So far it has been great! I am sitting here having time to post while waiting for another ticket to work on! I really think the union made a bad decision to go on strike. I hear call volume is also not that bad and almost typical for a normal end of... — read more 

Verizon this week promised to invest $300 million over the next six years to lay 800 miles of FiOS cable in Boston, providing newfound competition for Comcast in a major market for fiber-to-the-home. And the carrier's ambitious 5G plans are one... — read more 

The anti Union commenters on this site don't want the public to know that these striking workers also take care of the precious cell phone network and FIOS. It doesn't fit with the false narrative of dinosaur workers in the money losing side of the... — read more 

Verizon dodged Boston for years as it rolled out its fiber-optic broadband service into towns around the area, and to other big East Coast cities such as New York and Philadelphia. Now, Boston has seemingly gone overnight from pariah to favored child... — read more 

I was reading some of the responses to the CEOs LinkedIn article. Wow, I'm sure the company had no idea of the publics growing dislike of the company. Now you've got Sanders and Hillary chiming in. Can a Trump statement be far behind? How do we even... — read more 

Please, for both sides, be civil.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/feeling-bern-reality-facts-verizon-moral-economy-lowell-mcadam?trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A65890531460585787306%2CVSRPtargetId%3A7807303992975745265%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary&trk=vsrp_influencer_content_res_name

How in the heck did that happen?

Wow, this Union situation is a PR mess!! I'm so glad I'm not at VZ anymore. This was handled terribly by the C-suite. To be trending on Twitter, all over the news, discussed on Presidential debates and having Presidential candidates go to strike... — read more 

Bernie says jump, and they jump. Giving up their paychecks so Bernie can get free airtime ahead of the primary in New York. Mean Old Verizon wants to lock your pension at 30 years? Most workers in the US don't even get a pension anymore.

What's his position?

It's a long story and I do not want to go into legal detals, I feel I had been discriminated based (age discrimination) - anyone care to share info about good labor attorneys in New York?

The problem for the union is that Verizon can play this game for months if they have to. Landline doesn't provide much revenue or (especially) profit to the company so they don't really care if they get a few mad customers who drop the service. The... — read more 

http://m.wtae.com/news/judge-limits-picketing-by-verizon-workers-in-pennsylvania/39031704

Sewerage being installed on my street. My neighbors Fios went out. Took four replacement workers four hours to figure out it was the drop and replace it. That's twelve hours folks. One of Lowell's crack replacement teams. As a retired splicer, was... — read more 

Honest answers only please. I've heard things like "we built this company" and "they owe it to us", but I haven't seen any other real answers. I've been with the company for 20 years now and know of a great number of people who have "Built the... — read more 

Clock is ticking on benefits with new disabilities already shut down. No long term disability if, God forbid, you get hit by a car while picketing.

In some ways, it would hard for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton to be more different. Hillary Clinton, a Wall Street-backed multimillionaire, served for six years on the board of directors of Walmart, the world’s largest company based on sales... — read more 

Verizon Senior Leadership has been carving away at the quantity and benefits of all its employee base since Day One (June 2000?). executive, management, craft, and customer have all suffered significantly because of it....budget cut by budget cut... — read more 

I was curtailed after 35 years of service the first day back from short term disability after surgery. The environment to kill and keep unions out at all cost is his montra. The workers are a liability that outsourcing makes his numbers look good... — read more 

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Word of mouth I heard this morning here at the Ridge is more RIFS to come once this is all over.

Verizon Communications Inc., & All Its Subsidiaries & Affiliates has filed 85 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 333 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2013 to 2015. Verizon Communications, & All Its Subsidiaries &... — read more 

I just submitted my proxy vote online for the annual shareholders meeting and one of the items to vote on is "Severance Approval Policy". It says the board recommends to vote against this. Does anyone know what this means?

That's not a good sign right? You think it's predominately the folks that are not protected under the no layoff clause or who do not get the pension anyway? Two of the things the union is striking for? That was a brilliant move by the union genus' to... — read more 

This guys been told that he's the next coming by every executive in this company he thinks he is and he doesn't even realize he's paying these people to stroke his ego. Take a close look at his linkedin it confirms my theory he is so detached from... — read more 

Verizon hates it's employees? Why didn't the Union strike on the 1st of the month so their members could have medical benefits for a full month instead of only a couple weeks? My guys, the few that didn't cross, are losing almost $300 a day not... — read more 

Okay I don't want to leave the store I guess I'm really don't. However I will be making it loads of cash doubling my salary well you guys will be living close to $1,000 a week take home. You will then lose your benefits at the end of the month. So... — read more 

So you want to court the business of millennials, but then you call the favored candidate of the millennials "contemptible". Interesting plan.

Unions arent perfect. but one thing is for sure. they set the bar for non union labor..Non union companies have to stay competitive to attract workers and its the unions that give nonunion labor a good starting point for their wages and benefits..

Nielsen does the same thing. We're working 12-16 hour days six days a week since January. Most of our time is spent driving. They're trying to make it so our driving time isn't eligible for overtime. They say it will help us since overtime eats into... — read more 

Comcast did sh-- like this. They work you 12 hour days and don't pay sh--. And have 2 hour "don't talk to Union reps" meetings. It was weird.

Use to work at a Verizon wireless store. Back then Verizon and VZW were still two different companies (VZW was Cellco Partnership DBA as Verizon wireless owned 60% by Vodafone (maybe 2013)). Anyways going to store as a sales rep to sell cell phones... — read more 

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/13/guardian-reader-callout-voter-dissatisfaction-us-election-2016

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/verizon-ny-paid-virtually_b_9667024.html http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/10/23/big-companies-pay-no-taxes/2480281/

http://www.alipac.us/f19/80-evil-ceos-want-raise-your-taxes-266077/ The CEOs, in a statement to be released on Thursday, say any fiscal plan "that can succeed both financially and politically" has to limit the growth of health-care spending, make... — read more