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I'm curious what department you're in, or what type of position you hold. I don't think anyone in wireline was asked to unclick that does call center work. IE talk and work with other LEC's to repair circuits. Thoughts?

There has been zero communication from leadership as to the future other than high level "rah rah" speeches. Nothing that allows an individual to make an intelligent decision based on their specific situation (i.e. what does the org chart look like... — read more 

=/- 30 hours to final decision.

Scroll down and read headlines, for a minute or so. Note the wide variety of industries, companies, and similarity of the events unfolding. Then ask yourself if this is what happens during "The best economy in US history!" "Record low unemployment!"... — read more 

Hearing many people have been asked to unclick. Are they more concerned about the headcount than the employees? Could it be?

Vz is rocking in Dow Jones . Who is the buyer ?

As of September 30, Verizon’s long-term debt was $106.4 billion, while its short-term debt was $6.5 billion for total debt of $112.9 billion. However, Verizon’s total debt declined by $1.7 billion sequentially from $114.6 billion in the second... — read more 

Has anyone who pushed the button to leave changed their mind this week? If so, why? What changed this week that makes you want to stay?

Haven’t heard of any corporate stores shutting down in quite some time. Is this a good thing or are they about to pull the plug on a bunch of locations? Also, about a year or two ago on here someone mentioned Verizon had plans to shutter all “ C”... — read more 

Is it true people are being laid off today?

Let's hear it for Nov. 16th, 2017. Or, as I like to call it, the single best day of my 11 years at Verizon. That was the day my manager let me know my position was being eliminated. Thank God! Congrats to all of you who are taking the money and... — read more 

I have two PhD but is not enough to land lux VDSI job. Where do I find best placement papers so I can review employment questions in advance? I must beat everyone with best answers and am willing to pay to be very intimated!

Looking for opinions doesn't have to turn into a thread war. Curious how many people think they get rid of the 20 plus year people first regardless of what department they are in. What is your guess on Dec 28th VS March and June? Note I made no... — read more 

Anyone else get this letter? And what do you think of accepting into it?

My boss was also asked "what will it take?." but after what they have done to him it would take a lot to keep him. Sadly it seems that while the new leaders have lots of drive and intensity, they have very little understanding of the US telecom... — read more 

Specifically for Texas, New York or California... Does lump sum severance impact unemployment benefits?

6 years ago my team was a lean organization, we executed on our goals and achieved them(Lowell said "Sankar you are inheriting a Ferrari" if you doubt it pull up the video). Now we have a useless CIO who came from Wire-line, which was so bloated that... — read more 

A major state of denial exists among politicians and corporate outsourcing shills about the negative effects of outsourcing on the US as a country. Look at the major drop in university enrollments in technical and scientific disciplines, that's... — read more 

Anyone hear the rumor that not enough 20+ year vets took the offer, so it's being selectively opened back up with a pot sweetener? The incentive I heard was them giving an additional 5 year credit to the original package. Full disclosure, I have no... — read more 

Anyone else see the conference call with Shankar in an hour?

I am disturbed by the amount of people I have heard from, that are either being asked 'what will it take to make you stay' or, because they've told their manager they volunteered, the manager took it upon themselves to ask for them to be held until... — read more 

How many have hit the button? Who goes first? Is it based off of seniority? How are they deciding these things?

Director had a skip level meeting yesterday and advised that almost 30% of the people in her org hit the button. She said all that did hit it will be released either December or March.

The ESP has been getting all the spotlight, but in years past, this Thursday in November has been the day to get all the RIF personnel out the door before EOY. We have an abnormally early meeting today, so we'll circle the parking lot for black limos... — read more 

What a waste of an hour listening to a boring webcast about Oath. Absolutely nothing tangible in that division. Just a bunch of millennials with limited ideas and too much free coffee. Jettison guru and the kool-aid gang in California. Marni was... — read more 

Actually, Hans is doing what people have been talking about doing since the beginning, creating one single Verizon. One single culture and a couple of business units. People and execs have been talking this smack for years but Hans and Matt Ellis and... — read more 

Wondering how many Verizon employees have second jobs or side businesses?

Key personnel accepting the package, unrealistic expectations for the FAST desk already shared with the group, and diversity quotas that severely restrict picking the best qualified for positions. All of this coupled with front line management... — read more 

It seems that 5G is coming to life in a commercial sense. In an official press release, Verizon stated that it has tested commercial 5G using a commercial smartphone( Moto Z3) and the commercial 3GPP 5G NR (New Radio) network. The test consisted of... — read more 

In other words, a decent percentage of the people offered the VSP are also part of the RIF list, so if they didn’t click the button, many of them will be getting the tap on the shoulder right after the 17th, with another RIF to follow in early 2019... — read more 

Matthew Ellis Yes, so we'll - some of the organization changes will kick in at the start of the new year. From a reporting standpoint, it will be the second quarter before we are in a position to report under the new structure. And we'll obviously... — read more 

How many of you will still use Verizon services once you're gone? I personally can't wait to switch to something else once I'm in no way tied to the company and I know a lot of people who feel the same way. I wonder if the number if high enough to... — read more 

Curious, was it open to directors and above?

5g equipment is currently being installed in all the central offices in the area I cover. Will wireline or wireless employees install 5g home?

1340s and above are safe for now. Get your Q-7 certification ASAP as it's being used in the red team/blue team rankings. Don't forget your 780-Cs and all earlier 1465(a) certs, as these are being used for evals too.

Anyone who’s been at Verizon over 15 years recommended to take the package, the purpose of this program to remove high salaries of the books and get in fresh blood with new ideas. To answer few of the questions here; not everyone will be approved... — read more 

Applied for a job outside of Verizon a couple of weeks ago and got called to schedule an interview for next week. Kinda thinking maybe I should have clicked... On another note, I heard my AD was working on new org stuff today so they must have a... — read more