My very good friend from HR has confirmed what I was thinking... she said over 1,800 have put in their 2 weeks notice and thats not counting all the people who are just going to quit without notice. I hope Verizon keeps those new hire trainers ready... — read more 

It seems that the latest fumbled layoff put Verizon on the map of a labor commissioner abroad. Any chances we can get something like that here as well?... — read more 

Anyone know anything about network employees being forced to one fiber?

This is the worst news ever for Verizon employees....Sedgwick Claims is far and away the most untrustworthy incompetent organization/company that borderlines on criminal. Why would World would a top 20 Fortune 500 company put their employee's... — read more 

Verizon Data Services hires HR person to fire staff Verizon reportedly hired an HR person on contract basis to carry out the firing process with the existing workforce overseeing it... — read more 

I am being told by management to just add tmp to accts with out customers permission. They have to be on low performer conference calls if not performing in tmp. I am at 64 percent. Our goal in Florida is 75 percent. Meanwhile customers are... — read more 

I posted on here a few days ago and me and my wife have come terms about our current situation. Thanks whoever suggested me taking a payday loan it s---ed taking out one but now I can breathe easier. I hope everyone else is ok out there in Verizon... — read more 

Never ceases to amaze me how many trolls patrol this site, desperately trying to prop up the "Everything is AWESOME!" narrative. The latest are people saying how great life is at Comcast, tons of hiring, etc, etc. A quick google search and reading... — read more 

I am a former SM now SS in the South Central Market. I have been with the company for 5 plus years and have been really successful in the business. This year i am sad to report i am at negative double digits YTD in commissions compared to last year... — read more 

Both chopping heads aggressively. So you think you'll just go work for another telco and all will be well? If these two behemoths are laying off, you should know the entire industry is contracting. Good luck finding a job somewhere else when the... — read more 

It's NEVER just one company when you're dealing with an industry this big. AT&T may have taken a bit longer to start the bloodletting but it's happening nonetheless... — read more 

This is the first time ever that its looking like I wont get a check. I have 4 kids and a stay at home wife and this is stressing us to the core. I need 68 more contracts to be at a 1.0 really worried rep thanks for your feedback.

By law they have to make your entire flex spending account available to you. If you’ve got it maxed out that’s $2500 dollars. Use it all up. They can’t take it back from you or take it from your last check. That’s the risk they carry by providing the... — read more 

Please boycott this sorry excuse for a company. http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bouncers-counsellors-used-intimidate-us-allege-laid-verizon-employees-73148

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/12/14/verizonss-oath-is-a-failure-waiting-to-happen.html Timmy Armstrong's strategy to generate advertising revenue is "to build global brands people love, build global brand platforms partners love" and... — read more 

Not my group and a bit cryptic, here it goes anyway (source link below): Verizon Communications Inc. is cutting 190 jobs in San Jose, but this time around the layoffs don't appear to be related to its acquisition of Yahoo. Layoffs will occur “across... — read more 

We found it way too easy over the years to hate on India because Dey tuk ur jurbs, but the way that so many of them lost their jobs was painful even by Verizon’s standards. Things will get better.

Just when I thought we were safe at least until next year, Friday happens and we see VDSI layoffs happen without any previous warning. And if it can happen to VDSI, then it can pretty much happen to any other department anywhere. Anybody knows if we... — read more 

good package - fine. insurance extension - fine. relieving letter - fine. execution of process - no words to explain this. benefits does not matter. the way in which they treated long term loyal employees of 10+ years, who sacrificed their time and... — read more 

I blame the new management.. vdsi now ran by a group where they will grow their close network only.. and fire anyone. Worst thing is they thrown loyal employees by stabbing thru leg who worked day and night, weekend by sacrificing personal life... — read more 

Many VDSI people got termination call today and all final formalities finished just like that. Worst management decision. Surely in near future VDSI management ( whoever thought this layoff will achieve some goals) will fail and realize that you made... — read more 

Is anyone else hearing stories about gaslighting employees over 50 on their reviews so that VZ can cheat them out of raises and bonuses or scare them into not suing for age discrimination if they are RIF’d? Several people over 50 in my group or who... — read more 

Every rep I have spoken to has lost $5,000 to $15,000 this year and not a single one will have a year over year increase. The pay is only one aspect of this debacle the other is store traffic because Verizon wants everyone to process transactions... — read more 

Where will the Center work be for the new Mesh network take place??? Specifically, the provisioning of the Satellite and MSC portion of the UT turn-ups? There has been discussion of the Center work and I want to know who will do the Center work? I... — read more 

just heard a conversation, as I understood again big reorg and RIFs hitting EMEA by january; anyone else heard this as well? soon there will be nobody left here.

...or office desk hoteling. Can ANYONE cite a source where this was successful, improving productivity, communications AND morale? When I need to talk to someone face to face in the office its nice to know where they sit, novel I know. This may work... — read more 

Does anyone know of any lawsuits going on related to race and/or disabilities or retaliation for taking family medical leave? If so please respond with the lawyers name here. I'm trying to get this group of people together. Thanks.

I want to hear about how stores are doing with this new "no setup" devices. Any feedback? Any differences?

It seems this board's been hijacked, but there's an alternative: http://www.joeshmucksboard.org/

there was an office going around my office that vldp is stopping. I'm sure that's a good sign of the times to come... :(

" Sorry Mrs. Customer we no longer have WIFI available in store to transfer all of your content , here are instructions on how to do it at home." CASE CLOSED !!!! If a customer needs to do an early dpp upgrade then they should come back when they... — read more 

So in my store in the southeast, none of this new crap that was rolled out today was working, phones were not activating after 30 mins, nobody knew what to do, even some of the phones to that were to activate at time of purchase weren't activating... — read more 

Question to all CLG Retention and Downstate Retention call centers. It’s been slow but we have had no DDP-time when were able to leave early. Any call centers getting DDPtime?

There's an uptick in the number of retail millennials able to navigate to the proper site. Baby Steps.

Whose excited for the new " here's your bag of stuff, see ya " roll out, I'd hate to be in the gm's or sm's shoes for the next month or so....

We got a list of staffing levels for each store in our district. Several stores are over staffed by a couple of reps. For managers two of our stores have too many managers per employee. They changed the staffing model. We were told to PIP out... — read more 

5 pilot/trial districts in the company start January 1. 6 month pilot program with Nationwide rollout in July. Individual multiplier based off off phones only (new/upgrades). Team sales dollar bucket based off assumed values for PT/TMP/Accessories.