Constantly looking over your shoulder to predict whether you'll be riffed next.
Constantly adapting to new organization structures or leaders as they things around.
Constantly taking on more work as the responsibilities from those who were let go get shifted around.
Anyone else exhausted?
I was going through some tax records last weekend and found my WARN letter from 2005!
I was able to get another job outside of my original team and thrived for years.
The last 4 years have been a real chore and not good. I would have left 2 years ago, but COVID locked everything down & working from home worked out.
Try not to get worn out...talk to ppl inside and outside of VZ.
It'll work out!
I was exhausted years ago of it and stopped caring, I hoped for it for a while. Nothing is guaranteed. No company you work for will be secure. Create your own destiny and stop looking around the corners unless you’re looking for a better opportunity.
It is a mental grind and part of the Verizon culture. This place &@@@@!
"Our director said our main focus for the next 30 days should be procuring a new job, not performing our job duties, just maybe take some calls if needed. "
DO NOT PERFORM ANY MORE WORK ONCE RIF'd, PERIOD.
You owe VZ nothing, they owe you your severance. Spend the next 30 days doing what YOU want to do, not what the VZ wishes you would do.
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Even if they do slip in more work that's not a guarantee that you won't be next. They'll burn you out then put you on the first list to be next so they can get in someone fresh to replace you and keep the cycle going with that person. We are plow cattle here. When the plow takes two, they make one pull it until it can't any more then they replace it with a fresh one. They never think beyond that quarter's numbers how much better it would be if they kept the original two pulling a reasonable load.
I think they were calling that “quiet hiring” now and to create some buzzword but it has always been that way here. They slip in more work and if you don’t “you might be next”
@wjm+1lep8ZSC yes you won't get ridiculous PTO. Most of the old timers in my group complain about having more than they can use. I was able to get 4 weeks when I left if you count the fact VZ only gives 6 holidays and I get 12 now. 1 week of paid days off isn't worth all the stress and below market pay. I also get 7.5 on my 401k match instead of 6. And my health insurance is better.
Outside of lots of PTO for people that stayed for a decade+. VZs benefits aren't any better than any other national brand companies.
Got laid off from Vz a few months ago. I applied for several internal postings but received no responses, not even to say I wasn't a fit. In the past they used to ask if you had been recently laid off and gave your application a speedier review or something like that because of the time factor. This time, it's not the case. They just want you and your salary off their books. It's hard to get a comparable salary with the same vacation and health benefits. Also hard when your partner was laid off from another company a few weeks ahead of you. I hope those who just got laid off can find something if they want to stay, even if just to tide you over until you can find something comparable or better without the fear of having no salary because you were RIF'd. Godspeed to all of you and may we all come out on the other side of this better for having gone through it, although it's hard to see it right now.
Sorry to hear about the layoffs. I was severanced after 13 years at T-Mobile this January. I decided to take the money rather than accepting a new position and it was refreshing to not worry about my job status every 6 months. Wireless is changing and we have to accept this unfortunately. But you’re all talented and will land somewhere that’s appreciative of your talents. Best of luck friends!
Yep, agreed. Directors really seem to have no insight into this kind of thing - they are just given the list to communicate. Stinks. Agreed - take every day to do nothing but job hunt. I started job hunting in early January to get some things in the hopper in case of a RIF. Not one lead. Prayers - something will open for you!
Here's a pro tip - stop worrying about it. If you get go, you will find something else - it might not be smooth, but you will.
Best thing to do is just tuck your shoulder and do your job. If it causes you anxiety to look at this board, don’t. Looking here and getting stressed out won’t keep you from getting RIF’d.
This type of stress is pointless in all things in life, not just work. If you stress that it will happen and it doesn’t, you’ve still mentally paid for it. If you stress that it will happen and it does, you’ve paid twice. Stop letting the company rob you of your peace. They should only get what they pay you to do, and attention only during those 40 hours.
At least try to stay - any milestone benefits you’ve earned won’t be matched at any other employer (extra vacation for tenured employees, discontinued medical plans, long term care insurance)
With 13 years you should be at 5 weeks vacation, plus personal days, plus sick time. 36 days of PTO per year.
Good luck getting those off the bat at a new employer. Unless your external offers are really that good (and I mean like a 50% raise) they really can’t replace access to benefits such as above.
Yes, severance was two weeks per year served, prorated STI, and of course vacation payout as well as on the books for 30 days. Our director said our main focus for the next 30 days should be procuring a new job, not performing our job duties, just maybe take some calls if needed. I respect and appreciate that way of thinking from our leadership who had no bearing on the decision for layoffs.
Is severance still 2 weeks per year?
Yes 13 years has been a long time and over the last 5 years it's been change after change so I figured last year this was about to happen. They took away permanent roles and started offering rotational opportunities only for 6 months at a time. During that time they used corporate employees to train the vendors that will take over social media as of 3/17 and disgused it as opportunities.
I was tired of being fearful that last few years but that came to an end yesterday. Laid off after 13 years. Now the question is, do I try to stay with the company and keep worrying twice per year? Or do I take the severance and run?