fire vps and directors of all levels. get serious about earning your bonus Dan!
Personal Shopper Designer and Engineer
I was part of a team that designed and engineered Personal Shopper - the app that most of the retail reps use. I knew it wont be appreciated yet i still worked on it and pushed it out. Thats my confession. Heads up, theres a v2 coming up and its... — read more
RTO never made sense for any other reason than to get people to voluntarily quit
I know of no one that has ever been written up or chastised for not coming to the office though. If you are an individual contributor you did your job fine during COVID and there is virtually no reason for you to come into the office anymore. I mean... — read more
EMEA Townhall
Does anybody believe that Massimo's flight got cancelled?
A slow motion wreck
I can't stop watching Verizon spiral downward. All the talent and potential being wasted, people going through so much, and the leadership just doesn't care. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Leaveverizon
If a layoff’s coming, why wait? Find better opportunities and move on. Just how things are trending lat
Appropriate time to leave wirh grace
Why do some companies let their middle management( specifically not C Level ) drag on their positions for a decade when there is no credible metric to prove that their decision making over that period has not created a zilch of solid impact on the... — read more
They can be outsourced right NOW
The CEO/BOD - all those 'leaders' can be outsourced right now. It would save on the salaries and corporate taxes for their bloated salaries. There are many overseas 'consulting' companies that have teams that can do the same jobs - and probably do... — read more
Retail layoffs 7/16?
With the talk of upcoming layoffs happening on 7/16, how sure are we that retail will be affected? Like 60/40? 80/20? 100? I'll be on vacation for that day so I'm just curious if I'll be coming back to the news lol
stock price
How come the stock price is the same since dan joined? doesn't seem wall street believes verizon is an AI company....does this mean Hans will be back?
Layoff
With nearly 89,900 full-time employees, why do the layoffs keep continuing—July 16, August 20, September 17...? At this rate, it seems like this telecom company will eventually run without employees. Only the CEO and AI will be left to run the... — read more
Happy Fourth of July!
How many of our former coworkers can't properly celebrate today because this company only knows how to cut costs by taking away its employees' livelihoods?
Bosses are becoming obsessed with AI
Does this remind you of someone? 😉 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bosses-obsessed-with-ai
Anyone successfully moved to Pharma in NJ
Is it possible for Verizon employees to move to Pharma domain? I am asking because Basking Ridge and surrounding areas are filled with every pharma company on the planet earth with good paying salary. I am not asking for someone who works in core... — read more
Why Boards Wait Until It’s Too Late
https://pinnbc.com/the-scaling-leaders-brief/f/166-billion-mistake-why-boards-wait-until-its-too-late
Verizon C-Level Execs! MUST READ
Save and cut costs! Stop paying retail reps for In-Store Pick Up orders! You are literally paying double commission! Millions of dollars saved!
FIFA World Cup
I am watching most matches as I like soccer. But the verizon advertisements, of America’s best network? Isn’t that false advertising? …these days..
Can Dan Plan
3 yr cagr / maybe kick his backwards @$$ back to Montana and get a real bell head in control !!!
BT + VZ JV - EMEA
For people who are leaving VZ to join the new joint venture with BT, have you been given any information as to what your role will look like in the new org? For people who have been told you are staying with VZ and not transitioning over, have you... — read more
I get heart palpitations just from thinking about starting a job search at my age
That's 100% the only reason why I'm still here.
Do they really think they’re fooling us?
Seriously, do the execs really think that their fake happiness and positivity is fooling anyone here? I’ve been here for 12 years and every single person that I know is miserable. Does anyone know even one employee that has a positive outlook for the... — read more
The Fall of a Telecom Giant: An Insider’s Perspective
This is an account of the systematic dismantling of what was once one of the greatest telecommunications companies in the United States. A company that once prided itself on network supremacy, unyielding customer value, and a vibrant culture of... — read more
Is it just me?
Without offering too much, I am on the wireless side. I am not a tech or an engineer or a manager and I have not been in an office since covid. I don't have a crystal ball but I can track patterns and have an instinct when the patterns tell me... — read more
One talk layoff….any update??
Are there any layoffs happening on the OneTalk product team??Also, is it true that employees in the Boston office who work on OneTalk are always safe and never being affected?
VERIZON Dollars email
Anyone else laughing at the latest VZ Email = Your $10 in Verizon Dollars is here!! WTF are they smoking as its right up there with Simplicity is Se-y! We are done for!!
Verizon Independence!
There’s no better way to celebrate independence than at Verizon, a great American country that has granted independence to thousands of employees! From our former CEO, former President of Consumer Group, former CHRO, former Chief Communications... — read more
Verizon / British Telecom Joint Venture
"The joint venture will serve more than 3,000 customers across more than 180 countries, representing approx. $4 billion in combined annual revenue." 3,000 customers across 180 countries is a rough average of about 17 customers per country. That may... — read more
Nothing is getting outsourced
The plan made by the leadership is insane. In the name of outsourcing to India, VZ is cutting jobs and restructuring work among the existing employees. In India, we have only a very, very limited number of team members, and even among them, many... — read more
Business Updates
Has anyone who was not a leader (band 5 or higher), actually been let go? I only know of leaders getting cut today - seems like the 16th will be for everyone else.
So now the rumor mill was No Eisp for field now it’s Eisp for entire Titles to get rid of all groups and make 1 universal Trch
So what exactly is going on big giant Eisp for all then for some.Then no Eisp everyone does everyone’s job.Now it’s entire groups titles get surpluses so they can eliminate your title and if you don’t go you become a universal tech.Sorry but they... — read more
Selling central offices??
Someone posted on here about VZ selling central office and scrapping the metal. I thought we couldn't sell the COs bc that's literally where our equipment is housed and some have collocated equipment from other carriers, or used to. I feel super... — read more
Pulse scores are in and the higher ups are in a panic
It’s bad. Really bad. Leadership calls are happening soon
Lake Mary
Heard the Lake Mary, FL office will be hit hard with the upcoming 7/16 layoffs
Tomorrow July 2
So will there be any rifs tomorrow or do we need to wait until 7/16?
Verizon 5k classic is now called Morristown corporate classic
It’s sad they keep Hans on for a year but won’t even sponsor an event helping domestic violence . His salary this year could sponsor easily the next 20 years of 5k
Retail store lock install list edited?
I work at a retail store and received an email about ALL retail stores locks being updated and changed, My store among many others have since been removed from that list. Asked our ops people and was told it was due to extra work needing to be done... — read more
Verizon is now scrapping metal?
I know this has been discussed on this board already, but I find it shocking that Verizon is stopping so low as too getting excited about scrapping metal. The plan is that Verizon will sell some of the Central Offices and then "scrap" metal... — read more
Rumor mill now says instead of a Union Eisp they will have a one tech does all title
So I’m in field I don’t really care.But are they saying central office techs are gonna do field work vs versa .That all tech title will do all tech title work.Pretty sure this would be a disaster but Hearing frontier does this currently now they are... — read more
Verizon Stock now $41
Can onky imagine rhe Dan direct reports hiding in offices amd DEI Sr Directors using AI to answer " Now what?" Really miss seeing Directors walking around Basking Ridge HQ parking lot claiming volunteer hours!!!