After weeks of turmoil for Ericsson, CEO Hans Vestberg is fired - "the time is right for a new leader" http://nordic.businessinsider.com/after-weeks-of-turmoil-for-ericsson-ceo-hans-vestberg-is-fired---the-time-is-right-for-a-new-leader-2016-7/

https://www.lightreading.com/business-employment/headcount/verizon-wireless-closing-a-third-of-us-call-centers-cutting-customer-service-jobs/d/d-id/741388

make sure when you get laid off you ditch those verizon wireless pbones. after all they give you no incentive to keep them. no discount, no retirement, no medical.

Verizon in Franklin TN announced in Feb that our last day will be June 29 2018....so no more call center there.

People in call centers who are being switched to working from home, how long do you think it will be before they are slowly laid off one by one without anybody noticing? No WARN, no media coverage, no bad publicity, no problem. Verizon is not the... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/79dc6e5e-f04c-3215-bd72-ab4cf4972030/report-says-verizon-call.html

Someone mentioned that EUS is going to be outsource. Heard today that the NE market was told that IBM will be purchasing the EUS group. Hopefully there will be packages offered to employees who don't wish to go from being a career employee to a... — read more 

Not sure if this was posted before, but here it is just in case. The cellphone provider revealed plans last month to close seven call centers in the United States, including Huntsville, Little Rock, Arkansas; Franklin, Tennessee; Mankato, Minnesota... — read more 

Construction bosses in NJ are leaving Verizon and going to AC Electric. Third boss in the past two years is leaving....two in less than a year. Maybe they know something that we don’t.

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/4e35a408-d3f4-3580-8c7b-fcb24e5461e6/verizon-to-close-hilliard.html VZ will be selling real estate big time!

I am sure he is technically correct.

Where does the Union sign their brand new contract now! The Government got them by the short ones and by the looks of the work ahead....so does the Union. Put your signs away and you can throw away your EWA slips for next few years. There's work to... — read more 

Has anyone ever been terminated at the store level, but afterward reached out to HR DIRECTORS in Basking Ridge to explain things further, and upon a review by them, been rehired?

How long do you think the next strike will be? 10 weeks or 20?

Get ready its coming

Has anyone else been contacted by or reached out to the union? Word has it many are reaching out do to unattainable quotas, slamming, and feeling like there is no job security.

Just say the word union and HR/managers freak the f*** out! Word is all the managers were told to back off of us completely. We all get a six month pass with no documentation or negative coachings!

Rumored that around May 2018, IT personnel will be offered to stay on as contractors, or be eligible for a 1 month severance package. Again - rumors only at this point, but as we all know....our rumor mill is pretty damn accurate. Bumped from... — read more 

Someone keeps posting this on this site and it is absolutely false. There is no EISP at that time!

Why are there job postings for Solution Specialists on Monster when it's all but certain they are the next to be cut by Verizon? How does this make any sense at all?

Any fVerizon folks who were sold to Frontier who lost their retiree medical benefits?

Anyone know why “select” leaders; GM, Ops, and above are in Orlando for a hush-hush meeting?

Seems to be some smoke to another round of layoffs, potentially big change under IT. Sounds like getting that $10B in savings will cause some big changes. Good luck to all. Keep an eye open to your options.

My store is still currently one that is 9-9 monday- sat 11-6 on sunday. Whispers are going around that were changing our store hours. Anyone else? Is this the beginning of the end for my store? Thanks, Solutions Specialist NE

I have finally become pension eligible. The question is, should I wait for an EISP, or just leave without one? I'm not sure how long I can wait.

Verizon Business tech here, we have been told that we are taking the network management functions from VZW, starting this year. Was this work contracted? We're the techs that did it riffed? Since VZB can use contractors per our useless excuse for a... — read more 

I heard Verizon switching the quota system in July based on the trail version. When Verizon switches the quota it normally for the better but I’m kinda scared what they are gonna switch it to.

Did anyone get there Google pixel from the contest a few months ago

The gatt rate for the 2nd quarter is 3.13...up from 2.80 in the first quarter. This means the lump sum buyout will decrease. Also, Gotlieb (a company that handles pensions for many verizon employees) dropped off a lot of literature at our garage last... — read more 

Dejavu all over again coming. Due to upcoming store hour changes, Seems like Solution specialists are next to get riffed. This may also include some managers. So much for the decent merit increase we received. Anyone else get wind of this?

The CEO will go when he fails to be able to report earnings to Wall St. and the stock falls. Then you will finally get real change.

New employees are only lasting 3-8 months and the older term employees have either checked out or getting ready to leave. Some stores in my district had to close for a few weeks due to there being no employees. And when managers go to check for new... — read more 

The Swami sees an eisp in the future. If the company is hiring people off of the street, they can hire 3 people at the starting rate and they still wouldn’t make what 1 person makes at top pay. Not to mention they each get 2 weeks vacation for a... — read more 

Looking at paystub for this friday, i see ot adjustment for cps, and perfect attendance payout. Didnt defer cps into 401k, where is the cps award

So Lowell has one today, Director level announced with 2 days notice... Something up?

The union verified that the company is hiring facility techs in NJ. They will announce the numbers this Friday.

We're running a store with 3 people, nobody wants to work for these asshats, we've had 4 people hired and all quit by month 5, once they are off ramp up and see their crapass ever growing unattainable quotas and ever shrinking paychecks. Get a clue... — read more 

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