Thread regarding Windstream Corp. layoffs

Rumors of a possible buyout offering

Rumor is co techs will be offered a buyout and that a lot of the bst spots there opening up will be filled by co techs that don’t take a buyout, and co positions will be eliminated, and there’s big news coming this month I believe the date was suppose to be nov.16th, this is just a rumor floating around no one knows nothing really just hear say, but I do know that when windstream and the cwa reaches a agreement on this contract windstream say yeah we can do that til November, so my intentions is leading to a buyout from someone, but again this is windstream why on earth would someone buy it, I’d say more of a spin-off of wholesale and distribution and windstream will become kinetic but what do I know I’m just a pea on that hears all these rumors

Just to be clear, this is not confirmed info in any way, but just a rumor that’s going around. Hope that @VVZxWyx-1whd is wrong about this, but a lot of factors point to the possibility of this being true.

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Post ID: @OP+VXXoVen

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To the person talking about the $75000 voluntary package-You are saying the senior techs make $2000+ per week?

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Post ID: @19mhw+VXXoVen

This week Nebraska was notified of a force reduction of 8 network techs. Techs with around 45 years would get $160,000+

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Post ID: @19asy+VXXoVen

No offers across state lines. That I know of anyway.

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Post ID: @5sbp+VXXoVen

Don't believe every rumor about buyouts, the company doesn't have the money to spare!

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Post ID: @4zcx+VXXoVen

Not to all of them down south. Hasn't been mentioned is any areas around me.

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Post ID: @3sdi+VXXoVen

It was offered yesterday, at least to the ILEC NT's down south

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Post ID: @3sax+VXXoVen

They want CSTs to take over their responsibilities? The network will surely fall into chaos. Half the techs I talked about to are complete mo--ns.

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Post ID: @3lsw+VXXoVen

I thought they did this every year offering a buyout to techs that have been here a long time.

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Post ID: @3iot+VXXoVen

If this was truly offered, it wasn't offered to all NT/BST's in all states.

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Post ID: @3gap+VXXoVen

Wow that's a good buyout. Better than getting laid off and getting nothing.

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Post ID: @3bmv+VXXoVen

NT/BST's offered a voluntary package today. $50k plus two weeks pay per year of service, up to 12 weeks total and any un-used vacation. So it comes out to roughly $75k for a senior tech to leave. Then eliminating those positions that are vacated. Company direction is that they are cutting back on NT/BST count. Those positions will be moved over to CST's for more head count, but at a much lower rate and a $10 less an hr top out.

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Post ID: @2fak+VXXoVen

There's a voluntary separation that is usually announced in late November, so not a big surprise.

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Post ID: @1ygf+VXXoVen

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