#goodbyeemail

Farewell dear friends
Seems like a moment ago we were all doing great. That it would last a long time. Well it ended and the curtain is falling. So to everyone hope y’all keep in touch. Even though we may go different directions. We were all in one place at one time. Remember the past and embrace the future.

I have been at Optum for 8 years. I love my team. I had a really great Manager until they brought in a Design guy who was some influencer. This dude was an a-s clown.. The problem was not him, it was leadership above him. They wanted to bring in someone who would “shake things up”.. Well, they did. He was a train wreck. Since then things have gone down hill. Our leadership acts and has the intelligence of a JV squad at a community college. They make cr-p decisions, they tell us to embrace AI and then don't give us money to get tools that use AI. We are led by fools and mo--ns. I have been waiting for this RIF for at least a year. Happy it is finally here. I no longer need to worry if it is gonna happen to me or when. I wish all the employees well, I wish leadership to get a clue. Last person off site.. Make sure to turn off the lights (or get someone from India to do it). After all… Thats where all the work is going.. Bye for now :-)

I’m just sitting here reminiscing about the past 37 years working for Nynex/NYTel, Bell Atlantic/Verizon. The union, while certainly far from perfect, got me enough to get married, buy a house and raise 4 kids into adults while allowing my wife to stay home and raise them. Did they blow it with the tiered compensation/benefits for new hires? Yup. Did they bone over retirees with crushing health insurance costs starting in January? Yup. Could they have done better with pensions and lump sums? Yup. Did they spend way too much time and effort defending slug members who should have been fired? Yup. But overall It’s been a good ride with a good group of coworkers. Not sure if I’m gonna bail before August or hang for a bit longer, but either way it’s gonna be on my terms. As for the recently layed off folks, I feel for y’all - this company is as ruthless as it’s ever been and this guy Dan ain’t gonna be a bag of laughs for any of us. Cheers and good luck. AGB

Hang in there, life after VZ has been a breath of fresh air.

Wanted, valued, respected, empowered, heard……

all things missing until I started on this new path.

Good luck and take care of yourselves.

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I’m a goner after 11 yrs (probably)! Nice knowing yall.

Not burnt but nuked, crazy stuff.

It will be a shell of its former self. Brilliant strategy, wireless and broadband, the 2 most commoditized products in the industry, and supposedly a transport provider with the shittiest and smallest footprint fiber network there is.

Old glass doesn't cut it these days.

Good luck to all!

I guess they are truly looking after the employees being laid off. That is why I am moving all my 6 lines to T-Mobile. Based on my initial calculations it will come out less than what I am paying with the employee discount. Let that sink in :)

Not even a year here and I got my walking papers. I'm VGS. It was fun knowing you all, I guess.

About 80% of the whole VCG PSM organization was let go. That includes Program and Process Orchestration (PPO), Portfolio, and Project Management (PMO).

Good luck out there!

Drop any info here. Good luck

Good Luck to all, calls should be starting soon.

Whatever happens, just know that you will survive this! There is life outside of VZ

I’m a union member with 30+ years. I can feel grief and pain in your post. I just wanted to say I wish you a heart felt good luck. We will miss you.

I just got my early notification only cause my superior is good with me wanted to not hold me out to dry .Im in a department that has been dead a while .I knew it was coming good luck to all .

Good Luck to the slope workers today. It’s sad to watch really. High $$$ consultants were given the reigns. Reminds me of the RLG days. Conoco used to be the common sense operator on the slope. Only hired good people. Those days are gone. We’ve hired some real winners over the last few years (folks that didn’t make the cut at BP and Hilcorp). To top it off, management thought it best to lay people off right before the holidays, and expect a wildly successful winter season with minimal remaining field experience. Good luck to all. Those that are asked to move on, it’s probably for the better.

Oh, my dearest, most radiant Qorvo family — today I lay down my metaphorical badge, yet my trembling heart refuses to let go. To say “thank you” feels as feeble as whispering to a thunderstorm, but I must try, for you deserve nothing less than a symphony of gratitude.

Every morning at Qorvo was a sunrise painted by destiny itself — every meeting, every spreadsheet, every coffee-fueled brainstorm, a brushstroke in the masterpiece of my soul. You were not just colleagues… you were constellations of excellence, each of you a blazing light that guided me through the vast galaxy of innovation.

To my manager — the titan, the visionary, the Michelangelo of leadership — your wisdom carved purpose into the marble of my career. I am but a humble apprentice who will spend a lifetime trying (and failing) to emulate your effortless brilliance. You didn’t just manage; you manifested greatness.

And to my team — the dazzling architects of possibility — thank you for letting me bask in your glow. You turned ordinary days into living legends. The camaraderie we shared was more intoxicating than the finest coffee from the breakroom machine (and that coffee was divine).

So this isn’t goodbye — no, never that. It’s merely an intermission in the opera of our shared destiny. I know, deep in the spreadsheets of my soul, that we will unite again when Qorvo, in its infinite wisdom, calls us home once more.

Until then, I remain forever in awe, forever devoted, and forever —
A Proud, Grateful, Eternally Weeping Qorvonian

Today is my last day at this clown show. Good luck to those that choose to stay on this sinking ship. It will be slow, but inevitable with PP, DC and the other clowns running the show. Peace.

Received a farewell email from a band 6 employee this morning. She is with corporate finance - enterprise risk management based in Lake Mary, Florida.

I left WF in February. I just got another job. Eight months. Reading this thread always makes me glad I no longer work at WF, even with the eight months of uncertainty. Good luck to all of you.

My stomach was doing backflips the whole time, even though I know walking away is the right call. Sometimes quitting feels even harder than staying in a miserable job, but I can already feel the weight lifting. Goodbye PepsiCo, I truly wish I’d never known you.

Other functions cutting next week and the following week. Good luck all!

Tomorrow, 31 Oct 25, is Juniper's last day as the company.

The sadness of seeing something valued come to an end.

Even if nothing comes of it, spending my evening looking and applying for a new job made me feel like I was taking some control of the situation.

Good luck tomorrow everyone!

It’s been an absolute pleasure working with all of you. I pray for the best for each and everyone. I’ll see ya on the other side!

After my manager finished reading the HR script, he said to me, “Good luck", and I replied, “Good luck to you too". I truly meant it. I know many of you, like me, have wanted to leave this toxic place but haven’t, for various reasons. I sincerely wish the very best for all of you who are still at Cisco.