#operations

Howz ATLS VP OPS doing

What am I missing? I’ve always heard that a major integrated oil company needs chemicals as a hedge for low oil prices as that spread drives higher chemicals margins. I get that the European sites won’t benefit from this because of the cultural and policy insanity there destroying the framework for industrial profitability, but in the US Geismar is proving this point. Pennsylvania polymers has had the delays, cost overruns, flare issues, furnace blow up, emissions fines, community hatred but besides that it’s gone great. Deer Park has the most expensive ethylene on the gulf coast but at least they also had a major fire. Ok maybe I’ve answered my own question. I mean what lucky company wouldn’t want to buy up all this lol.

Most of what I’ve heard and read points to areas such as sales, marketing, operations, etc being impacted. How about analytics?

https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/us-bancorp-announces-leadership-changes-in-its-operations-function.html

Chief Outsourcing Officer is retiring.

Centene's operations is complete chaos. It cannot get any worse. We have a Chief Operating Officer who is supposed to fix this. Why does Susan still have a job????
The blame does not lie just with Sarah. Next level leaders are equally responsible.

Is XOM starting to high grade and dispose challenged operating assets? 1000 wells struggling to produce 12000 bopd on a good day. Subsurface expecting substantial declines in production and limited appetite for further exploration and development

I heard they were layoffs in operations this month. Anyone have any information?

Sycamore does it differently. Tomorrows operations call will reveal the new structure

How did Rush go for everyone?
Not the best for us.

My direct supervisor told me theres a strong possibility that we could be working operations jobs February 1st. I dont want to be locked in the plant away from my family. I wasnt here in 2015. Any thoughts on how realistic this will be?

Talks on a previous thread of the MBA role absorbing OOM duties creating the new Operation Facility Manager role. Can anyone verify this? Another question is what happens in store with an MBA and SMM only? Do MBAs just take the ops portion from the SMM? Would the duties just be the combination of the two roles or are any other shift of responsibilities off of this role onto another?

Inside Sales gutted Many at in the Clover Product Engineering and Operations got whacked it’s a slow downward spiral

Wondering how many field ops and switch ops will be cut. more and more work to pile on those who remain.

Anyone know why Carmen are being trained to do mechanical outbounds, air brake departure test, and more? The only thing I can think of is that they are going to work on both cars and locomotives service and outbound departure test at their locations. Are other locations doing this al ready, if so. How is it working out?

Verizon’s Recent Outage Exposes a Deeper Problem: Treating Operations as a Cost Instead of an Asset

Verizon has long positioned itself as a leader in network reliability and resilience. However, the company’s most recent network outage has raised serious questions about internal priorities—particularly following Verizon’s decision to lay off approximately 13,000 employees last month, many of whom came from operations and technical organizations.

While Verizon has not officially attributed the outage to workforce reductions, the connection cannot be ignored by those familiar with large-scale telecommunications operations. Network outages are rarely caused by a single failure; they are the result of systemic conditions that develop over time. Staffing decisions—especially within operations—are one of those conditions.

Verizon’s Network Runs on People, Not Just Infrastructure

Telecom networks do not exist as static systems. They are living environments that require constant monitoring, tuning, and intervention. At Verizon, this responsibility falls primarily on operations teams—network operations engineers, field technicians, escalation specialists, and incident managers.

These teams are not peripheral to Verizon’s business. They are the business.

When experienced operations staff are reduced, remaining teams inherit:
• Larger spans of responsibility
• Slower response windows
• Reduced redundancy in expertise

Over time, this weakens the network’s ability to absorb and recover from disruptions.

The Overlooked Consequence of Verizon’s Layoffs: Talent Disengagement

The impact of Verizon’s layoffs did not end with the employees who were let go. Among those who remained—many of them high performers and subject-matter experts—a different effect emerged.

Fear.

Highly skilled operations professionals began reassessing their future:
• Some actively started searching for new roles
• Others secured positions elsewhere and left quietly
• Many stayed, but with divided attention and growing uncertainty

These are often the individuals who carry critical institutional knowledge—people who know how Verizon’s network behaves under stress, how legacy systems interact with newer platforms, and how to prevent minor issues from escalating into outages.

When these individuals become distracted or disengaged, network reliability suffers, even if headcount numbers appear sufficient on paper.

Operations at Verizon: Viewed as a Burden Instead of a Strategic Advantage

A broader issue underlies this situation. Like many large corporations, Verizon has increasingly treated operations as a financial burden rather than a strategic asset. Operations are often categorized as “non-revenue generating,” making them frequent targets during cost-cutting initiatives.

This mindset is fundamentally flawed.

At Verizon:
• Operations prevent revenue loss
• Operations protect brand trust
• Operations ensure service continuity for millions of customers

Without strong operations, every other investment—5G, fiber expansion, edge computing—rests on unstable ground.

Why Outages Become More Likely After Cuts

Network failures are rarely instantaneous consequences of layoffs. Instead, they emerge after:
• Knowledge gaps widen
• Response teams become understaffed
• Early warning signs go unnoticed
• Decision-making slows under pressure

By the time an outage occurs, the root cause is often months old.

For Verizon, the recent outage should not be viewed as an isolated technical event. It should be understood as a predictable outcome of deprioritizing operations.

A Critical Moment for Verizon

Verizon remains one of the most capable telecom companies in the world. But long-term reliability depends not just on technology investments—it depends on the people who design, operate, and protect the network every day.

If Verizon wants to uphold its reputation for reliability, it must reassess how it values operations—not as a cost to be minimized, but as a core asset to be strengthened.

Because in telecommunications, operations are not overhead.

They are the backbone

Anyone else getting multiple orders for items where you have just 1 unit in store?
Started prior to BF. Example: 8 orders for MK men's coat we had one of.
I've sent an email to our Ops person; no response. WTF?

Anyone have any details on the big operations change coming?

Pic will be managers of entire store. Demoting FS managers into ops

How many stores are on your territory?

Many of their operations are ancient , but long since payed for . Al lot their growth is coming from crispi minis , which are chips .

Sooo the clubs with 3rd shift receiving how’s the “new” fresh delivery working, you know when delivery time is supposed to be before 4 AM, because it’s not! We get more M &P deliveries AFTER 6:00 AM and that puts all other SCHEDULED deliveries behind! Once again someone sitting behind a desk thought it was a good idea 🙄

What does the centralized robotics team do? So far I have only seen them slap Chevron stickers on off the shelf products and produce fancy videos for the home page… but zero reduction in operating costs in the plant, in fact we have more operators now than we did 5 years ago…. ENGINE fuel?

Why do we need Market Leaders? They ought to be referred to as Recruiter Specialists. They no longer have any significant role in managing a Market. Getting rid of Ops and CA’s is not helping the bottom line.

Thoughts about Port Arthur's decision to shut this unit down? What happens to those operating this unit?

What does everyone think of the new finance operations leadership in Lake Mary?

Layoffs for Operations and Technology soon with more DC exit?

Every task is marked urgent, but planning is almost nonexistent, and the list of measurables keeps growing. Cuts leave teams stretched beyond capacity. The constant message is just to be grateful you still have a job. Keeping operations moving under these conditions is exhausting.

Operations doesn't won't confirm if we are expected to perform an inventory count for December, and our last day before indirect takes over is mid month.

Has anyone been through this?
Are we asked to ship our inventory out?
—or does indirect aquire the house "furnished" ?

After SA operations shutdown more EU subsidiaries (Cyprus, Greece, Ireland) will shutdown their operations as company management cares about their bonuses and their own interests.
Any thoughts on this?

There is a rumor that all of operations will be cut in half next year. Anyone hear anything solid?

To those continuing with us, I appreciate your continued commitment as we build a stronger Verizon together.

Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you"

What do you guys are waiting for ????

VERIZON will close of Operations outside of the USA , the missing 2000 ...... from the 15000.... we just found them !

Most of operations from Carlsbad will be laid off between January and April of 2026. Carlsbad will be transitioning to an R&D hub only. Production will be done overseas “close to the customer”.

Any word from anyone is Wisconsin yet?

Current time is 0823am. I haven't heard anything from Ops, Retail, R2B, B2B, VEC...

First time posting, received 1:1 with field supervisor. Other coworker said their 1:1 was expected. One of the thousands gone. Crazy is VZ is only keeping 3 of 12 ops techs that cover SD, IA and NE. Good luck with On Call and fiber cuts. Peace out everyone.

Has anyone heard about VCG Operations? Any talks of who is being riffed or any impacts to that department? Have they been notified? Are they being restructured?

Have any stores been notified of being closed or converted to indirect? What about the ops support people? If these stores close down do they cut their ops person too?

Looks like some id--t from corporate Decided to open Sunday with no staff or support. Their is zero tolerance on overtime

If this forum is a reflection of layoffs, it almost appears IT have been decimated by layoffs much more than other teams. Can I ask which IT teams have definitively been outsourced? Also, which other teams have had meaningful layoffs? Doesn’t seem to be that many outside Operations.

Multiple people in Operations in Carlsbad. Any impacts anywhere else?