I understand that each job posting has a salary range. However if you are being recruited from outside Verizon into Verizon, you have a higher salary range than an internal candidate would have. Example: If you were to get hired from VZW retail to... — read more
IT Contractors Now
I was told IBM bought out an IT dept in oburg ny office and they were given a 12 month work contract and no VZ severance.
"Abel you're fired"....
By my OATH, this guy is a jerk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F9EyWr0pKY
Verizon successfully sues town to make it's residents "safe".
http://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-cities/judge-rules-in-favor-of-verizon-cell-tower-to-be-built-in-appleton
Oath to Cut 2K jobs
Could not find more info, I know TA was on CNBC today talking about 15% reduction for Oath. They have a page for them but there are no posts there: https://www.thelayoff.com/oath
Indirect Running A 3rd Party Trial
Anyone know if this is true? I heard somewhere they are trialing a 3rd party for indirect account reps.
IT outsourced to IBM
any truth that Verizon IT dept will be outsourced to IBM?
Rev issue ???
R2B program and lack of customer service. "Me customer I save you $50 bucks and give you a MIFI". "No Mr. customer you have to get the Mifi" 1transaction = $600 annual decline. 1 customer, 1 store and 1 day. Now think about all the stores, all the... — read more
When did Noah build the ark?
Before it started raining. Keep your resume updated. It's going to be pouring real soon, folks.
South Central Market Got Slaughtered Yesterday
Multiple store closings, district realignments, DMs laid off. More to come.
I'm Guessing this 2nd Quarter is Going to be a Real Turd...
Prep for more layoffs if Big Red misses big this Q2.
Oath?
This new name is ridiculous!
Welcome To Verizon. Here Are Your Walking Papers. Get Out We Don't Want Talent Here.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/08/confirmed-verizon-will-cut-15-of-aol-yahoo-staff-after-merger-closes/
Would Marissa Mayer fit right in at Verizon?
She turned a 100 billion dollar company (yahoo) into a 5 billion dollar company, and only got paid $900,000 a week to do it. Plus she's a man hater. She'd fit right in.
Part of April 6 RIF
I’m an April 6 reduction survivor – if you’re unlucky enough to inherit a micromanaging supe and manager who give micromanaging a new meaning and love witch hunts, follow these steps and you too can joyfully skip down the aisle (like I wanted to)... — read more
change
And here we go. I now have my 9th manager in 5 years time. Of which at least 4 were sacked to my knowledge. Starting to get ridiculous.
Go90 - A big mistake (according to everyone)
Here's a nice summary of the hubris and stupidity behind Go90 https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/06/01/i-still-cant-believe-verizon-spent-200-million-on.aspx
Silver Spring
In Silver Spring the strikers busted the windshield of a lady going to her assignment. That I know for a fact. There were and are plenty of union pigs but also many others who acted like humans who I have great respect for. But those bad apples are... — read more
That's one thing Verizon does well is borrow money.
Borrowing money to pay fees on a pension. Seems legit...
Verizon Borrows to Fund Pension To Avoid PBGC Fees
Apr 20, 2017 12:17 pm ET https://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2017/04/20/verizon-borrows-to-fund-pension-avoid-pbgc-fees/?mod=yahoo_hs&yptr=yahoo Verizon Communications injected $3.4 billion of borrowed funds into its pension plan during the first quarter to... — read more
autom@tion/robot
R Verizon workers really go help lead the autom@tion/robot efforts that leadership wants? That does not seem good for employees. To meeee that soundz like a w@y to elimin@te Verizon workers jobs.
Tulsa and Orlando Finance Layoffs
Do you know if Tulsa and Orlando were affected by layoffs and if they are planning to cut Finance staff. Thank you!
World Class Finance Organization
A World Class Finance Organization will only happen at Verizon when you have a world class management team. That will never happen at Basking Ridge HQ Finance team.
Time to retire Mr. S. McDuck
You don't understand Millennials and you never will. None of the companies that you wish to emulate are led by the elderly, or the out of touch. The problem is not the employees, the problem is you. It is long past time to activate the Golden... — read more
What is the rule
If your job is moved to another office - what is the rule for it to be severance eligible? The new office has to be at least 50 mikes from the okd office? Or from your home?
Glassdoor Reviews
Glassdoor is absolutely pay to play for employers, and is there a major scam. I know this because I recently left a job at a company where everyone was miserable and desperately looking to leave. Very high attrition -- and every time that someone... — read more
Does this Sound Familiar? Have you or someone you know been impacted?
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/walmart-workers-sick-days.html?referer= Have you seen reps (retail or B2B) that take sick time off or a FMLA, come back to work only to miss quota, that results in write-up/PiP/no commissions check?... — read more
Where do I send my bill for overtime pay ?
Where do I send my bill for overtime pay I never got paid for ? I worked 26 Sunday's for 7 years and never got paid for that time. Total owed me is about $40,000.
Closing Locations
So just received word that a location in our district, Georgia will be closing end of June. Anyone know about any more stores closing?
Eisp??
Anyone hearing rumors about an eisp coming soon to the wireline side? There are a lot of retirement seminars being offered lately and a lot of coworkers are getting mailings from companies wanting to manage your lump sum/401k.
Verizon Wireless Needs to cut all of it's Managing Partner and Senior Managers
VZW has way too many Managers who just sit on their a-- send emails and watch dashboards. The quotas are unrealistic. They find a way to raise your quota and pay you less year over year. They are clueless as to what Sales people face on the street.
Anybody remember "Rockstar" ?
What a colossal waste of time and money. There was a group of women in the Irvine (wireless) call center that couldn't get enough of it. I'm glad they're all gone. All it did was take people away from their jobs for hours practicing this non sense... — read more
I need to get a job again at Verizon.
I need to get a job at Verizon again just to come back and mess everything up. Do you think anyone would notice what I am doing ?
Its the Employees Fault???? Are you kidding Me
So just got back from the big Operations Summit in NJ for the WBG group. I can't believe that TJ Foxx had the nerve to say to everyone that the EMPLOYEES are not working hard enough and its not Leaderships fault for the recent decline. The employees... — read more
Will The Pure Stupidness Ever Stop At Verizon? Smart Hub To Nowhere!
http://bgr.com/2017/05/25/verizon-smart-hub-wireless-broadband-nope-nope-nope/
How Much Is Coba for Health Insurance
I have the Anthem PPO for a family and I heard it's around $1400 per month(health insurance only, not including vision or dental) for up to 18 months. Just wanted to check and see if that's accurate. Anticipating a gap of a few months between my next... — read more
New Workforce admin!?!?!
Hmmmmmm I wonder if this means HUGE buyouts.
IBM
Anyone else relieved to have received their offer letter today? I'm so glad that that the VZ cluster blank days are drawing to a close. S---s the benefits are not as good, but they are not bad. I wonder IBM if will sue VZ when they realize that 90%... — read more
I have seen several commercials with that new "millennial" pitch man for Verizon and he makes my skin crawl.
I have seen several commercials with that new "millennial" pitch man for Verizon and he makes my skin crawl. What to you think of the slim bucket?