#cuts

Do you think there will be layoffs tomorrow giving the holiday week?

Charlie keeps trimming out the lower level folks who actually keep everything running. The people doing the real work are the first to go while the higher tiers stay untouched. Every restructure makes the front line weaker and more stressed. It is hard to watch the backbone of the place get chipped away like it is nothing.

I heard the SD’s and above are going to be riffed today since they are done riffing ppl below them. Good luck!!!

Rumors from earlier this year… Is bnsf doing directional traffic on the coal loop? Did they run through Edgemont yet? Did they do anything with the Orin???

Every bit of industry has been changing this year. People are getting laid off or displaced to other locations. (Example… Union Pacific is wanting to make North Platte an away terminal).

Who's next? Or are they done at that level and now will focus on the next levels?

How deep will Bain's cuts be?

Layoff Announcements:

1. UPS: 48,000 employees
2. Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees
3. Intel: 24,000 employees
4. Nestle: 16,000 employees
5. Accenture: 11,000 employees
6. Ford: 11,000 employees
7. Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees
8. Microsoft: 7,000 employees
9. PwC: 5,600 employees
10. Salesforce: 4,000 employees
11. Paramount: 2,000 employees
12. Target: 1,800 employees
13. Kroger: 1,000 employees
14. Applied Materials: 1,444 employees
15. Meta: 600 employees

Total: 172,444

How many will Dell add to the list?

Sitting here remembering when each holiday season, BOAs could choose a turkey or ham to take home. I was so proud to provide that for my family. That "founder of the feast" feeling.

When that program was axed a year after PP got here, I thought it was really sad b/c each year I counted on that "bonus."

Guess it was a sign of things to come....the beginning of the dismembering of Edward Jones.

How are your implementation teams going? Talk about useless overhead.

The cuts happened, reorg is done. People can figure out how to work again without you working with McKinsey on creating 1000 slides that no one will ever read again.

How many useless meetings about adhering to the operating model have you all had after the ROM in 2020? And here we are again.

A state report indicates dozens of Horry County employees may face layoffs. County leaders are reviewing which departments could see cuts as they rework the budget.

I survived… but not sure how Vz can ever feel like “family” after so many face so much uncertainty right before the holidays.

Unfortunately, we will meet again layoff.com, when the next round comes.

This site had many trolls but it also provided more information that leadership cared to share with us.

First and foremost- to all our brothers and sisters in arms who were in the trenches with us that found out they don’t work at Verizon anymore yesterday, I’m sorry. A lot of good people were cut. The timing couldn’t be worse

But for all of us left- winter is coming.
That was the first phase of a long term plan to lean down. They cut the bare minimum to still have performance for the holiday rush. Once the New Years comes and goes there are confirmed more planned cuts for Q1 and Q2. and rumor is the packages won’t be as nice as the ones our fellow fallen soldiers got yesterday.

Update your resumes. Take skill up trainings and network. This isn’t close to the end .

We lost more than 20 in West Michigan on Monday. Some with over 30 years experience in their positions. And, these weren’t positions with surplus people. We are all overwhelmed with normal day to day work loads, and it just got worse because of these layoffs! I say no bonuses for leadership as long as there are job eliminations or layoffs!

All stores are underperforming (according to the corporate office), so that means fewer employees who will be pushed to do twice the work! You should be looking for a new job now. Be prepared to be called into the office after the holidays.

From an early morning meeting today, looks like the IT Staff Engineers are on borrowed time. GM is looking to eliminate the position and pass their work duties on to other employees in an effort to save more money. Probably some d-mb idea to send more money to the California Innovation Center payroll.

Another great SLT decision.

I can’t wait until the SLT decides to eliminate the bathroom cleaners to save money.

Got an email earlier today saying I got laid off. I’ve been here for 4 years. 4 years loyal to this company and they just fire me like that? It feels like there is no reason for them to let me go aside from cutting cost. I’ve sacrificed so much for this company and they decided to say my work is worthless.

(Repost - the original got nixed, probably because the rest of the post contained foul language)

I didn’t get let go but a lot of my peers in GNT got hit hard. Network assurance is already thin and they hit us hard. I’m just wondering what to expect. One thing I learned today is upper management doesn’t care about us or work load. 15 people got let go just in our market.

It can’t just be me but does anyone see the logic in the random decisions? You know, the decisions to keep really unethical employees/leaders around because of favoritism or pure discrimination but let valuable employees go because they have opinions.

JM’s favorite is trying like heck to show value by trying to take other people’s work because she doesn’t have enough work to actually keep her team busy Remain hopeful that from these layoffs people will finally speak up and expose the truth behind the lies.

Most of the account managers in the territory kept their jobs. We lost around 20% though. ADs got canned & we lost a couple of sr. managers. We had a bunch of account managers who lost stores to indirect, how ever their job was safe & were told to wait until they get assigned a new location. It seemed that r2b & b2b reps took the least hit. Who knows we still got 2026 march to worry about

To all the people that said r2b losing their job to the virtual reps ( i bet they were vcg haters)

Anyways sorry for the ones who got impacted.. i do hope you get a soft landing

The VP of Group Ops and the Medical Director made their rounds this morning. Eight primary care sites in Orange County, California were notified today, midweek, mid-morning that they will be closing effective December 5, 2025. They will be consolidating the clinics, shifting providers/staff into the few remaining sites.

Apparently, they were told no one would be let go and only reassigned to the other sites. Unsurprisingly, this was a lie. Positions were eliminated. Support staff were told they'd "try" to find other positions for them to fill, knowing full well we've been in a hiring freeze for the past year. The remaining staff in the OC are completely disgusted by leadership. Morale has never been worse. Their twisted idea of patient care means that thousands of patients are being told their doctor’s offices are closing in two weeks.

They allegedly hire the most experienced, most educated people to fill leadership roles, who get paid handsomely for their positions... and the best idea they could come up with is to RIF a bunch of staff right before the holidays, on a Thursday morning, expecting them to provide excellent patient care the next day and every day after until they're let go? Let's squeeze them more and more and see if their eyes pop out....

One more riff before he hands the keys to Sampath.

To the Board and shareholders who championed outsourcing: How's that cost-cutting strategy working out? You couldn't wait to offshore customer service and chase those savings, letting outside contractors hollow out what made this company great. Now Verizon is a shell of what it was, rotting from the inside, and the talented people who repeatedly saved your as--s are long gone. Congratulations on your short-term gains.

Everything hinges on quarterly performance. If Q4 results disappoint, we could see another major round of cuts, especially since last year's Q4 was exceptional and Dan needs to show he's delivering results. Q1 has historically been Verizon's weakest period, so management will probably announce significant reductions to satisfy Wall Street if the numbers fall short. I'd anticipate roughly 5% workforce reductions each quarter over the next year, plus at least one new offshore headquarters. The message from leadership is clear: ongoing job cuts in the U.S. paired with overseas expansion will be the standard operating procedure going forward.

The Format

What org do/did you report to?
What level are/were you?
Where others impacted, your team, you boss, your bosses boss?
How did you find out?
Did you know? Or were you surprised?
Are you doing ok? What’s your perspective going into the future?

Will share mine below. Stay strong everyone.

Is it safe to assume that if your store hasn’t been closed your safe?

I’m from Texas and I recently found out that upper leadership is getting with management and Regional Managers trying to figure out what positions are really needed within the clinic nurses and medical assistants, so I know cuts are for sure coming. So they would rather put more work on staff members, then hire another body. In my honest opinion, they are going to get rid of all the seasoned employees that are getting paid more so they can hire new hires and if you do get laid off, they’ll probably make you take the severance package lose all the years under your belt with the company and then re-hire you at zero years. I was unfortunately part of the first round of layoffs a few years ago and that was part of the package if you take the severance package, you lose all the years under your belt.

I’ve seen so many messages and status updates. From where I am, it looks like a lot.

Looks like they are cutting everywhere. Last day is Dec 19th. Package info will be released later today.
Looking forward to great opportunities.

I don’t understand this! Whats all this fuss about layoffs happening? There has been no such indication about layoffs. I’ve seen newly hired college grads in BH recently. They are already cutting costs by hiring them (affordable resource)instead of laying off experienced ones.
Its thanksgiving! People have families and don’t want to live in the state of constant fear.

Tldr: No layoffs hinted or happening in BH and let ppl live peacefully!

Any one get cut?

The way this was handled is a disgrace, especially for a "communications" company. Verizon has been losing customers by the hundreds for months now and their solution is to cut Operations. Some markets are down to a few guys for entire states. Way to put the customer first, Verizon. Bravo.

Can they cut 13k people in a single day?

Got the axe this morning. Band 8 Engr. Was doing the work for higher band team members. It is ironic that Dan wants to get leaner and perform better but keeps bloat that has been here for nearly a decade, but kicks younger employees to the curb.

Mid-Markets to be cut in half. Calls have already been sent out of EST. This will be a total shake up, if you survive you will not have the same title or job scope Jan 1. Get prepared for them to make more money on your backs.

They are coming from every direction right now. This is nuts. Not a great way to do this in my opinion.

Meeting Invites being sent out today. From what im hearing there is going to be a trimming of the fat. RIF's for Christmas!

Layoff is happening in WDC. Any thoughts in Seagate?

I’ve pretty much accepted I’m probably getting canned today. No performance issues, just not the type to su-k up. If my direct leadership has any say in the cuts, I’m definitely on the list.

Honestly, I just hope they actually cut the bloat for once. Leaders are making way more than the rest of us, and one cut at their level could save a bunch of our salaries. We’re the ones doing all the work. Have you seen how many Band 5 and 6 leaders have zero direct reports on Inside Verizon lately? It’s ridiculous! How the he-l did we end up back here after 2015?

What happens to health benefits when we're laid off? Do we get any kind of coverage or do we get cut off immediately?

Will there be more layoffs in Berlin and other parts of international? It is a good time to get rid of employees with high salaries and perm contracts due to Ironclad laws in Germany like how it was done in Milan. Otherwise the Ellisons will have to live with them forever.

Curious to know if anyone’s heard any feedback on how they’re making these decisions. Will it be our direct manager deciding who gets cut?