I am writing for the people that got wrongfully terminated working with Verizon. I was recently a former General Manager of Verizon.
I say former due to the fact I was terminated from the company due to the fact I sent a text message to an employee that was having financial struggle and was soon to be put on a developing action for that current month. In the text, I approved overtime so he could earn more money to pay his bills and also so he could reach his target so he could hopefully get off developing. The rep misinterpreted the text and called HR. I immediately called the rep and explained it much clearer to him. He understood and appreciated me thinking of him. A month later my Director and my former new boss District Manager sits me down and terminates me. Where in the code of conduct says I can’t help an employee with financial troubles while also improving his chances to get off a developing action plan? Where’s the integrity, that Verizon has been preaching consistently the past few months, in that? My peers and my employees would never assume I would ever get terminated over a code of conduct violation. Since it’s Alabama I can’t file a claim for wrongful termination. I have given my blood, sweat, and tears for this company for five years. I did everything Verizon asked of me plus what wasn’t even required of me. I went above and beyond the duties of the role and still I was treated this way. My thoughts as to why they REALLY did it was because of two months of not hitting the company’s specific metrics. Keep in mind my old store is in an area that doesn’t see enough traffic and those past two months were beyond slow. Also we hit our sales target quotas for both months but Verizon doesn’t care about that or maybe it was just my new district manager that didn’t care. She was known to be cruel and emotionless towards her employees when she was climbing the ranks ergo why everyone was surprised she got the job in the first place. But anyways I just want to reflect on my time toward the Verizon company. All they want are numbers. They give out pulse surveys for the reps to give their thoughts on the workplace but it’s BS. Here is my pulse survey, “Out of my 15 years in the wireless industry I have NEVER seen a Manager actual try and help employees. They use lazy extreme micromanage tactics to try and get them gone instead of actually thinking of ways to help their employees succeed. I was that one manager that actually spent nights creating power point presentations and coming up with creative ideas to help each of my team members succeed. Verizon you lost a great leader for your company.”
If anyone else has any wrongful terminations during their stay with Verizon. Please put it in the chat. I would love to hear them and I’m sure they would too.