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Do yourselves all a favor. Get out. I was laid off in December from 21 years in VZ IT and it was the best thing that could have happened.. EVER! I ended up with a job making more money, working for a team of people who are actually a TEAM and not a bunch of cut-throats with a manager that actually appreciates what the team does rather than bashing you continually for what you "didn't" get done rather than what you did. The company I work for now treats the employees GREAT!! I didn't realize how mistreated and beat down and stressful working at VZ IT was until I had a position at a company that cares about their employees. Suggestion... next RIF that comes around (and it will) - volunteer for it so you get a nice severance package to put away. Start looking now... contact some recruiters.. When the RIF shows up.. take it and tell your recruiter you're ready to roll. You'll have a new job before unemployment even kicks in, and you'll have a big severance check to go along with it. There are a TON of IT jobs out there.. don't be mislead that there isn't..

Thanks, @SefvtTS-hgie for this moving post. I wish I was that lucky.

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Post ID: @OP+SvXTGNL

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@5zfw, please tell me you’re being facetious when you say “correctiveness”.

I know it’s a perfectly cromulent word but, come on, are you a “humorical” genius, or an idiot?

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Post ID: @6owc+SvXTGNL

F--- your b---s--- corectiveness. Everyone here thinks your, youre, or you're an idiot!

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Post ID: @5zfw+SvXTGNL

This is not an english teacher layoff site. All of you are idiots.

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Post ID: @5smr+SvXTGNL

Dear @4lar,

Though I, personally, would never start a sentence with ‘And’, less I appear a dumb--s, should you choose to do so, at least make it less half-assed.

Here’s how:

“And, yeah, I did post on another thread the same thing.”

You see what I did there?

I simply added the required commas in an effort to make you appear less intellectually challenged, while also changing your “i” to the uppercase, because my preschooler mentioned that that was the way it should be.

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Post ID: @5hlq+SvXTGNL

Sehr geehrte Dummkopfs,

AP style dictates we Capatalize terms such as Communist, Conservative, Constitutionalist and, yes, Nazi @4lnw.

@4lar, it’s “It’s...”.

Funny how you dunces are so bent out of shape. You must be millennials. Yes, you and baby boomers remain lower case, unlike Generation X, if you are a devotee of Associated Press, or the latest Chicago Manual of Style mandate.

You won’t understand but, writing like an idiot, lessens the credibility of your words. The same exact sentiment, written properly, adds to its credence.

Auf Wiedersehen

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Post ID: @5rjr+SvXTGNL

4oqm is butthurt over misspelled words and improper paragraphs. Way too funny. Its a message board not a college thesis paper. Get over yourself! And yeah i did post on another thread the same thing. Don't call the cops now!

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Post ID: @4lar+SvXTGNL

Oh just shut up already, typo nazi!

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Post ID: @4lnw+SvXTGNL

Also:

“I say, look at him, he’s a miserable grumpy that looks as life just got s—-ed out of him.”,

was instead quoted as,

“I say, look at him, he’s a miserable, grumpy fk that looks as if just got s—-ted out of him.”

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Post ID: @4oqm+SvXTGNL

To be fair to you, I too made a typo, writing the word ‘the’ when it should have been ‘they’.

I understand typos, but the below passage goes beyond typos. Can you not see this?

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Post ID: @4nlz+SvXTGNL

Okay, @4wul, I’ll bite.

I’ll rewrite your words, sans misspellings, and you be the judge:

“I still bump into old coworkers, even drive by some with my new coworker and I say to him.

That there is a veteran vz employee.

He asks how can you tell?

I say, look at him, he’s a miserable, grumpy fk that looks as if just got s—-ted out of him.

His eyes open widely in shock.

You are right, he does look miserable and lifeless.

Even my friends that are looking at changing careers steer clear when I tell them vz is hiring, great pay for a glorified cable guy.

The automatically say Nah, I’ll pass.

You have been more happier that when you worked there.

They say I looked like a walking zombie.”

Okay, Shakespeare, what’s your take now. Do you still maintain, “it’s not grammer but only typos(typing on a tiny cellphone keyboard). Learn the difference, idiot”

BTW, I too typed this on a “tiny cellphone keyboard”, yet that did not cause me to forget to use commas and periods, nor did it cause me to write as if English were a foreign language to me.

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Post ID: @4ylm+SvXTGNL

Its not grammar but only typos(typing on a tiny cellphone keyboard). Learn the difference, idiot

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Post ID: @4wul+SvXTGNL

My comment had nothing to do with spelling.

It was more a commentary on the kindergardner-ish grammer that some so-called adults make the rest of us suffer through, dumb-a—!

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Post ID: @3scg+SvXTGNL

@1qts do you ever have anything productive to say or you just troll misspelled posts with your spellchecker on? Dumb-a--!

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Post ID: @3acb+SvXTGNL

Each is own I work in retail. I have been here right at two years. Yes, it’s competitive, yes there is political BS. But so much better than my previous job. I really enjoy and love my job

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Post ID: @2xxr+SvXTGNL

@1sow, is English your native tongue?

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Post ID: @1qts+SvXTGNL

I still bump into old coworkers, even dry by some of them with my new coworker and i say to him. That there is a veteran vz employee. He asks how can you tell? I say, look at hi., he's a miserable, grumpy fk that looks as life just got s---ed out of him. His eyes open widely in shock. You are right, he does look miserable and lifeless. Even my friends that are looking at changing careers steer clear when i tell them vz is hiring, great pay for a glorified cable guy. They automatically say NAH, ill pass. You have been more happier that when you worked there. They say i looked like a walking zombie.

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Post ID: @1sow+SvXTGNL

I'll troll too. I left in 2013 and I can confirm that life is better.

My Verizon experience was that longer u stay and worst it gets.

Enough said.

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Post ID: @rfo+SvXTGNL

9 years with verizon wireless retail...don't mind me....just waiting for a severance.....

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Post ID: @fyq+SvXTGNL

Maybe there are trolls because the company laid me off after 6 mos of comming back from a life threatening illness when all my ppds where performing. I was out for a total of 3 months when a vp went out with cancer for almost a year and they made her a poster child on about you on how good our disability is. I wonder how she would have felt if they laid her off after commi mg back after a year from cancer? They have a lifetime troll in me

A company like that doesn't deserve to exist.

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Post ID: @iuf+SvXTGNL

Each job I left in my career saw me in a better, higher paying job (so far). I never once felt the need to troll people at my previous jobs.

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Post ID: @enk+SvXTGNL

Sounds like you need to let go. If the grass was so much greener why are you still lurking here?

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Post ID: @shv+SvXTGNL

I just don’t know what you were talking about! On today’s “Up To Speed” everything is coming up roses! Even though no one watches their broadcasts – – and now they do them twice daily – – they are positive and tell me that the company is really going places! Personally I’d stick around.

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Post ID: @jnt+SvXTGNL

Excellent advise. That's what I am doing. Things are getting whackier every week

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Post ID: @saw+SvXTGNL

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