I still have not heard what Oath is. It cannot be a Facebook or Google or Netflix.

I've been with the company over 10 years with the internal helpdesk known as the ITHD/NSC/LSC/ITSC, you name it. 5 years ago we had over 200+ young technicians learning and improving and supporting various commercial clients that made Verizon... — read more 

FLS2 here. Thank god for the new commission structure. You shady reps never deserved 80k+ to begin with. In fact you were all the inevitable death of Verizon, and the reason why honest hard working reps were always frowned upon by leadership as well... — read more 

I heard 3 year extension from two different sources. If this is true when do you think they will announce it? Would have been a nice 4th of July announcement.

I heard a lot of people suddenly retired with end-of-June retirement dates because of the change in GATT rate would make the lump sums drop. I heard some went down in the 50k range. Mine hardly dropped at all, I don’t know why. I don’t know if it was... — read more 

I’m just looking to gain insight into how this is being used in retail stores. Are managers setting a blanket commitment for the whole store and holding individuals accountable for the behavior(s)? Are the commitments collaborative/flexible based on... — read more 

Richard Branson — 'Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.'

I assume by the same annoying individual. Yawn. (BTW, the poor grammar is not my doing. It's a cut and paste of the triviality of said poster, the one who likes to say things like, "Everybody don’t speak at once!! GO!" I hope he continues to get... — read more 

Read an article that vz was thinking about buying xm radio,i guess we will be in the music bussiness..sing me a song vz.

It seems the com setup changes constantly and trying to see how its explained i feel like I’m learning a whole new math system again. Why not just have a set com amount per item and why have some kind of bucket and multipliers. Has it ever been... — read more 

More and more acting roles assigned to Assistant Managers to poison their minds into thinking they got a chance at succeeding as a GM. All to find out that the Corporate world (Dm's and above) have already hand picked the next successor and making it... — read more 

Everybody don’t speak at once!! GO!

Verizon hires new temp,and gives them brand new truck and keeps them separate from the regular work force..not too smart sends them out and tell them go figure it out..plus heared that they have no work for them,vz managers tell them to go out and... — read more 

With Lowell, Marni and John out...it's fresh winds with new ideas. Although in early 2000's they were great captains - these later years have been bad decisions, one storm after the next. The culture is decimated - Hans will need to rebuild it to... — read more 

Any confirmation for offers For Representatives in NY!? I am hearing rumors of an offer but I want to know if anyone else has heard anything?

Outside of closing stores, has there been any news on more layoffs happening any time soon?

Now that we have official confirmation that Go90 is shutting down (is there anybody who didn't see this coming a mile away?) what is the next domino that is going to fall? There have been so many bad moves and bad decisions lately that I'm certain... — read more 

25% RIF by end of year. Any confirmations?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/verizon-to-shutter-streaming-video-unit-go90-2018-06-28?mod=hp_minor_pos19

Question to anyone who had been laid-off and availed of COBRA Med insurance. Assuming you are married and no kids, how much does COBRA cost ? I did some calculations looking at the last W2 Box 12C code DD, it costs the company approx $12K for the... — read more 

If your store is not producing 200+ new lines a month then there is a serious risk of it being transitioned to indirect. In Verizon's eyes if they can still get 100+ lines from a indirect location at 1/4 the price its a no brainer. I'm surprised more... — read more 

I don’t really understand why, but my lump sum amount hardly changed, and, yes, that’s using the new rates. I ran the numbers for June, July and August. Some co-workers took much larger decreases, but they are younger, so that may make a difference?... — read more 

Is this grounds to be fired at Verizon?

Anyone know the status of the whole commitment based evaluation system? Seems very shady for one rep to potentially be terminated for not abiding by commitments that other reps never had to on the first place. Also seems easier for managers to... — read more 

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IBM has taken over part of VDSI. A picture was sent showing a sign saying. IBM Welcomes Verizon employees. Increasingly, companies are focusing on core competencies. Billing systems, websites, retail systems and data centers are not a Verizon core... — read more 

The goals this month are outrageous! 100 phones will get you a 1.0 then you gotta fill the bucket but don’t forget to try for a hum. Does anyone else’s store hold draw keys or make you consult with a manger before getting the customers phone? It’s... — read more 

Very very fishy deception

So, the axe continues to fall not only on middle mgt, but also the at very senior officer level in Badking Ridge - a few more have been tapped to leave the business. And, a complete outsider with no ties to anyone was brought in to the run the ship... — read more 

I was thinking of retiring this year, but most co-workers say wait for an EISP offer. I haven’t heard any rumors of any offers. I can go without one, but an offer would be sweet. The greed in me is making me hesitate. Any opinions?

I just got a deposit into my account which I can only assume is my vacation that I was paid out on since details are not available yet on my banking app. When I checked last, I should have been paid out for 180 hours, however, doing the math it seems... — read more 

I want to say good luck to those RIF'd at the end of May. I know next Friday is your official last day but most of you will take off before that. Wishing you the best of luck for where ever your path takes you.

Fios Customers are receiving notice of programming changes that drop "Premium" channels from their lineup ..But, there is no mention of price reduction! So they will be less for the same cost? These channels include big-time heavy hitters HBO and... — read more 

Stores will close. Districts realigned, and GMs overseeing two stores. Plans are in the works. Best bet is to see when your lease for your store is up. If it’s this year, prepare to be shut down. The next gen stores are safe, they cost less to... — read more 

I got an offer, but it starts on Monday. What's the worst thing that can happen if I don't give the full two weeks notice?

Does anyone have any information on how the meetings are progressing?