Do leaders in certain parts of the business talk to you about resume building, career progression and stuff if there is a chance that there is a RIF pending? The department I am in had one with SM a few days ago. It's odd that they are talking about... — read more 

A company is not always required to provide notice if it offers severance benefits, but it must comply with the WARN Act or state laws for mass layoffs and plant closings. If an employer fails to give the required 60 days' notice under the federal... — read more 

engineers safe, only overheads being axed. what about remote?

WARN requires 60 calendar days' written notice. The law makes no provision for any alternative such as pay in place of a notice. While an employer who pays workers for 60 calendar days instead of giving them proper notice technically has violated... — read more 

And the company has gotten rid of this exorbitant percentage of management employees? Who's working strike duty and who's running the freaking company?

I know one thing in my department we have 1700 calls in queue everyday in fios. We get a lot of 5g calls. I know it’s about to get really ridiculous now. I wonder if hours will change when frontier rolls around.

This 15000 is only the 1st round of layoffs mostly lower management.The next round in new year will be upper management levels .Its real and happening if you survive this round done get complacent.You need to start preparing getting situated... — read more 

The only thing company has to do to avoid the 90 day notice is to be giving enough severance and benefits to cover the 90 days .So they let you go today as long as your getting enough pay and benefits for next 90 days there you go.So verizon already... — read more 

I am so cooked It's so over Our team is fairly small, so jam expecting heavy impact. 🫡

These major changes being executed by Verizon's new CEO, Dan Schulman, are way overdue at the obscenely bloated and underperforming telecom behemoth. Relentless price increases, undifferentiated products & services, absolutely horrible customer... — read more 

Judging by how my team’s been feeling, I’m definitely not alone. It makes waiting for next week even harder. There’s nothing to look forward to, just hoping to hang on to a job you can’t stand because there are no real options out there. It’s doing... — read more 

So, I’m in NJ and WARN Act seems to say they must give us 90 day notice of layoff. Does that mean if I’m told on 11/20, I would remain on the payroll until 2/20/26? After that, the severance would be paid at 2 wks per yr of service? I keep hearing... — read more 

Here it comes..

Layoff Communication Timeline • EVP/SVPs: Notified last week • VPs: Being notified this week • AVPs/Senior Directors: To be notified next week • Direct Managers: Will notify impacted employees on 11/20 via phone call only (no WebEx or... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/in-the-age-of-ai-ceos-quietly-signal-that-layoffs-are-a-badge-of-honor/ar-AA1QqxWA In today’s CEO Daily: Geoff Colvin on how CEOs are becoming bolder about replacing human workers with AI. The big story:... — read more 

1-15k layoffs 2-Looking to gain subs from frontier What about, 2026 strike? He didn't invent PayPal, just took over 20 years later. Good Luck

No trolls please. Only want to hear from folks who actually have credible information.

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/410715/verizon-asks-scotus-toreview-privacy-fine.html

Go check it out. They are talking about us. And not in a bad way.

Still not seeing anything on here that can be confirmed in the org chart. Anything legit happen today? Or are we waiting for Monday.

I know I will be axed, low work volumes, manager who does not care and the unit is a cost center (not contributing to the bottom line). I have about $40K in 401K loans? What happens with that. I cannot repay.

I'll be brief, here are Qs that are on my mind: (A) Who delivers notices (B) Who is considered expendable (C) Which tiers of leadership are already being notified

The Streisand effect is when trying to hide information ends up drawing more attention to it. The name comes from Barbra Streisand's 2003 botched attempt to remove an aerial photo of her home... This only made the image far more popular.

So new board chair was on CNBC and spoke about the need to act and why. The story was factually incorrect though- why overly dramatize the doom and gloom? Yes, VZ has had a problematic trend and yes the company needs to alter strategy to address it... — read more 

Lots of Verizon branded swag will soon be donated to a Goodwill donation center near you. I wonder how many former employees will take the time to remove the Verizon brand as instructed?

15,000 jobs gone. A ‘streamlined’ future promised. Yet executive pay stays sky‑high and friends get hired into new divisions. If we truly want transformation, let’s stop cutting the backbone of the company and start listening to the people who... — read more 

Please. No trolls. I haven’t slept in over week just thinking about get laid off.

Go Vteamers , Be Bold !

Again and again, layoffs.com predicts exec moves. Someone is leaking stuff here. So much for 'rumors' and 'fear mongering'. Again, we had info shared here before anyone knew anything. And all lies the mgmt was telling us to stop with 'rumors'...

Our bud Hans, riffed and pushed into the background with TENS OF MILLIONS stuffing his pockets. It's good to be the King

I started working at Fleetmatics, and after the acquisition, I continued my employment under Verizon Connect through today. I’m trying to understand how severance eligibility is calculated. Does anyone know whether my years of service at Fleetmatics... — read more 

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1989427326732702194 topping all charts today. what a sad role to be in...

If I get RIF'ed, how long can I stay in the company (notice period) to find a role internally, maybe?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/verizon-layoffs-add-to-mounting-toll-across-large-companies-165130821.html

Why cant the teams reorganize before cleanup. Let the low level hard worker atleast try to understand the org structures and the new skill needs before asking him to go. There are so many managers who are just going to take care of their favorites... — read more 

How is the taxes on the package calculated ? Wont all the money coming the package go into IRS ? Are there ways to protect the person in trouble ?

I hate to see anyone lose their job but it looks like Dan is doing exactly what most people wanted. He is letting go of the leaders that are responsible for the currwnt state of the company

Is this true? How confirmed is it? If true, this means VBG and VCG could be combined going back to 1.0

So serious question.As an associate I never understood the hate management had for especially union folks.When these huge layoffs continue to happen year after year wouldn’t some of the management employees understand why we need a voice.I mean... — read more