Thread regarding CenturyLink layoffs

The whole situation is suspect and I’m frankly concerned about what the future looks like.

I currently work on the enterprise sales side. From what I heard on the global call after the email fiasco is this:

Residential and Small business will remain CenturyLink. Basically the copper side of the business.

Mid size and enterprise fiber network will be rebranded to “Quantum Fiber”

What CTL leadership has been calling “White Space” - things like IT services, network security, SaaS offering... etc. will be rebranded as “Lumen”.

The overall corporate branding as a whole like badges on corporate buildings and such will be Lumen but there is a very Clear separation of the different units. In my opinion it’s for the purposes of selling off parts of the business as they spent a good portion of the months before Covid auditing the company in a very obvious way.

The whole situation is suspect and I’m frankly concerned about what the future looks like.

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too bad the audio revealed they are not protecting government or sensitive data properly and likely will lose that business if any proof is required.

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Post ID: @1tum+16YBWdju

No, really? You are just now concerned because they change the name? Where have you been while level 3 weeded out CTL people. Where were you when the quit selling CPE. Where were you when the quietly moved all the high value fiber to its own network. And you apparently have never been around technicians to hear the stories of how bad people hate us and how poor service is.
Even the boys with the rose colored glasses on took them off a long time ago. Even the die hards that drank the Copland right till they gave them 10 mins to put their stuff in a box while they waited for Uber.
This puppy is done. Finished. Just as all as Jeff gets approval to stick a fork in CTL.

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Post ID: @tdc+16YBWdju

changing the name to LUMEN really sounds like they are becoming some no-name IT consulting firm (hint: Centurylink India)

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Post ID: @bzo+16YBWdju

The best days are behind us.

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Post ID: @snn+16YBWdju

Also the silence is deafening about this within the company

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