With all these RIF's I've never seen this chat this quiet..Suppose to be over 1200 people
Extension has passed
The people have voted. The 4 year extension has passed, lets go make some money.
RIF Today
Plenty of good people hit today on the business side. Anyone else hearing numbers? Really quiet on the board about those hit.
Verizon looking to acquire IBM Cloud Services
Just had a chat with a friend in the acquisitions team. Seems that less than a year after offloading the steaming dumpster fire of Terremark Cloud to IBM that Verizon execs have now been sniffing around IBM with the idea of buying IBMs cloud... — read more
Hans will bring 5g into reality 2018 2019
Then more than half the workforce will be riffed or laid off,that is why the company gave the wireline a good extension..
CTS takes over Verizon IT services
Rebadging will happen for all IT employees and will require to accept a vendors official offer. Announcement will come by this month end.
PHX AZ store closures
More Phoenix area stores closures happening q4 confirmed anyone hear different?
Micromanaging is our credo
Let's maximize your time off the floor with coaching and observations and conference calls where we b--ch about your numbers...and then find anything and everything to get you in trouble. The Verizon way....
Rumor of layoffs this week
must be a load of c-ap as there is little to no postings about it.
changes to wireless business coming?
ive been told there are some employee friendly changes happening this year in wireless, anybody know of this? diff hours? no sundays?
What's the deal with unused vacation and a severance package?
Joyfully taking advantage of a well-timed "transformation" to get the heck out of this job. What is the deal with severance and unused vacation? There is an end date for the package ("last day on the books") but I figure they will just show you the... — read more
Does anyone know what hans has planned for verizon,what direction is he going to take
Will it be like ecrisson and get rid of half the workforce and cause the stock to loes 60% of its value
Who deleted the union by October?
Who deleted the union by October thread? Does Verizon somehow have access to this site on administration level? Prob some douche manager or upper sad it's come to micromanaging at this level. It's pathetic. And nobody does a thing or stands up for... — read more
Six Sigma Layoffs
How likely is this? Any time soon?
18 Months and counting.
I have 18 months to go to hit my 30 years. Wish me luck.
Anyone hearing about a tmpmd Black list?
Reps getting in trouble/fired for switching accounts over to TMP MD without selling a phone or a device
Commission payouts down over 8 Million !!
Solution Specialists commissions payout were down over 8 million from the previous month. This figure does not include the amount managers were down. New structure saving the company lots of money.
Indirect nationals...
Any updates? Seriously...
What is happening to this company?
I know there’s going to be a lot of haters but this just blows my mind. I’ve been at two different garages the past 6 years and both were the same. There’s always a few guys that come in late everyday. Not a couple of minutes, but 10-20 minutes late... — read more
Business Transformation layoffs
for certain there's a RIF happening on the business transformation side next week Any more info on this?
I told you kool aid drinking sales reps that the commission structure was garbage
How is everyone doing out there since sales dollar attainment has risen over 30% from last month. hahaha you dumb reps...
Han's need for 5G
It was bound to happen.... sign up all Jazzy's with GPS on the super fast 5G Network for quick recovery or tracking! Great commercial for telematics don't you think?... — read more
4th Quarter EISP
I’ve heard from 3 different sources that there is going to be an eisp for the 4th quarter. Rumors are that it is going to be the enhanced eisp ($50,000 + $2200 for every year of service) and that it is going to be widespread, many different titles... — read more
August RIF
While it has been mentioned a couple of times in other posts, it does not appear to have any legs. If this were a real possibility, I would expect there to be significantly more activity/posts about it.
Will WiFi Wipe Out Cellular? Probably!
https://wifinowevents-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/wifinowevents.com/news-and-blog/roundup-google-station-wi-fi-expands-xfinity-mobile-grows-and-all-clear-for-german-free-wi-fi/amp/
Now I know what you Wireless Reps have to deal with
http://abc11.com/raleigh-man-charged-after-driving-car-into-raleigh-verizon-store/3830678/
The age of Van Helsing... uh, I mean Hans Vestberg. Good luck.
From: Business Insider, Nordic, July 25, 2016 by Vilhelm Carlström Ericsson, the world's leading provider of telecoms network infrastructure, announced today that CEO Hans Vestberg would step down with immediate effect. The announcement follows on... — read more
No Rebadging... Only RIF Verizon/VDSI
Just now got news that no company is agreeing to rebadge VDSI employees becoz of the existing high package structure for manager and above bands. Now management came to a conclusion to get rid of more than 50% of these people and then go for... — read more
Official! VZB takes over VZW transport network
Genia Wilbiurn accounced today that all VZW transport functions will be taken over by VZB techs! Yet one more nail in the Union coffin, even in Union areas the Carve out gives unlimited rights to contract! Good job bargaining team!
Huntsville, AL
Closing * 07/18/2018 07/28/2018 VERIZON WIRELESS Huntsville, AL 122 jobs lost
Verizon Competition Eats The Dust.....Yet Another Win For Wireline
Those Wireline Boys and Girls keep dialing up wins as they keep the pressure on the competition with outstanding service......This has been recognized by all facets of upper management and just recently rewarded with a job secured contract including... — read more
VZW #1
I got a big promotion today. I think my newly created position is safe from any RIF, At least I hope so LOL my manager knew i was not happy in my current position, so he made it happen. Keep working hard for your opportunity and goals at VZW....
Selling of Oath
We now that Marnie and Stratton are gone. The talk of being a content provider is going away, I would assume Oath will be sold. Finally someone from network at the helm that gets it instead of some marking moron. I would think oath, ves and... — read more
Contract Extension Settled Too Soon
If there are increases in the future health care contributions then why agree on this so soon? Why not hold out for as much ad we could get? It’s not like the contract was going to expire and we were going to be on strike in a week. We obviously had... — read more
Another call center closing
Verizon Call Center in Huntsville is closing at the end of this week. Some employees transitioned to home-based agent model, some relocated, some received severance. Not sure if this was already mentioned on the board previously, but here it is just... — read more
Seriously bad news.
I just got back from an after work outing with some big dogs in the company, where my supervisor got wasted and basically let it slip that Verizon plans to dump major reduntant positions on the wireline side to slim down labor before a potential sell... — read more
One Verizon
What kind of feelings do you have working at Verizon? Why does it matter that it's not so easy? Why do you think it would be different elsewhere?
Can you help me?
My phone isn't acting right, I can't receive my verizon.net emails anymore... I forgot my Gmail/apple id/hotmail password My phone keeps popping up with these ads My 5+ year old phone won't hold a charge anymore is it still covered under warranty? My... — read more
Good times at Verizon
Our shares rise as it attracts more subscribers through unlimited data plans: Per Reuters: https://reut.rs/2A45mpp