KJ even thinks about how many careers she has lay wasted to, good, experienced loyal employees that gave their all through many mergers, only to be sent packing for the almighty dollar , to try to pay mortgages and support families.....

Lumen has no money. They are cooking the books to look good. Hiding things. They are calling in markers desperately wanting ppl to pay up. This is a hole we won't get out of.

https://x.com/lumentechco/status/1788252548874510469

Why didn't Kate say goodbye? He claims responsibility for growing Public Markets at double digits and fixing Enterprise Sales. Not sure how much is hyperbole since his entire tenure hasn't grown Public Markets nearly enough reviewing TAM vs... — read more 

Stacey Goff hung in there placating the CTL Board for years. Now he is leaving. Chad Ho, graduate of Standford undergrad and Harvard Law, and the legal technology teams of Sabre Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, Hulu, and Myspace is moving in. ... — read more 

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892624000056/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1714738669.xml

Thankfully, the clown show was able to push the debt out & not declare a chapter 11 reorganization. I was worried I'd be stuck with the trash annuity versus a lump sum under my control when I retire at the end of the year. In chapter 11, the lump... — read more 

Let’s not forget that late last year Kate “invested “ 1 million dollars of her own money when Lumen stock hit under $1… I mean… she still making 300k in the stock market… no blister in her heel yet… I guess if my salary was 4Mill/year and I had a... — read more 

Nothing to brag about. I don't see how this company can last more than a year or two with revenues declining like they have been. https://news.lumen.com/2024-04-30-Lumen-Technologies-reports-first-quarter-2024-results Reported Net Income of $57... — read more 

How do people work here and not have anxiety? This is a genuine question. How do you deal with all the bullying, backstabbing, and mobbing knowing that HR will be of no use if you report the perpetrators?

Not my circus. Not my monkey

Cut all these IT jobs and move them to India, that's what's happening, been slowly moving this way for many many years. Good luck with that Chad, the people they hire are right out of college and are just looking to get some skills and go find a... — read more 

Lumen sold To brightspped for ? Sold mineral for ? Sold boulder for? Sold fleet garage for ? Plus other buildings for ? Where did all the monies go?

Windstream hired at least three former executives from Lumen and they have came in and making changes like crazy. Layoffs for the last several months, including today. Rumor is a possible merger or buyout 4th quarter. Your thoughts?

but we are laying people off

Kathleen Lutito, president and CIO of Lumen Technologies’ corporate defined benefit plan, CenturyLink Investment Management, will retire effective May 3, a spokesperson for the company told CIO.

Unfortunately, Lumen has descended into full cult-mode, with Kate as spiritual leader. While we often refer to transformation, a better word is evangelization - with a nigh-on religious belief over strategy taking hold. Most recently this was... — read more 

At maybe 2K ees, it's barely 30 percent of the RIF we keep wishing for. Can't sell enough services or provide value added "savings" from your position, let the head counts keep rolling since this is fundamental Capitalism vs. Socialism. Kate tricked... — read more 

Did they just lay off a bunch of engineers,, with Friday being their last day,, but DIDN'T take away their access to virtually every core device on the network in the mean time? This company is either very trusting or very stupid. I suspect the... — read more 

It was 660 people yesterday. 2 weeks ago it was voluntary and they. Only got 200. Had we known 2,000 people were being laid off we could have made a more informed decision about the voluntary separation

600 people being notified today. 2.5% of the Lumen workforce.

660 Lumen employees in the US and Canada have been laid off I remember when Kate first laid off the 1200 stating that would be it, guess they didn’t reach their EOI goal

Does KJ and team know what they are doing? Stock price fell from $1.75 to $1.32 in the 30 day chart! The talk of a 15x RSS seems really weird. If they reduce outstanding shares down to 15x the current price that would take share price way too high... — read more 

I was one of those techs who wanted OUT, and was rejected, I quit, because my health was failing - with no severance package. I appealed to Kate & Kye in an email to reconsider a severance package - silence. Loved my 35+yr career in the industry... — read more 

Did you hear about the multi State 911 outage? The article states the outage was from a single light pole? Sounds off to me. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/multistate-911-outage-shows-fragility-systems-experts-say-rcna148475

There are a lot of seasoned employees would like off this sinking ship. But Kate and crew won’t do it. Even though they can replace them with cheaper help. But she would listen to directors who have no clue and MRO who are just trying to save there... — read more 

it will be interesting to see how senior management spins the results.

If you need support for any legacy technology be it a TDM switch or some other equipment good luck. There is no more support for central office techs. The company has lost all its human resources who knew this equipment. Call into the NOC now and all... — read more 

Word on the street is 2,000 took the package, 3,000 was the target number, so the question is, when does the other shoe drop?

How about you? Might even be a better deal than leaving voluntary. If RIF'd you have a shot at unemployment as the sweetener.

From what I've heard this whole EOI is a sh-t show, people just get a middle finger insead of retirement severance package.

what do you all think about that with how the company is currently looking like? haven't gotten or inquired about a raise in the 2.5 years I have been here

This morning Kate announced a range of between 1 for 15 and 1 for 25 reverse stock split. Any thoughts? Reverse splits never work. If Microsoft was close to buying this company, they wouldnt need to RS. I think all hope is lost. Bankruptcy may be... — read more 

Didn't Lumen just complete a full restructuring of their debt with creditors? How could Lumen be in distress if they just punted that debt ball out about five years? Bankruptcy seems unlikely. They'll just sell off stuff and then look for a buyer for... — read more 

My linked in is being flooded with all these new certifications from the “Dare to lead” trainings. Crazy how people think that is a great certification to show off while Lumen is currently firing left and right. Why spend so much money with Brene... — read more 

04/03/2024 CommScope, Lumen Technologies and Dish Network are facing extremely difficult financial situations and may pursue some kind of restructuring – including bankruptcy

Those who opted in to take the voluntary offer will be notified on April 8th that April 12-th is their last day. On the same 8-th day the RIF list will be communicated to those being terminated. Maybe employees should call in sick on April 8-th.

who else is riding the wave until microsoft buys us out? any idea when it might happen?