Stop b–ching and leave. I left and am making more now than I ever would have at WS. The job market is great right now and you will be picked up easily.
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All the good employees already left lol. The only reason to stay is if you have no other opportunities.
Greenville was not paetec. Don't insult me
I was one of those people that would have probably spent my entire career at Windstream. I was there a decade and a half before I was unceremoniously shown the door. I spent a few months absorbing the situation, then spend a few more months learning new skills. Now I'm in a job that pays 17% more than my Windstream salary and I'm happier than I've ever been in my new role. It s—s to leave a comfortable situation but the best thing to ever happen to me was to be let go from Windstream. I would encourage you to not wait for a severance that may never come or to stay for the vacation time. The first thing you learn when looking for a job is that it is much easier to find a job when you already have one. Also, if you're like me then staying for the severance will actually cost you more than just getting that new job with a higher salary now. Get rid of the stress and uncertainty and make the change you know you need to.
The writing is on the wall for WS. Why not get out now? There is work out there. You may lose vacation time and seniority. But we all go through that and everything does work out. Stop sticking around with all of the other procrastinators.
Not sure why Windstream bought 5G frequencies unless they are just going to flip it and resell them. They do not have the capital or skill set to build out a 5G network. And you cannot sell it under the windstream name, that brand is garbage.
Not all of us were PAETEC employees. The umbrella of WIN comprises of lots of CLEC's that were combined over the years. Most of that M&A was to gain inorganic market share. The over all idea of combining the wireline assets of UNIT, WIN ILEC, and all of the CLEC's was a bad idea.
Buying 5G spectrum in rural markets is a signal to where the technology is going. UNIT owns the outside plant and we lease from them. I am not sure how we would provide FTTH if it's not already installed. One of the many problems with having the REIT as a triple net lease.
When I left I had been at my new job for 4 months. My manager checked out and shows up to work about 1 day a month, never met my director or VP in the 3yrs I was with the company, they work from home and had never shown up in an office. When I got home at 5pm from my real job I spent about 30min doing my windstream work, there really wasnt much to do. I was hoping to volunteer for a layoff, but figures that was about the only 4 months where we didnt lay anyone off from my team smh.
I want my gosh darn severance.
I’ve heard sales compensation will be reduced to match industry standards.
I'm relaxing and collecting checks like most of no good management that sits above me. Hopefully Windstream will have to replace my laptop as I spit out my coffee listening to Godzillas Nemesis say something during a call that makes one wonder what bread line they pick him from.
concur that good jobs are harder to find in small towns.
I get frustrated with Windstream the company but I appreciate the local people that work here.
Hang in there.
” At some point in the future the wireline business will go away event in these small markets.”
I think any customer that gets put on fiber will last a long time. People will always need more bandwidth and nothing else compares. Also, fiber’s cost of ownership is very low once installed.
Fiber costs $$ to install but court filings indicate >$1.5 billion investment planned for FTTH post-bankruptcy. This seems to be something all parties agree on to some extent.
Windstream owns pole space and has messenger wires so it’s not like they’re building out from scratch like a municipality.
Lots of competing technologies getting talked up: the new satellites , 5g, cable tv DOCSIS — I still think fiber is the end game.
The ILEC markets are a double edged sword. They are bound by laws and have to provide service as a utility. Those jobs are also bound by IBEW unions and will be the highest paid for that area. They have to employ X number of people to keep the local utility afloat until the government deems it's not needed. At some point in the future the wireline business will go away event in these small markets.
From below: "All of the great talent we have lost has been from Rochester, LR,
and Greenville". Apparently this comment comes from a former Paetec employee. Some attitudes will never change.
ILEC employees will never leave. First thing my director said to our group of net techs was that the “ILEC techs never get any installs, entire town is already on Windstream for service. And they contract out their repairs. The ILEC employees are the highest paid people in those backwards towns and they dont have to do any work”.
correct. a lot of us are faced with either riding this to the scene of the crash or uprooting our families lives altogether by either having to move or be away from home all the time. I personally figure there's about a 25% chance I end up with a less terrible job with whatever company we wind up being after the dust clears. I think that's what a lot of us are holding on for.
I would agree the job market is strong right now.
If someone has the skills they can easily move on.
Alof of my co-workers are resistant to change and have
got soft by not keeping their skills relivant. No one
really cares about that mux that is EoL 10 years ago
on your resume.
If you are in a major market there are lots of opportunities.
All of the great talent we have lost has been from Rochester, LR,
and Greenville. All of those people grew and didn't stay in the same
position for 10 years.
If you are in the ILEC or more rural market the jobs are not there.
Some of the people in the Anniston market have a 1-2 hour commute.