Layoff you ever did see? Surely we all know some lazy A-s dudes who got it in the neck and we all thought they deserved it to give us all a better chance. Just sayin'. Must be a good layoff we'all wanted to see happen at some point.
I have a Question......
For ya'll on here: Is the best way to defend our jobs to embrace change and make the company successful, or...... Is the best way to defend our jobs to insist that working practices don't change, demand pay goes up and then we all hope things... — read more
Are layoffs always bad?
Or are they sometimes good? VPs, non-union, management etc. Or ones that help the company overall be a success? I assume everyone here thinks these would be good layoffs. Proving the point that not all layoffs, in any function, are bad?
Copper is DEAD 💀 IN CALIFORNIA!
With all this rain and flooding, it should be mandatory 7 days of work right now and yet Frontier has Ghost crews covering wet cables. This is truly a sign of the time as multiple forms of communications have penetrated the Copper Temple. IF YOUR A... — read more
60 More layed off
Any idea which departments this effects?
Vendor takeover
If your position can be moved to fully wah, it can be moved to vendors in India where they work for pennies on the dollar; aka sl@ve labor. Keep that in mind.
Elliott Management
Elliott Management. Immediate review required. Too much top brass not contributing to the bottom line. Elliott Management, we need ROI ! FRONT LINE WORKERS ARE UP TO THE HILT... — read more
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CUTS FIBER BUILD BY 300,000 HOMES.
FYBR may face the challenge of funding its fiber expansion goal in a rising rates environment. Frontier expects to have 1.3 million fiber homes in 2023 (a 6% y/y increase), which is lower than the 1.6 million homes it had previously projected (a 30%... — read more
Packages In CA?
Heard something about assignment getting one?
This place is a complete waste!
This new mobile tech portal next nonsense is just as much a piece of junk as the other version, and I heard on the listen live that they are not hiring any more people in IT. I look forward to spending my day waiting on hold to talk to someone. Heck... — read more
INVESTORS - VOICE YOUR COMPLAINTS!
https://www.elliottmgmt.com/make-contact/ Shut down Allen NOC. St. Petersburg, Florida has adequate facilities. MILLIONS CAN BE SAVED NOW! WRITE ELLIOTT! CALL ELLIOTT!
Alien NOC
When are they shutting done Allen NOC and moving to Florida! Do something Elliott we need ROI. The stock has failed to perform since the bankruptcy!
COs
Any rumors re the futures of CA, FL, TX central offices?
FIBER VS COPPER
As many of you know, Frontier has recently stopped selling new Residential Copper DSL in CA, TX, FL & CT. WV and Rochester NY are the most recent additions of that same initiative. An interesting STORM ⛈️ is brewing in California. The Copper... — read more
I'm curious to know....
For those on there who love to complain about Frontier - if you don't like where the company is going what's stopping ya'll from leaving?
Vendors
It goes without saying that our vendors are are either stupid, lazy or both.
Frontier adds record fiber broadband customers in Q4
Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FYBR) added 75,000 fiber broadband customers in the fourth quarter of 2022, marking the largest quarterly increase to date. Fiber broadband customer additions outpaced copper broadband customer losses for the fifth... — read more
More Tampa layoffs
Tampa TSO (tech support) got told right before Christmas they are being let go as of 2/17. That’s 16 agents and 2 supervisors. So with the 62 from Tampa dispatch laid off that’s 80 people cut 4th qtr. Nick of course lied about no more layoffs in the... — read more
Get lost cash?
Any rumors maybe not layoffs but packages 2023.Yum carrot instead of ouch stick. where, what groups??
Unfavorable macroeconomic environment dampens fiber buildout expectations
Despite aggressive plans to deploy fiber to residential and commercial premises across the U.S., macroeconomic challenges such as inflation, supply chain and labor pressures have slowed buildouts this year and will remain headwinds for the top fiber... — read more
Americast Cable by GTE
Do any of you remember Americast Cable TV that was owned and operated by GTE. Only lasted about 2 years before GTE shut it down and sold off the cable TV plant. Stupid decisions like to run all new RG7 instead of using the existing RG6 took the... — read more
Frontier Communications Layoffs 2023
This is a master thread about Frontier Communications layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
CALIFORNIA CWA DISTRICT 9 and FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
CWA DISTRICT 9 and FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON CONTRACT. CONGRATULATIONS 🍾🎊🎈🎉 CALIFORNIA 🐻 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇲🇽 🇸🇻 🇦🇲 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇮🇳 🇨🇺 🇮🇹 🇮🇷 🇯🇴 🇻🇳 🇨🇦 🇰🇭 🇹🇭 🇳🇬 🇪🇬 🏴 🌍
Just Let This Place Die
That is all.....
Tampa Layoffs Announced - Get ready for more
With appx 60 people told yesterday that the Dispatch Center is closing in Tampa..what's next? Get your resumes together!
Just get it over with!
Make all boots on the ground contractors and vendors and send all customer service and IT related reps overseas. We know the CEO just wants his cool 40mil while the rest are understaffed and overworked. Make the announcement and be done with the... — read more
The union doesn’t get it!
Hey Union, We are ready to finalize the contract. The company has agreed to most everything we asked for other than retirement medical. Which let’s face it. That was your total fu-k up if you didn’t actually get the money for the membership. Get a... — read more
ST. PETE NOC
Are the NY inbreds ready to rock? Or is Texas the master NOC?
I wonder
Does anybody wonder if the new executives know what its like for the bottom personnel? Do you think they believe the managers in-between us and them, you know the ones blaming everyone else but themselves?
CA CWA misleading members on Retiree Medical
CA CWA has “agreed” with FTR to change medical retirement to “bridge to Medicare” so once retiree turns 65 member and dependents LOSE medical coverage once this contract is ratified. Members who voted NO previously because of this assumed CWA was... — read more
No layoffs needed
They simply created such lousy working conditions that nobody wants to stay here. All the people who have options are using them at this point to leave Frontier behind. I've been looking as well and there's nothing that could make me change my mind... — read more
Layoffs again
Laying off people in collections and remittance in small numbers, be ready larger one I'm sure is coming!
It's just a job!
Why all the complaining. It's just a job. Get educated and move on or stay and play the game. It's that easy. Newbies or seasoned techs all realize that working harder is not the answer. You're just putting in ur time to hopefully retire someday. I... — read more
No place for talented people anymore
This has become a place where people can just waste their talent. I believe that the company no longer has many options when it comes to new hires, because almost no one wants to work here anymore, but the lack of skills of new hires is really... — read more
I for one...
Would never want a job that had to be protected by a union. Would never want my pay to be protected. I want earn what I'm worth. Would never want some dunderheads telling me to walk out and lose $$$ so they can protect their union subscriptions... — read more
More Strkes!
Let's have more strikes because we'all love not getting paid, achieving nothing, lining the union pockets, letting our customers down and damaging the company (which we all here want to succeed) knucklehead unions think there s still a class war. ... — read more
Breaking point
There are many long-time sufferers here who have many complaints but aren't doing much to find something better. Purely out of curiosity, what was your breaking point when you decided to definitely leave this place?
FRONTIER CALIFORNIA STRIKE UPDATE
GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT between Communications Workers of America, District 9 ("Union") and Frontier California Inc. ("Company") The Company and Union have agreed to fully and finally settle Grievance No. 2022080002, as follows: The Company... — read more
Frontier California Is On Strike!
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2022/08/19/frontier-communications-workers-strike-over-subcontracting/
You did yourself a favor by leaving!
Getting promoted at Frontier, thanks to your hard work, dedication and commitment only, is almost impossible. Am I wrong? This is where the careers come to die. Those who left and accepted even lower-paid jobs, have progressed in the meantime and... — read more