Thread regarding Verizon Wireless layoffs

They keep us separated for a reason

Here in Pa. the people on the wireline side don’t even know what we are talking about when we talk about the pay changes and full or part time status changes.
They get a raise this month. They keep whatever they have.
If I could jump over to that side I would in a heartbeat.

It’s pretty easy to figure out what will be added to our current salaries if you stay at 40 hours a week It will be anywhere from 4,000 to 4,800 yearly. In addition a 3% to 5% raise in salary based on your last year numbers. So that could be anywhere from 0.00 to 2,000. Be careful about jumping into a telesales job prior to receiving the bump in salary. If you take a telesales job prior to August 1st you will not get the salary bump HOWEVER if say in 3 to 6 months you decide to move your base salary will stay intact. They do not want you to know this. Of course there will be no guarantee those jobs will be available down the road. The bottom line is that anyone working the 40 hours is in a very vulnerable position. One last thing and this is crucial to any decision you make: If you move to telesales and decide that it’s not for you and want to come back to retail you will not get the 40 hours. The second you leave the retail store you are grandfathered OUT. 100% facts

correction* my numbers were off but same formula

Here's my best guess. During the training they used a target of like $883 or something. That was exactly 65% of the current at risk. I'm going to assume that's no coincidence and probably the model they will use. If we take the remaining 35% that's $452 rolled into hourly. Divide that by 40 for hrs per week and again by 4.33 for week per month and it would be about 2.61 raise per hour. I've got to think this model is close enough to estimate what it will look like for most going forward.

They are like what? You want all the information before you make a decision? That's not normal. You should just lick my boot and say thank you for whatever we give you.

Could not have said any better. My GM was also confused why i was mad we did not get the numbers yesterday

If you have not left a review on the childish training, go back and do so. My husband works in corp comms and they are aware of the insensitive nature of the training and also the rumblings of discontent.

Option 1 - no idea of pay or Option 2 - no idea of pay. 2 great options we are really excited about

Talking to my local HR person yesterday about this same frustration. She could no wrap her head around why I was upset over not having all the information yet. I added we were told the training would answer all our questions. She is so out of touch.. she asked me didn't I find the training fun.. I quickly responded hell no it was insulting. Nothing like the company making a game out of cutting our pay. She told me I was overreacting.. I hung up.