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Verizon Cuts 13,000 Jobs in Company-Wide Layoff

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EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
13,000
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~13%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Nov 20, 2025
13,000 OF 101,200 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: global.

Based on news reporting.

Summary

Verizon has laid off 13,000 employees as part of a company-wide workforce reduction. The article reports the company cut 13,000 jobs, describing it as a significant reduction affecting Verizon broadly rather than a single department or location. Reasons cited include company cost-cutting and operational adjustments (contextual details from the article), and the move is presented as an executed layoff rather than a future plan. The piece situates the cuts within broader challenges faced by the company and discusses implications for Verizon's operations and strategy.

Verizon Communications Inc. cut 13,000 jobs as of November 20, 2025.

That is roughly 12.8% of the 101,200 people Verizon Communications Inc. employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 25 layoff events at Verizon Communications Inc. since September 2023, including 852 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 20 additional events known from news reporting.

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Verizon Communications Inc.VZ
Communication Services · 101,200 employees
25
EVENTS TRACKED
852
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED DEC 10, 2025LAST UPDATED OCT 19, 2026