Left vzw in 2015....glad to be gone!
Still talking Layoffs...not success
Still a toxic culture...no fun
Still a sorry stock...never over $60
Still making bad decisions..Oath, AOL
Still got ya'll nervous...there's better life after VZ
Still treating employees bad...
Get courage...YOU deserve better..
Get all you can...then leave!
If people knew how bad t-mogul actually was, they would stay far far away... They absolutely blow....
That being said, however, theres always cricket wireless. Uses at&t network so unlike t-mogul, it actually works everywhere and is fast.
So thus the problem for verizon wireless. You have your t-mogul hoodrats, but you also have good cell companies like cricket, which i use.
Landlines cant be replaced. FIOS cannot be topped. Comcast says their coax copper cable is faster than fiber but people with IQs of 80 or greater can deduce that fiber beats copper...
Folks, the gravy train days of the first 10 years of VZW are over...and they ain't coming back. Your BR senior leadership (talking more so of their age than position) has seen to that.
If you're "riding this out" until it gets better, guess what? It won't. This IS the new normal.
Expect quarter after quarter of mediocre to bad results. We've been living with bi-annual layoffs for the past 3 years.
Your loyal baby boomer customers are getting old and the millennials look at VZW as their grandparent's phone company. They only way they'll come near us is if they're still on their parent's plan. Whatever chance we had to capture the millennial market has long since passed. T-Mobile owns that ever-growing market.
For the past 4 years, US wireless has been playing the cannibalization game (taking customers from other companies and the others doing the same). There is very little growth to be had in wireless. The growth that is left is out of reach of VZW due to our inability to logically compete. Add in the fact that we've bought up what's left of 90s-era tech companies, and you have the perfect recipe for why we're in the horrible shape we're in.
Update your resumes, study interview questions and do some interview skill-drills with a trusted friend. Then blanket your resume out there.
Believe it or not, having Verizon on your resume is QUITE attractive.
Lastly, a word to my brethren who don't have a degree. Don't sweat it. More and more companies want talent with solid experience. If you get that face-to-face, show them your (hopefully) great personality and talk about your ability to be approachable, a team player, and undying loyalty to your customer, either external or internal.
The culture here is so unnecessarily stressful, especially with the "sword of Damocles" constantly hanging over your head.
Best of luck to all.
Im there with you. Left in 2009. Working temp jobs and such. Government assistance for me instead of paying 15000 in taxes every year paying for others to live. Taking it easy living modestly and happy!!