Topics regarding layoffs at Verizon Communications Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at Verizon Communications Inc.

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.

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

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 

Oath?

This new name is ridiculous!

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.

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 

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.

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| 1012 views | | 1 reply (June 6, 2017)
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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 

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.

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 

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 

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 

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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 

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