Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

If VZ is ending DEI programs, why did employees get a “ready to celebrate Pride month” email this morning?

Verizon Credo at its best.

https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2025/06/03/stefan-padfield-on-unsustainable-corporate-dei-hypocrisy-did-verizon-defraud-the-fcc/

While this is a step in the right direction, Trump should hammer VZ for it's reliance upon H1-Bs. Way too many Indians throughout this organization making it a Homeland Security risk.

Thanks !!! after I was passed over about 6 times for a promotion already pffffffffff

Hahahahahahaah Hanz is a fraud........

Capitulate to the devil and your soul is compromised forever! Good luck getting good talent with a fascist overlord!

'This isn’t just about DEI. It’s about credibility. A leadership team that bends whichever way the wind blows can’t be trusted to chart a course through disruption. It’s no wonder the company is spinning its wheels, shedding talent, and losing market position.

Verizon doesn’t have a DEI problem. It has a vision problem. A spine problem. A leadership problem.'

Exactly

Will there be training for our new govt mandated point of view?

I'll never forget the DEI training I had to take. Totally bogus.

Still HQ in Ireland and biggest employee count in India though right?

Verizon just made it official: it’s abandoning its much-touted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to win regulatory approval for the Frontier acquisition. Let’s be clear—this isn’t about policy. It’s about posture.

For years, employees were lectured on DEI as a “core value.” Now, with an FCC approval on the line, those values have vanished overnight. The same leadership team that built entire playbooks around DEI is now scrubbing the website, canceling training, and eliminating any incentives tied to diversity hiring.

This isn’t leadership. It’s bargaining.

What we’re witnessing is a company talking out of both sides of its mouth—trying to appease federal regulators while pretending nothing’s changed internally. But employees see the whiplash. Investors sense the inconsistency. And the message is clear: Verizon will trade its values if the price is right.

This isn’t just about DEI. It’s about credibility. A leadership team that bends whichever way the wind blows can’t be trusted to chart a course through disruption. It’s no wonder the company is spinning its wheels, shedding talent, and losing market position.

Verizon doesn’t have a DEI problem. It has a vision problem. A spine problem. A leadership problem.

Now what to do with my understanding white privilege training

Verizon bows down just like the rest of them. Shocked? No. They never cared about DEI it was just the "thing" to do at the time.