Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

It was all based on an algorithm of past historical performances of the certain employee. DMs had a list made with the GMs from each store but when reviewed with HR, they made adjustments to the list based on writeups for attendance and performance and conduct. SMs are going to have to do the work that ES and OS were doing then they will be fired when the system goes to non commission and you'll have only one SM one GM in a store and a few Lead Specialists.

I dropped my Verizon after I got RIF'd. I have T-Mobile now and it is great and 1/2 what I paid for the crappy Verizon service.

"Best way to fight back is to not use their product. When I am done at Verizon I am switching services. I will not stay with them. They didn't want me so I don't want them."

I couldn't agree more. I was RIF'd last year, over 40 and a woman and 18 years in. The only STD and FMLA I took was my 2 maternity leaves which had been many years before.

Best way to fight back is to not use their product. When I am done at Verizon I am switching services. I will not stay with them. They didn't want me so I don't want them.

First off, I have been retired for a year and got out just in time. With that said, let me offer another theory as to why???? My wife worked in a bank 40 years and was eliminated along with 10 other personal bankers one at a time for very mundane reasons. She really liked this job and took this very much too heart causing her to blow her kidneys out due to stress and high blood pressure. She now is on dialysis and needs a kidney transplant. Point I am making........after 55, we have been told the cost to the company for medical insurance went from $4000 to $13,000 per year per employee. A common denominator here reading through these posts appears to be age. The cost of your medical insurance may very well have contributed to you being selected as a participant in this round of corporate downsizing. Don't make some lawyer rich trying to prove it instead move on as there is life after Verizon. Best of luck to all impacted. I personally have been down this road of corporate downsizing twice in my working career so I know how you feel. My time at Verizon merely brought up the markers at the end of the train. Again best wishes to all.

We were told the position was eliminated nationwide, affecting ALL ES and OS. However obviously some were eliminated and some were automatically absorbed into the new position and maintained their pay rate. This post is just about asking who was chosen in your area because obviously there was an algorithm or method used to chooae WHO lost their job and WHO did not. That makes it a selection process and not a national standard, and could possibly fall into discriminatory grounds. We are all hurt, angry and worried and a little knowledge or understanding would go a long way.

I smell a bogus lie.

Verizon is not that stupid.

Has anyone heard of the WARN act. I heard some say that Verizon should be paying us 60 days on payroll not 30 days. Maybe we should all look into this. If anyone knows why this is not in effect for this current layoff. Did Verizon find a loop hole?

I agree with the statement .. They are getting rid of employees it would be to hard to term. They let the dependable and loyal employee go. How sad. Not only do we have to worry about paying bills but our insurance. Most of us dont know where to begin now that it is mandatory to have health insurance we have the stress of finding a insurance that we can afford being with the same doctor dentist and vision for 18 plus years how do we afgord to get the insurance that allows us to stay with them. Verizon corp we are humans real people not just numbers. Not that you care but I say again anyways . WE ARE REAL PEOPLE. NOT JUST A NUMBER.

I am a female and I was with Verizon for over a decade. I have never used Fmla or Short term disability. The last time I called I was well over 3 years ago. I got notified on my day off when my manager called me.

The women I work with are useless. They produce nothing but drama. Ilk be glad when I'm done. VZW is a sinking ship.

Good luck swimming with the sharks.

Yes friend the Americans with their loud music and tattoos and motor vehicles and the organised religion! They hold our great organisation back from what we could be.

if american workers cant figure out how to organize themselves to protect their jobs, they dont deserve them. survival of the fittest

I agree, friend! Too many Americans remain in this organization.

Its hilarious how about we cut management!!!! Verizon should get an award for hiring the most incompetent people ever!!!!

In my location it was 100% female. 90% had 18+years of service. Most about 2-3 years away from retirement. Its about the bottom dollar. Verizon is a sinking ship. Top exec. dont care about the frontline people. Doesnt matter how much time we invested in the company. Lets get rid of our longtime employees so they dont retire on Verizon dime. Use you and throw you away. To bad you dont have insurance ir a job. I dont understand how a retail store has 4-5 manager who dont do anything but layoff the people who really work.

-qkl

You are so right about mcadams vision being lost on them. Sheep are for slaughter.

So many entitled Americans. Mr. McAdam's vision of global diversity is lost on you.

This was a serious question, why can't people just answer the questions without all the drama? Losing a job is no laughing matter. I was laid off last year and it has not been easy.. Layoffs destroy many lives.

reg, unfamiliar with humor, are we. And you're labeling others putz? Remarkable.

Short Term Disability (STD), utilized most commonly for illness, surgeries, etc. It seems like every year a couple people get kidney stones, flu or hysterectomies.

STD = short term disability....You putz

STD time?

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Transmitted

Disease?

I smell Class Action!