Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

Some advice for Verizon

  • stop re-creating the same product we created 5 years ago. i just saw a presentation with 3 new products we were already close to completing when the execs k--led them off. now they've returned under a different name and are being developed by different groups when the original groups are still here and could pick up where they left off.

  • provide clear direction on all major projects within the company. either some sr. exec needs to sponsor it or start shutting it down. no exec support, budget, personnel, planning is starting to impact our customers as well as the 2 or 3 people remaining out of a team of 100 that can't keep up with everything that's breaking due to age.

  • give us some autonomy back

  • give us some budgetary power back. i shouldn't have to get 3 people above me to sign off on a $200 part to fix something that broke. let me spend a reasonable amount of $$ like i used to be able to

  • powerpoints..... i keep hearing the execs want them dead, yet i'm still creating them

  • stop reshuffling middle management. i had one boss for 8 years (director), i've now had 4 more in 2 years (manager). my team has also been moved into new orgs twice in 2 years. there's zero stability or continuity.

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"Maybe we should figure out what Google does and try to emulate that some more."

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Post ID: @2pvh+ZFN6Rf1

Get rid of PowerPoint. No way. They got rid of all the hands on type of leaders. It's all about who can talk to a presentation. Bare knuckle folks get out on the field and build relationships is "old school". Your not at the number..get there! That's it. Most never had experience in leading a sales team

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Post ID: @2pkj+ZFN6Rf1

Let's hire a consultant to tell us what to do because it worked so well in the past.

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Post ID: @2pde+ZFN6Rf1

kool aid, kool aid, tastes great. wish i had some, can't wait.

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Post ID: @2ula+ZFN6Rf1

@ZFN6Rf1-stx- you drank the kool aid

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You alone hold the power to make changes for the better.

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