Topics regarding layoffs at Verizon Communications Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon needs to get back to the basics!

Start building out more fiber! There is less competition than in Wireless.. Once that pipe is to the house, it's a unlimited revenue stream! They should be investing alot more in Fios and also Fiber for business customers as well.

Ronan Dunne announcing Rift.

There is an employee webcast today at 3pm EST supposedly Ronan will be announcing the commencement of the rift. Anybody have any details on the content matter of this webcast?

Verizon in talks with Lowell on FiOS cells

"LOWELL -- Once again, Verizon's message to Lowell has come through loud and clear: There will be no widespread installation of FiOS in the city. Residents and business owners have long yearned for Verizon to run its fiberoptic cables through Lowell... — read more 

Sales Consultant training going on in Pittsburgh.

I have not been scheduled yet. ( for the training taking place in Pittsburgh) No one is talking about the content of the training once they have completed it. Does anyone have any insight on what the current training for Sales Consultants is about?... — read more 

Important Information about Email Service Notice

Why is Verizon leaving the email business? We have decided to close down our email business. Over the years we’ve realized that there are more capable email platforms out there. As a result, we’ve made a decision to get out of the email business... — read more 

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| 2170 views | | 7 replies (last March 11, 2017)
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Big Crackdown on Overtime!

Overtime has been cut to almost nothing in most areas except for damages and fios no lights. Work is backing up but vz doesn't seem to care.

India Finally Getting Hit

Believe it or not, VDSI team finally getting hit by RIFs. Marni's pet projects in IOT and M2M -- team being let go in 3 months. More to come there... finally figuring out that offshoring is not working, even at $12/hr. You still need 5 times as many... — read more 

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| 2390 views | | 6 replies (last March 1, 2017)
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Summer fios jobs?

Anyone see this email today? What's it all about? How is it allowed?

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| 1622 views | | 3 replies (last March 1, 2017)
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Up to speed videos.

How much money do we spend on those two morons that do those videos everyday. Cash well wasted. And now they are doing some dance. Who cares. They bring nothing to the table. Rif good employees yet keep doing that crap

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| 1790 views | | 7 replies (last March 7, 2017)
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Exponent...please explain.

So the carrier to sell to other carriers. Who thinks of this crap. Another ship that will sink and destroy careers.

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| 1284 views | | 1 reply (February 28, 2017)
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New commercial

Anyone else think the new commercial is lame?

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| 1700 views | | 8 replies (last February 26, 2017)
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IBM buying VES

Rumors been going around and building steam that IBM wants to buy VES. Has anyone heard the same?

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| 3720 views | | 7 replies (last February 24, 2017)
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Verizon 5G Test

Nobody can beat us... First!!! https://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-offers-taste-of-5g-as-it-expands-network-trials/

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| 1400 views | | 16 replies (last February 25, 2017)
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Maniac Killers of the Bangalore IT Department

Here's a quote right out of the article Why is India obsessed with crimes committed by software engineers? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-15/maniac-killers-of-the-bangalore-it-department Hopefully Trump will widen his travel ban to... — read more 

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| 1220 views | | 2 replies (last February 27, 2017)
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Profit Sharing

Hello, Anyone knows laid off Dec 30th 2016 people will get profit sharing amount?Tks

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| 1280 views | | 5 replies (last February 27, 2017)
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Bonus

I got laid off in dec 2016 from IT. Do I get bonus ? I thought I would. anyone can clarify?

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| 1630 views | | 13 replies (last February 28, 2017)
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If I made this many mistakes...

Vodafone - mistake. Data centers - mistake. Go90 - mistake. Instigating labor strike - mistake. HUM - mistake. Yahoo - mistake. Refusing CAF - mistake. P!ssing off mayors of several large east coast cities - mistake. If I made this many mistakes at... — read more 

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| 2030 views | | 9 replies (last February 22, 2017)
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Equal opportunity employer

Does VZ staff its stores the same way as it staffs its back offices in IT ? I mean in terms of being an equal opportunity employer, with hires roughly reflecting the makeup of the regionally available pool of suitable candidates. Just asking, of... — read more 

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| 1400 views | | 4 replies (last February 23, 2017)
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VES last week VDS this week!

Again good luck to those in I/T affected by this next round of layoffs this week. This is getting sad!

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| 4540 views | | 15 replies (last March 24, 2017)
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Mobile Pricing Wars Continue

This cannot be good for us at all - we just got outplayed on this one... The price war in mobile just got real. http://fortune.com/2017/02/12/verizon-unlimited-wireless-data-plan/

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| 1870 views | | 8 replies (last February 14, 2017)
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Verizon Stars Unlimited Data Plan Feb 13, 2017

Verizon on Sunday said that it will launch an unlimited LTE data plan, titled Verizon Unlimited, on February 13. The plan will start at $80 per month for an individual line, or $45 per line for a group of four on smartphones or tablets. Both new and... — read more 

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| 2810 views | | 10 replies (last February 14, 2017)
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