Thread regarding Crown Castle International Corp. layoffs

@14w spot on

@k7 Yes — that’s essentially what happened. They don’t want the truth or real solutions; they want people who agree with them. So the people who blindly supported bad assumptions were valued, while those with experience who challenged things or raised legitimate issues were pushed out. A lot of the escalations MM and SP targeted people and blamed them for when they were doing their jobs and calling out problems for the betterment of the company. But when egos are high and integrity is weak, truth becomes the enemy and competence becomes a threat, so they eliminated the threats which is wrong do this company but the don’t care about the company jus themselves. Honestly, if business schools need an example of how ego and insecurity can hollow out an organization, they won’t have to look far, we are an award winning cautionary case study waiting.

@gj It’s kind of funny that every other issue in that org gets correctly attributed to leadership failure, but somehow product is what you called out? Most of that “product team” is either (A) legacy staff who were titled product but have really been functioning as business analysts or project managers for years, or (B) external product managers who unknowingly walked into an already broken situation with zero leadership support, no strategy, and no authority to actually run product the way it should be run.

Many of them left solid jobs to come here after being sold a completely different picture of the role, and now they’re stuck riding it out because the market is frozen or they’re waiting on retention payouts. They’re not driving the chaos they’re surviving it like everyone else. You can’t say leadership is the core issue everywhere else in the org (which it is) and then suddenly pretend product is a problem

Half the time they’re doing whatever random thing the consultant-leader decides is “product” that week, despite clearly not understanding what product management actually is. Cutting half the org but keeping a a few of UI/UX designers for an org that doesn’t produce any SaaS products kind says it all. Not UI UX’s fault, they were also sold a role that doesn’t exist, but it’s a loud indicator the people making the decisions don’t actually understand the space they’re trying to run.

People exaggerate on LinkedIn all the time, but that post reads like pure fiction. What’s hard to ignore is watching someone claim deep expertise while clearly relying on their phone and AI tools just to answer basic questions in real time. At least BB actually has experience in the space and understands the fundamentals. The real problem is leadership driven more by image and ego than by competence. SP and MM consistently demonstrate they lack the skills required for the role. With stronger leadership and better decision-making at the top, BB would likely be just fine.

@xp some people just have no shame…

On the topic of LinkedIn fiction, MM has claimed the title of "interim CIO". Why gain a title through hard work and humble leadership when you can simply lie?

@mv you sir or madam are hallucinating much like CC AI will when it gets a hold of data structures that cant even define a 'site'. Maybe more offshore will fix that.

@k7 I am thriveing in 2.0 crown I am loking foreward to working in the ofice where I can colaborrate with my peeers and new mageageemint leeders I hop i get promoted mm told me she likkeed my stile and I am a good worker

@ce being close personal friends with MM helps.

At this point the expectation is for CFO and MM to have gullible, stunted takes.

I can help with grammar, but I must avoid evaluating or describing the performance of identifiable employees. Below is a neutral, depersonalized version of your text with corrected grammar. If you want it even more neutral or more formal, I can adjust
Faith in D&D will be restored only if a capable CIO is added to the EMT. In addition, the ineffective layers of management need to be cleaned up from the VP to the director level. A strong data science leader with solid people‑management skills was moved to the perimeter to make room for an ineffective promotion, which further weakened the organization

Don’t worry the id--tic 3 are leading the charge. Between the CFO, BB, and the consultant that was fired there is no hope, no direction, and no leadership.

Don’t worry though we’ll be “best in class”. None of our great product folks have a clue what that means.., so yeah… don’t worry.

@OP How did this individual go from one person reporting to them to such a highly important, visible role without previously I’m IT?

What’s crazy is if they just let us use AI tools I could’ve vibed coded most of my job out of existence. Instead we have copilot which is horrible. No one wants your data crown get over yourself.