A Verizon employee has opened up on LinkedIn about the emotional toll of losing his job during the wireless carrier’s latest round of layoffs, describing how he cried for days and questioned himself after the sudden change just before the holiday season.
The employee, who worked as a lead trainer at the company, wrote that he had long viewed Verizon as his ultimate destination.
“I always saw Verizon as my end goal. I experienced the dream, and other wonderful things I never would’ve imagined in my lifetime. However, fate sees it merely as a transition,” he shared.
He went on to describe the difficult days that followed the news of his layoff.
“For days I have questioned myself, cried my eyes out, and let all of the heavy thoughts go. As I step into a new week, I leave all the negative feelings behind,” he added.
After processing the initial shock, he said he is now ready to embrace new challenges and invited others to reach out with potential opportunities.
Verizon has reportedly cut more than 13,000 jobs as part of a large-scale restructuring effort. In an internal memo cited by the Associated Press (AP), Verizon CEO Dan Schulman wrote, “We must reorient our entire company around delivering for and delighting our customers.” He added that the company needs to streamline its operations to “address the complexity and friction that slow us down and frustrate our customers.”
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Search interest in Verizon has climbed on Google, with many people looking for more information about the layoffs across different parts of the United States.
Verizon has close to 100,000 full-time employees, according to a report from the end of last year, AP reported. A company spokesperson said the recent cuts affected about 20% of its management workforce, marking the largest round of layoffs in Verizon’s history.
Last month, shortly after taking over as CEO, Schulman said he intended to move aggressively to reduce the company’s overall cost base and to focus on reversing customer losses, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. In the most recent quarter, Verizon lost a net 7,000 consumer postpaid phone connections.
“Verizon is at a critical inflection point,” Schulman said during a meeting last month.
