Does anyone here really think that Verizon cares about them and wants them to make money? Or do you believe that Verizon will slowly (now accelerate) take commissions away, reduce the workforce, and the employees that are left will be paid close to... — read more
You'll be okay
Even if you are laid off, you'll be better off. Verizon is one of the worst companies when it comes to how it treats it employees. No matter where you land after this, it can't be much worse. Actually, it will most likely be much better. I was laid... — read more
Hard to imagine
but this board has less credibility than CNN.
Dissapointed
To be honest, I'm disappointed. I was hoping I'd be able to walk away with a nice check in my pocket. It's not as if finding a new job in this economy would be much of an issue. But from the looks of it, this is much smaller in scale than we thought... — read more
Playing Games
The rumors were correct about store closures and SM layoffs so now all of a sudden they’re wrong because it’s GM’s that’s being discussed? I believe GMs and store structure is going to be affected for sure. The strategy was released and I believe... — read more
Make
Make yourself valuable and you will not have to worry. No one is entitled to keep their job, pick up a new skill set, build out your resume and you will sleep better at night.
Can we get the truth now?
Now that the trolling posts seem to be gone, can we get some actual info here, please? Has anything happened or are we still waiting to see if it will even happen?
Entire staff being laid off replaced by Hums
No sales people in stores anymore only Hums. The Hums will pitch Hums in every bundle and Mcadam can monitor the diagnostics of the Hums to see how they’re doing metric wise. The Hums that dont meet numbers get deactivated. THE FUTURE IS NOW
HR at our meeting tomorrow
DM is in our store this morning before we opened which is random and he hardly is ever here maybe once or twice a month. And was informed HR will be at our friday morning meeting. Give me my severance f@&$ off Verizon
Goodbye to Layoff.com
I’ve wasted the past week of my life refreshing this board and reading every single comment. A slave to my own neurosis and fear, letting myself get played by one or two trolls. What good is it knowing about a layoff ahead of time? I’ll just go to... — read more
To those on here posting fake bs...Karma is a b!tch
To the individual/individuals that are posting about store closures well before stores would even be opening for the day...stop. To the individual/individuals that are posting about emails concerning discounts going away or roles being... — read more
When will we know?
Does it usually start immediately as people walk into work or later in a day?
Lousy night
Well, walking into work today after a sleepless night is not going to be ideal, but that's what I got. I'm sure I'm not the only one who had trouble falling asleep last night. Hopefully, this will not be as bad as we are expecting. Good luck all, I... — read more
It better happen tomorrow
If nothing happens tomorrow, or it's super minor. All you commenters are bull sh--.
You matter. So your laidoff
Well Verizon is now by far the sh-- show. They are trying to fire and lay employees off. Beware especially in the SCM. Now the the president of the market is trying to make everyone feel better by traveling to different stores and giving out credo... — read more
Closed on Sunday -
Just left a meeting a upper management let us know that two stores in our LA area will no longer be open on Sundays. Less headcount and no more Sunday pay
Women of wireless
Women are taking control of this company. Most men agree everything should be 50/50 but the women in charge are irrationally choosing female candidates over men. Verizon is spending crazy amounts of money for special womens seminars and trainings but... — read more
Fake
This is all just bull started by the unions to try to get Verizon to go union. We all know that we would have heard things through the grapevine. Secrets can’t be kept around Verizon.
Tomorrow is the Big Day
If you flinch it will only hurt more.
RIF- June 1st
RIFs will be June 1st. Bought another couple of weeks for HR to have paperwork ready.
Verizon Phone discount will be reduced to 25%
Found out that Verizon will reduce our monthly discount from our cell phone service from 50% to 25 %. Verizon is getting greedier by the second, time to switch cell phone service to T-Mobile.
ALL FAKE NEWS
Nothing is happening. Relax.
What’s selling with integrity mean?
At my store we sell Hums bundled with plans and phones all the time. Tell hem it’s part of a package. It’s how I was trained and everyone else does it. The other day a Hum got returned and customer said I didn’t sell with integrity said I didn’t tell... — read more
Fleet knows.
Fleetmatics had meetings telling them what’s happening tomorrow in retail and how it will affect them. My guess, the elimination of the smb role.
Appears quiet this week on the landline side of the business
I haven’t heard of any Rif’s or an EISP being offered. Slow and quiet on this side of the business.
Will Mcadam still get his bonus and pay increase this year?
With all these closures and layoffs I’m starting to worry that he may not get his compensation for this year. Can anyone confirm that he will be alright? He works very hard and is the reason we’re as successful as we are.
Only Hums will count toward commission starting May 17th
Nothing else matters. Upgrades dont matter New phones dont matter Jet packs dont matter Tablets don’t matter ONLY HUMS.
Wake up people...
I've worked for the company for 5 years now, and anyone that's been around even that long knows that this company doesn't follow any moral compass when it comes to layoffs and business. We are all numbers, and we're only a positive number if we're... — read more
Can't wait for this to end
This speculation and not knowing is worse than being laid off. Let tomorrow come, let's see what will happen, and let's be done with it. Even if it means I have to look for a new job. Frankly, with severance in pocket how much worse can it be to... — read more
Bottum 10%
I over heard our managers talking a few days ago. Our district manager was asking for coachings on the bottom 10% of sales reps. With all the rumors, it makes sense.
SMB Specialist Cuts!
Any word on SMB Specialist being cut? The majority are not hitting quota under the new commission structure. From what I've heard the new cuts are coming without warning meaning they are not telling the RBSM,GM anyone that could leak information.
From the mouth director of retail In my territory
In a town hall today with head of Ops, Retail, Hr, and B2B for my area. Retail mentioned looking at internal job postings and “your resume” for both internal and external reasons. OPS just mentioned “evolution of the company” and how the company is... — read more
How to Confirm a Confirm
Get something that proves it. Say an internal Email, crop out your name in your @verizonwhatever corporate assigned email. Post it on Reddit and give us the link.
Stop with “confirmed”
None of this is “Confirmed” so stop saying it is. Post what you want for the rumor but do not say confirmed.
Hopefully they lay off those who deserve it this time
If the GM thing is true, any chance they are actually going to get rid of GMs who are actually useless and keep the good ones? I would trade ours for a part-time GM who actually does his or her job in a heartbeat. This doesn't seem likely based on... — read more
Store closed today (Brownsville, Texas)
No warning just chains on front and back door. I really needed this job but oh well its life. Just wanted to share with you guys.
Any IT news?
Has there been any talks of IT layoffs or outsourcing?