Thread regarding CenturyLink layoffs

True life at centurylink

Good morning! well it looks like MAXX is down,ok yup do the mad hoop dance wait....wait...its up you can see a job GREAT. ohhh wait dang it now you are unable to pull up maps to see the cable....ok wait ...and ck rest of job ohhhh looks like they sold them 25 meg bonded wait.....in this area? there are none ok lets clik chat while we wait on maps to look at bridge taps etc.........waiting waiting.....oops text from SRO why haven't you left the yard yet !!! get moving!!! ok drive to pair gain still no maps, 37 minutes waiting on Clik chat to correct order..... ok downgrade completed ohhh wait wont switch gate dated for 6 days from now yup 37 more minutes on clik to chat ok wow we are getting close wow its break time

15 mins later maps are working oh c-ap 3 pieces of buried BT we arent going to be able to do 10 megs !!! what you want ME to call the customer to break the news that what you sold them they cant have !!! all right sheesh....customer says NO way ok close and move to next ticket......driving driving across the county 45 minutes to next job .....halfway there phone call SRO why cant you provide service to last customer they are fuming they called Louisiana !! you need to turn around and go back. yes i said go back ok BT ??? Here's what we need you to do bypass those 2 terminals.....how? .....run a cat 5 in the woods out of right of way by pass terminals we will have them dug up and repaired later....

So we go we do the job and on back to next job 45 minutes away they want 10 megs they are 17,543 feet from pair gain we aren't going to be able to provide that for them sorry for the trouble moving on next job. construction zone all cable in area has been affected by cuts abandoned sections etc this customer wants POTS service....what do you mean you cannot provide me service ill call in a PUC i know people ........you ok sir let me call SRO ......ok well sir i have been told we cannot provide service but we can provide you a nice 2 year pre-paid cell phone !!! yikes customer runs you off of property....You go to lunch you sit down to eat you are assailed by irate customers who want answers......... you run out with your tail between your legs and move to next pair gain

And the another IRATE customer pulls up to pair gain and begins yelling and swearing and threatening you. your not even on that ticket !!!! You decide to do the right thing and go fix this person. You then get the call first customer is out of service !!! Why arent you on this road? tell customer you have to leave !! Travel the 45 minutes back to customer one....what happened? the county mowed and ripped your cat 5 out repair it and move on

No overtime allowed.....oh wait you still have tickets ok great stay and finish them...no only until 5:30.ring ring hi jimmy this is Tammy listen we have an irate customer..yes the one we offered a cell phone can you meet Jerry on site and see if we can spark up an abandoned 12 pair that been in the ground 45 years and hasn't been used in 20 years maybe we can get him service.YEs i Know just do your best and LMK in the morning what you find...................

wait whats this? I cannot close out My JOBS !!!! Maxx isnt working head to the office network .call this number wait..........wait.....try this try that 1 hour later you still cant log out just come back in the morning and try it all again..........................THIS IS LIFE AT CENTURYLINK

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Post ID: @OP+12tQd1ph

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Xmas bonus? For the first time in 21 years they couldn’t even send a corporate Xmas card. All I hear is the year isn’t over get to work and meet their numbers.
The ultimate Scrooge is running the company and stuffing his pockets full.
I for one am sick of trying to k–l myself for them. Health, family and time off without getting called all week is not on their radar! Bernie Ebbers is a Saint compared to our dictator!

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Post ID: @cosw+12tQd1ph

So Washington and Colorado, the rest are going to fall in line now as well, do we need to call the integrity hotline on these guys? :)

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Post ID: @8txy+12tQd1ph

https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Century-link-to-pay-nearly-9-million-to-566354481.html?fbclid=IwAR0Crr898rSWWqx_RO7BbuzZk96WiasWEH6W_JeSnKIy1pnp_g8A_9rDbg0

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Post ID: @7sdh+12tQd1ph

This is exactly why I left a year and a half ago! Nothing an I&R tech can do is correct or good enough. Every system they’re given is broken! The loonies are running the show!

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Post ID: @7hnb+12tQd1ph

You are correct in saying funded per contract,I understand that but contracts are not the same in all states and may be short lived. Nothing is guaranteed, not even social security,Just saying.

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Post ID: @6pbf+12tQd1ph

"You are correct what is there is protected but will not be funded as has been in every area by contracts and buyouts are draining these funds."

Again misinformation, the legacy US West / Qwest areas are per contract funded have to continue to be, other areas I am not sure of, but that one is. The attrition level of employees and then the passing of them is reducing that contribution rapidly however.

Employees in those areas that are represented and hired before November of 2000 if memory serves are part of that and receive a Pension plan, after they don't and all Management was frozen.

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Post ID: @6mcg+12tQd1ph

You are correct what is there is protected but will not be funded as has been in every area by contracts and buyouts are draining these funds.

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Post ID: @5uxn+12tQd1ph

"Christmas bonus? Somebody better keep an eye on pension funds,Washington state fines for hidden billing fees may be the tip of the Ice berg for what brings Ctl down. "

Pension funds are protected and they can't be touched, Nacchio tried, first thing he went after.

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Post ID: @5cxs+12tQd1ph

Christmas bonus? Somebody better keep an eye on pension funds,Washington state fines for hidden billing fees may be the tip of the Ice berg for what brings Ctl down.

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Post ID: @4inm+12tQd1ph

hilarious !

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Post ID: @4omy+12tQd1ph

What's funny is all the down votes, the truth hurts yet they try to stay in denial.

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Post ID: @3xfx+12tQd1ph

Umm does this mean we won't get a Christmas bonus again this year????

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Post ID: @3udy+12tQd1ph

Sad but true. And if you tlell anyone this is how it is, they laugh at you and dont believe you. Tell you, no company can be that effed up!

An easy out to this as we have learned is suggest they call our reliable competitor and even privide their number

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Post ID: @1xwq+12tQd1ph

Hilarious only because it’s so true!!

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Post ID: @1vdz+12tQd1ph

You left out the part where you try and call the SRO and they are in a meeting, then you call and the phone is busy, you call the Cell number and it goes to voice mail, sit and wait, then try again in 15 minutes, rinse and repeat, now time to go back to garage and find meeting was retirement party for another manager or Supervisor.

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Post ID: @1nxy+12tQd1ph

You are negative, resistant to change, and must be placed into disciplinary action. The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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Post ID: @xjl+12tQd1ph

Ha ha Just the tip of the proverbial Iceberg i'm afraid LOL

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