Synergies realized when?
So...Verizon has closed on the Alltel transaction and is in the process of integrating non-divested Alltel into the VZW machine. I am wondering when the ax is going to fall on the retail reps. You have Alltel stores and Verizon stores next door to one another or across the street from each other in many places. VZW plans to save money on roaming rates, but they also stand to realize synergies (eliminating redundant positions and closing stores). They have reps in the stores walking over one another trying to stay in their positions. Many Verizon reps who were cheering this merger are going to be out in the streets. When they thought it would be Alltel reps they were cool. What's going to happen is they will keep the best reps in the a...
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I'm in a non-Alltel market, by which I mean that Alltel wasn't present in this area at any time in its history. Despite this, our people are still being weighed and judged in all this. I presume that assimilating the Circuit City crews has a lot to do with this.
They've made a large emphasis on a regional ranking system that ranks about 500 reps within the region. We're fairly certain that if you're on the bottom 100 or 200, you're not going to be with the company much longer. We've been working together to improve the chances of those few reps in our store who might get chopped.
100 miles away, Alltel reps who are now employed by Verizon in divested markets are worried, too, that they'll get cut by whoever picks up the Alltel Cl...
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They've made a large emphasis on a regional ranking system that ranks about 500 reps within the region. We're fairly certain that if you're on the bottom 100 or 200, you're not going to be with the company much longer. We've been working together to improve the chances of those few reps in our store who might get chopped.
100 miles away, Alltel reps who are now employed by Verizon in divested markets are worried, too, that they'll get cut by whoever picks up the Alltel Cl...
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500 reps? What region are you in? I'm in so cal and there are over 1000 reps in our region. We've all been feeling the nuece around our necks get tighter. Our performance scorecard is nearly impossible to pass and we are getting PIPed to death. To many good reps will have to go to make room for the alltel peeps.
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You're in SoCal. Your region is the southern part of a state. It's also the busiest and biggest (volume) in the western regions. My region comprises of five states. We don't need any many people as they do in SoCal.
Still, I expect the bottom 15% will be preened from the sales force in the next few months.
Still, I expect the bottom 15% will be preened from the sales force in the next few months.
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