No Layoffs: Verizon committed to not involuntarily laying off Communications Workers of America (CWA) represented employees for four years after the transaction closes. Applies To: This protection covers current CWA employees and those hired under... — read more 

I've heard rumors that most cuts will target management. Anyone know if there's any truth to that?

Recently had my prescription refilled at CVS. Price was double that of my December refill. Pharmacist said probably due to starting COBRA in January. FYI.

https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/verizon-faces-scrutiny-after-1319-layoffs-in-new-jersey-triggers-warn-act-probe/

https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/california-approves-verizon-frontier-deal-with-conditions 20 Billion dollar deal negotiated, lots of conditions and agreements to include employment guarantees for Frontier employees, and DEI considerations... — read more 

Laser focused on customers vs laser focused on spreadsheet metrics: Sorry Mr. Customer, I have to take a break on your install you've been waiting months for, to complete out my install dispatch, and open another install dispatch so my managers... — read more 

Why does everyone hate the Union and its employees?? You all will finally get your wish for union layoffs to be fired in the next round of cuts!!

When will the union be layed off?? Hopefully in these next round of cuts

Verizon is about to find that out the hard way, when outages become the norm.

https://www.thehrdigest.com/verizon-layoffs-to-hit-15000-roles-in-2026-as-automation-takes-over/ Hopefully a full pain or whatever the he-l his name is on the list. You know the guy who barges into meetings and takes credit for other peoples work... — read more 

Nurse Electrician Plumber HVAC technician Automotive technician Carpenter Welder Pipefitter Millwright Firefighter Police officer Paramedic Physical therapist Occupational therapist Speech therapist

Verizon to Eliminate Up to 15,000 Roles by 2026 https://www.thehrdigest.com/verizon-layoffs-to-hit-15000-roles-in-2026-as-automation-takes-over/ Verizon plans significant job reductions in 2026 as part of a major restructuring. Between 13,000 and... — read more 

Cut More People Remove Processes Take More Risks Bring More AI Rush to getting nothing done Cause More Outages Have more customers leave Keep giving $20 Go Bust in the end Get acquired by another company Every executive makes money Rest in peace... — read more 

https://dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/09/f-2023-0525.pdf

Where will it stop? The question becomes do you jump from the sinking ship or wait for a package? After more than 10 years in facilities it’s just a matter of time. We are still overstaffed- really don’t need the middle management level. The... — read more 

https://www.thehrdigest.com/verizon-layoffs-to-hit-15000-roles-in-2026-as-automation-takes-over/

Anyone with an employee discount receive notification of a credit due to the outage. I tried customer service but gave up after being on hold forever. I’m going to guess that BZ will somehow deny us a credit for some reason they can’t justify.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/business/verizon-outage-sparks-calls-for-mandatory-refunds-as-customers-blast-pathetic-20-credit/

Made it through the last round of RIFs but decided to retire if I'm not RIFed in 1Q2026. No reason to keep training people who can't follow instructions. No reason to have output that is ignored or manipulated. No reason to appease yet another new... — read more 

Check the timing, fam—they chopped key DEI programs that had the important folks in place, the folk who actually knew what they doing. Now everything glitching, services down, and yall out here surprised? Nah. You cut the squad that kept sh-t running... — read more 

I know there’s a lot of noise with the outage but anybody catch that last call where Liane Lanier was selling us on indirect locations? Did anyone else leave yesterday’s East call feeling patronized and frustrated? It felt less like a strategic... — read more 

Dan, you have taken the pledge, have an obligation, thus to be resilient and NOT RUTHLESS. Outage, valuable 2026 lesson(s) learnt, difficult as-is, thus formulate a to-be "savvy and realistic" turnaround strategy. Mission (make it better):... — read more 

I’m calling bs on offer for New York. There was just an offer in December for operators, clerks and reps. It didn’t include field techs or cots. Why wouldn’t they just have made an offer in December to include more titles across all faa’s? Doesn’t... — read more 

Meanwhile, on the T-Mob layoff site, they are talking about the 10k layoffs they had today

It is long past time for accountability in this sinking ship. Whatever loser or losers and their incompetent management team and/or cross functional teams internal and external should be made known. This place reorganizes so much that nobody knows... — read more 

As an employee....My medical insurance is more expensive and my prescriptions dr-gs cost much more now in 2026....I am barely getting by now this.....I guess they had to figure out a way to pay Hans and the executives on the backs of the... — read more 

Dan the SippingMan can't keep the stock up above 40; he's gonna be leaving millions on the table unless the rest of us help him out. $39.37 today's close, down 1.15%

Verizon's massive nationwide network outage on Wednesday may have been caused by a failure in just one East Coast state. Officials believe a network server in New Jersey going down was the likely trigger of the day-long network crash, according to... — read more 

Customer loss over 500,000 for the year Blame Apple on phone availability hindering sales. Cite the RIF as an OPEX cut and indicate there will be more change Gloss over the outage and blame it on something rather than take ownership. -... — read more 

I know someone here knows? I'm reading something about a "new jersey server failure" in some news articles.

Verizon’s Recent Outage Exposes a Deeper Problem: Treating Operations as a Cost Instead of an Asset Verizon has long positioned itself as a leader in network reliability and resilience. However, the company’s most recent network outage has raised... — read more 

Our network is our product. Schulman maximizing profitability at the expense of our product will quickly drive customers away in mass. He doesn’t understand how the network really works, and everyone in the room with him is telling him want he... — read more 

I have to give credit where credit is due. T-Mobile leadership made a smart move by getting rid of phone subsidies and acquiring Sprint but the rest of their strategy was very straightforward. They waited until the 5G standard was finalized then... — read more 

People here are acting like something like this never happened before, to anybody. People will talk about it for a few days and it'll be forgotten. Move on, everybody.

What's the Vz USA policy , is porting out of corporate cell numbers our allowed at exit? International employees are told that it's policy that numbers can be ported out if you can prove you ported your number in when you joined.

“In 20026 don’t be afraid to cut everybody” off. Verizon

How many customers will defect??

Seriously, GN&T employees, you need to pay better attention to what dear leader is saying!

This place post RIF has become a toxic nightmare. Where does upper management get off threatening employees with being fired on the daily and refer to us as mentally handicapped and cant get the job done. Upper management needs to realize sitting... — read more