Verizon Wireless to lay people off

[newyork4me]

Yes for my unlimited $30, I am happy.

When its time to upgrade or choose $50/1Gb, I will likely abandon my verizon plan for my legacy T-Mobile plan which I still kept.

Its not worth $50/1Gb for pathetic evdo network. No LTE here either. Sorry

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You really need to stop calling it $50/GB. I hate the new plans too, but the $50 includes unlimited talk and text and 1GB of data. It isn't just data.

You might note, T-Mobile's own promotional materials show VZW is just $10/mo more expensive for people with 2 or 3 smartphones on their family plan: http://blog.t-mobile.com/2012/06/28/...rything-plans/ {$180 vs 170 and $200 vs 190}

I think you'd have to be an idiot to not pay $10 more a month to have Verizon's network over T-Mobile's.

Also, I'm sure all the T-Mobile customers affected by the nationwide outage AND those who still don't have cell service from the storms b/c T-Mobile doesn't have generators at all the cell sites (like VZW does) would like it if they could pay $50/GB, just to use their phone.

[Kies]

Record numbers TODAY in growth. How about next year?

If you want to point fingers, go over to T-Mobile forum and bash the newly-departed CEO (Philipp Humm - http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...85Q1CU20120627).

Or better yet, wait until T-Mobile becomes an MVNO so you can bash them for selling out and rendering your S III useless. Kind of ironic who your provider is (as they tried to sell to AT&T but failed).

If you weren't speculating based on stuff you got out of thin air your post might not be so ridiculous, but you are so it is. Verizon Wireless is making buku dollars and seeing tons of growth, T-Mobile is not. That's why they laid off and restructured customer service. Why is Verizon Wireless laying off customer service reps? Well since you know what's "about" to happen next year, they might only add another 500,000 customers in Q3 2013 instead of 1 million which would put their huge profits and fee generation off of existing customers in the gutter to near bankruptcy, which is why they need to lay these reps off now.. yeah.. that's going to happen for sure! It's nothing but them trying to maximize profits at the expense of YOU, and their workforce. I'm glad you enjoy paying these extra fees and I hope you enjoy your reduction in customer service as Verizon grows and the customer service shrinks.

[Kies]

Haha...they recently did fire a bunch of employees!

Already wobbly T-Mobile took a huge financial hit during the AT&T deal, with customers who didn't want to be AT&T customers fleeing the carrier while many business activities were put into neutral. As is usually the case the lower level employees paid for T-Mobile's bad idea, the company last March announcing at least 1,000 layoffs with more in the works.
As promised, T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm is alerting employees to a new round of layoffs this week, though Humm isn't yet getting specific about the totals for this round of layoffs.

He's not T-Mobile's CEO anymore, try getting your facts straight. And T-Mobile laying off customers does suck, but T-Mobile is not in the position Verizon Worthless is so trying to compare the two just makes your lack of reasoning apparent.

[whitetigergrowl]

Suit yourself. You hate Verizon so much yet you are there customer.

And why does Verizon have such a good network in your area and not T Mobile? Because the people at Verizon know how to run a business.

Bahahaha!

When you buy out as many smaller regional players as possible it doesn't mean you know how to run a business. It just means you know how to buy out competition and potential competition.

Heck where I lived in Mn as early as 2007 near Fargo there was no Verizon. It wasn't until they bought Unicel that they had coverage.

And where I live now Verizon service has been unpredictable and moderate quality at best.

And prior to their buyout of Alltel they were the number 2 ranked carrier behind ATT even with their perpetual advertising of being the best network and best coverage.

As it stands they have created their own PR nightmare and negative image now. Not a good way to run a business.

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[ShelbyDodge]

Agreed, i keep a bare-bones prepaid line for emergency voice on page plus that costs ~$40/yr for me to keep, but i'll keep putting my $$ into T-Mobile since i do agree with their business plan since they are actually trying to be more consumer friendly (sometimes a little bad at explaining their options, but they do at least try)

I agree with their plan too. Misread the future of wireless, don't invest in getting the spectrum you need to be successful in the near term future, and hope to sell off to at&t or someone else. Break apart your assets, lay off thousands, and have your customer base switch to someone they probably tried to get away from in the firat place. How could anyone not call that consumer friendly.

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[ShortSxit]

The problem is there are some people who will defend corporations like Verizon and most of these people that defend Verizon do not have that much money themselves. I can tell you if the people allow these big corporations to do what they want to the people, you will see how fascist things become.

You might want to look up the word "fascist" before throwing it around.

[ShortSxit]

I will also say look at Standard oil or the original MA Bell the government broke them up for a reason because they were becoming anti consumer. I guess when you buy up your competition and reduce the choices the consumer has, it is a very bad thing. I know Sprint and Tmobile can not offer the coverage area that Verizon can and if you travel to places where neither one of these companies cover, then you are stuck paying the high prices that Verizon charges.

That's exactly how it's supposed to work. You pay higher prices because they have more coverage.

[ShortSxit]

It doesn't give them the right to screw their customers and employees over. From a network perspective, VZW is number one still, but if they start mistreating good people and those good people bail, guess what? They won't have the capital to invest in their networks anymore.

You're right that if they start mistreating their customers and employees that they will lose customers, but that is well within their right.

[ShortSxit]

That's the new business ethic, haven't you heard? In the old days when companies boomed they shared it with their employees, hired more people, expanded their business, nowdays they cut employees, close buildings and hoard money. Invest in America? Ha, not the modern businessman. Yes, modern business is the bees knees, I wanna be just like them when I grow up, if I don't starve or die of heat or cold first.

The number one business ethic is to maximize profits.

[ilvla2]

The number one business ethic is to maximize profits.

If they're machines, sure, but they're led by human beings, and human beings work for them, and if they ignore their humanity for the sake of the almighty dollar, they and we all pay for it. The "It was just business" won't cut it at the final judgement bar, just like the "just following orders" didn't cut it at Nuremberg. What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his soul in doing it? Wise words said by a wise man over 2000 years ago. You can only ignore your humanity and conscious so long, eventually justice catches up with you, and while some people may be able to live their lives as if money is their god, it isn't mine, and that's how I see things. If the religious overtones upset some, then so be it, but that's how I do and will always live my life.

Edit-A couple of good examples of companies that do seem to have a heart are Chick-fil-A and In-N-Out, businesses like that prove you can make money and still live your life with morals and ethics, and treat your employees like living, breathing things, not just fodder for the corporate cannnon.

[taoman54]

Superb post, ilvla2.

The number one business ethic is to maximize profits.

Wow. You must be a graduate from the Gordon Gekko school of "ethics."

[tim33]

You might want to look up the word "fascist" before throwing it around.

I am well aware what fascist means and I can tell you that big corporations love being able to give you little choices. Big corporations like to dictate and control people all you have to do is look at our politicians and you will see who controls them, it is definetly big banks and big corporations and certainly not the average person who votes for these politicians at election time. I can tell you the big boys will always use the fear and influence over the politicians to get what they want. I will also say it is a form of dictatorship in my mind when you eliminate the free market by reducing the choices consumers have.

[tim33]

Verizon is getting more outrageous look at this latest article, Verizon is really getting out of hand.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolo...204858614.html

[Wireless Junkie]

Originally Posted by jtludwig<br />
Suit yourself. You hate Verizon so much yet you are there customer. <br />
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And why does Verizon have such a good network in your area and not T Mobile? Because the people at Verizon know how to run a business.

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Yes for my unlimited $30, I am happy. <br />
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When its time to upgrade or choose $50/1Gb, I will likely abandon my verizon plan for my legacy T-Mobile plan which I still kept.<br />
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Its not worth $50/1Gb for pathetic evdo network. No LTE here either. Sorry <br />
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EVDO must not be too pathetic compared.to your T-Mobile EDGE.... Hah

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[Wireless Junkie]

He's not T-Mobile's CEO anymore, try getting your facts straight. And T-Mobile laying off customers does suck, but T-Mobile is not in the position Verizon Worthless is so trying to compare the two just makes your lack of reasoning apparent.

Your hilarious to think T-Fail is a saint. Remember they were the ones who could care less about their employees by readily wanting to be a pathetic sellout to ATT...

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