Indirect and nationals will take up the slack. Get them resumes ready and I hope you're not the sole income provider for your household working retail. A rude awakening is coming for all of retail in the near near future. GLTA

It's really annoying knowing this huge change is coming but have barely any details at all. We know pretty much everybody will be affected in some way, so it would be nice to find out how sooner rather than latter. Any ideas on when we might finally... — read more 

No. The company has changed in a few short months. The culture is going to be different which is okay,but will be an enormous change from the stable boring and steady company run by blue suits. Those days are gone. If you have been here a while I... — read more 

Think about the magnitude of that number. 44k employees. That’s over 20-25 percent of the whole company including associates. If your in management you have a 1 in 4 chance your gone anyway you slice or dice it. Crazy

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/11/04/why-verizon-might-be-conceding-defeat-on-its-aol-a.aspx Management now expects revenue to be relatively flat at Oath going forward, which would put annualized sales at $7.8 billion based on Oath's trailing... — read more 

The whole point of bringing wireline and wireless together is to get rid of wireline reps. Think about it if you cross train all reps. Wireless can sell fios products in all stores.Plus the reps can take the calls and you cut high paid wireline reps... — read more 

Wireline is all union here in the north east. How are they going to intertwine non-union workers? Going to be very uncomfortable situation to say the least.

You get a ballot every year. Research your choices and vote. It might make a difference.

Any guesses on how the reorg May affect indirect locals and nationals?

So is it safe to assume that all wireless retail stores will sell landline products starting in January?

What will happen with wireline CSSC?

Folks have until 11/17 to recant VSP so i’m assuming it will come after 11/17. Anyone knows when rif will be announced? It will be brutal to get laid off right before thanksgiving

Has anything or anyone since 9/24 when the VSP was offered given you a good reason to NOT volunteer?

Great to see Hans Ebbers repeat the same old MCI focus of 20 years ago! Consumer, Business, and 90s icons — Yahoo, AOL, and MCI Mail. That worked out lousy as the silos competed for limited Network and IT resources and ultimately returned to the same... — read more 

The word excited was used multiple times on today’s webcast. How many of you are currently excited? Many team members are mentally checked out. Not just the team members that accepted the package, but, those that are not going to accept it as well... — read more 

We won’t any additional substantial changes until very late 2019 after all VSP plays out... Watch and see... Hunker down people.

And all of it is documented here on thelayoff dot com, you just need to go back and see older posts from 2014, 15, 16, 17 and this year. "RIF-REORG" mode of operations, and we always get it in October and November. Really, just go a few pages back... — read more 

How do you separate a business in 3 parts based on the customer type when the main product (the network) does not differentiate between the different types of customers? Who does what? Will teams have to be separated in 2 groups even though they're... — read more 

I suffered through that webcast nonsense but I see nothing on the vsp page other than the 60 weeks total. Was this all thelayoff b---s---? Hans will need to bathe me in riches to get me to opt in now. 3 weeks uncapped is not enough anymore.

How is this going to look? Right now at least on the wireline side the FSCs, DRCs, CSSCs/ BSBC all handle both business and consumer. Would the FSCs no longer do support for business? Or would some FSCs do business support and others residential? How... — read more 

How many people wish they could get back that wasted hour of their life spent on that Web Cast. Everything is clear as mudd with a great big coating of world class super fantastic on top.

I remember it like it was yesterday: Stratton standing on stage annoucing the 6 new markets in wireless. So exciting! All the little vteamers in the room were applauding after every one of his sentences like good little koolaide drinkers. And then... — read more 

If you are undecided staying is probably the better option. Remember that this not an all or nothing offer. If you don't take the VSP and get riff'd in the future you will get a package probably worth 2/3 of the current offer so say up to 40 weeks... — read more 

Maybe they decided to see how many takers they could get with 60 weeks. I think this was a "lets see what happens". Like buying a house, the seller wants 400. you offer 380, they say no you want the house, you pay 400. We all know who they want gone... — read more 

What happens to local Marketing/Finance/Ops Office based employees if there are only 3 markets? We align to sales markets.

I've been a Director for a very long time in VZ. I really truly enjoy my job, but the future is not what I'm looking towards. Nothing wrong with where the business wants to go, but I think they could have made better decisions in letting VZ folks... — read more 

Should we ask the admin to create three separate pages for VZ now? Consumer, Business and Verizon Media Group/Oath? It looks like there will be thick separation lines between the three? Thoughts?

Lowell killed every corner of innovation that we could have had. His video direction was wrong with go90 and IPTV. That was a bust. Fios is barely hanging on to the customers it has because the whole platform s---s. VOD and IMG is the worst product... — read more 

the local exchange areas of vz landline will be sold off to small telcos. ctl, att and frontier gearing up to do same. no money in maintaining copper plant for rez cus. small telcos purchasing rez will convert to 5g lower overhead. vz will still... — read more 

New Yorkers - be aware - Unemployment is NOT approved when Severance is paid (lump sum or not). NY unemployment goes by the weeks that the severance is paid for, one can get unemployment after the # weeks of severance time ends ...… if one is not... — read more 

No major Reorg news will be announced today. Wednesday will be the day. Wed 11/7

Did Hans get the Memo? It is Verizon 2.OOOOOh not 2.zero. Trying to be hip with dinosaurs is so hard.

This makes no sense... Still 3 seperate companies ... each segment has HR,Finance and Legal ????

It is being led by Hans and is about the changes occuring. Any wireless GMs or SMs looking on here please go to the wireless section and comment what you take away from the call. It will have the same title as this one. If you are involved in a... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/1059518550728212480

How will this affect me in the store? When will they eventually close? How can I volunteer for a severance?

Told everyone wireline and wireless is merging

I would totally miss her Linked in propaganda posts if she left. Thank goodness! https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/05/verizon-communications-to-reorganize-business-segments.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2012/08/09/10-signs-your-company-is-for-sale/#39a4fb5440b4 Yes, we are for sale. Questions is who is buying the pieces?