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Long-time employees will be laid off. You are nothing but your employee number

Technical Architect
Former Employee
Worked at Verizon for 20 years
February 27, 2014
Temple Terrace, Florida
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Benefits are good.

  • Chances to work on new technologies
  • Discounts on Verizon products and services
Cons

Layoffs every 6 months on the wireline side. You can set your watch to it!

Management always says it's a last resort, but it always happens.

Work-life balance is awful.

You are nothing but a number on the corporate budget spreadsheet. When your number comes up, you are walked out.

Telecommuting has been cut back significantly.

Advice to Management

Don't tell us we had a good year and then lay off 10% of your IT department!

Start cutting from the top, not the dedicated front-line workers who made you successful. We are not just a number. We are real people with families and lives.

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