Thread regarding Windstream Corp. layoffs

"Windstream CEO Tony Thomas talks mowing grass and his company's accomplishments during Chapter 11 and Covid-19"

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https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/windstream-ceo-tony-thomas-talks-mowing-grass-about-and-his-company-accomplishments-during

"We had fully transparent communications with employees," Thomas said. "CEOs get a lot of credit for this, and I did my part, but I'd be remiss not to acknowledge all of the frontline leaders who really stepped up with their small teams effectively, and just made sure the work got done. Windstream continued to take care of its customers.
"We put it in this concept of small teams and, a 'team of teams' concept. We really put a lot of faith and confidence in our frontline leaders. In a moment, like COVID-19, they're not waiting on me to tell them where to go. They know what to do."
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Transparency must be the management buzzword of the week/month because I seem to hear that alot but sure do not see it put into action. We do not get any info relayed to us that most would consider important. You know, like what you need to have to help the customers. The correct buzzword is secrecy

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My team sat home and did nothing the last several months. There was also that brief period where hackers locked us out of our own network......windstream mismanaged the covid-19 response.

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Software powerhouse

"Exclusive: Windstream turns up Big Insights for customers using machine learning, open source and its own expertise"

https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/exclusive-windstream-turns-up-big-insights-for-customers-using-machine-learning-open-source

"We built a very large, big data lake running the most modern technology of graph databases that's going to crunch all that data and provide insights back to customers about their business, about their relationship with Windstream, about how we can deliver more cost savings or a better customer experience," Thomas said in a Wednesday afternoon interview with FierceTelecom.
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