-org. Thought I'd make a go of it and put in everything but the Indian manager who moved with us apparently didn't get the memo....Let's call him Vadlaman. Made my... — read more 

So as expected the customer facing employees are getting sick and are staying home. Infrastructure fails every day to some degree. When outages start happening that aren’t fixed for days, weeks, it’s going to be a very different world. Better... — read more 

now that we are home all day and everything gets old, this would have been the perfect opportunity to watch Go90! they had some good shows. everyone here in north platte NE loved the app.

Verizon (VZ -0.7%) is offering "significantly enhanced" compensation for its front-line workers who are still performing essential tasks, it says. More than 100,000 employees are working from home, and 70% of corporate stores have temporarily... — read more 

Do you think we'll be hit with this just like eveyrone else.

Have the rules changed at all on management employees who took the buyout offer in 2019 being hired back as regular employees or is it still contract only? Thanks’

At this time many unpleasant thoughts and questions will be racing through our minds. Even though the subject is horrible I feel it's better to be prepared. So here goes. Are you able to retire and initiate your lump sum pension payout 100% online if... — read more 

I hear the Chester Pa garage has been closed down for two weeks. Don’t know who is going to cover all their locates.

HAN's what are you going to do for them.the ones that dont qualify for your special covid19 leave.your going to put their families at risk to get an install done .what about the older guys that are more susceptible to death if they get... — read more 

What was the % for the profit sharing award deposited into 401k this week?

10+ new jobs found ‌ Android Engineer Verizon - Denver, CO Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals (i.e., object oriented design, data structures, algorithms, design, problem solving, and complexity analysis).... Mar 25 Distinguished... — read more 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2020/03/27/verizon-communications-and-the-next-internet-boom/#5526e5c55d1d

Heard there might be layoffs by end of month? What department will get impacted first and what organizations?

Profit sharing for last year showed up in my 401K, which I rolled over to an IRA after taking the VSP last year. Sigh. So, guess I'll have to do another rollover? What a pain.

AT&T is giving there people a temp raise where is ours

"We run to a crisis, not away." Means: We push our front-line expendable employees towards a crisis (WITHOUT ANY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT). "Hey, it's only an illness, & you DO get sick days, right?"

Just heard that possibly a garage in Yonkers had a positive test and that they were closing it and quarantining the employees they were in recent contact with? Just curious, I’m upstate...I’m kind of p-ss-d off that we aren’t getting paid any kind of... — read more 

I was recently moved from network engineer role to a Developer, the couple of full timers in the team don’t know or don’t wanna share much, they say go learn by yourself, how can I learn in house projects without much guidance? Of course there are... — read more 

Slowing internal network speeds. Up to Speed users told to use Twitter video today. Demand at the bursting point?

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/0c529720-fc16-3847-a286-b0a3183e160d/at-t-is-bolstering-pay-for.html

Buy Vodafone shares at $60 at the peak of the market Let go much needed talent at the time much needed and keep just your dumb buddies around for management. Buy red box, terramark, yahoo, aol and bunch of other businesses and turn them into... — read more 

Did anyone else get the E D C H @ N email? I don't think the under roos get it. Poorly written. And where is the SVP that was with HR last week?

Freedom of speech? Anyone?

Why can’t VZ allow more data usage with the COVID epidemic? Some customers may live in areas where wireless is the only option and streaming news All day to keep up with the crisis is the only way to be informed.

CenturyLink (CTL -6%) is extending employee benefits and protections in response to the global COVID-19 outbreak. About 75% of its workforce are working for home (exempting critical field and customer-facing positions), it says. And it's providing... — read more 

Realistically, if this lasts for more than two months as everybody is predicting (although I'm not sure why that seems to be the consensus) how long would it take for us to collapse? I know small businesses are already having trouble staying afloat... — read more