Thread regarding CenturyLink layoffs

Looks and sounds like we have seen the last best and final early out retirement or buy out or what ever you want to call it! Good Luck Guys.

Hard to deny when it was recorded every time it was mentioned in team meetings. Files saved in MP3 and ready for that class action. There is a great attorney in Minneapolis that is prepared to take this case as a class action. Information gathering now.

I worked somewhere where somebody was suddenly let go, and the director had a call with everybody saying he wanted to avoid rumors of people thinking they were going to be ongoing layoffs and worried about the job so he wanted to let us know if this was specific to that individual and we don't need to worry about our jobs less than a month later they let at least two of us go without reason. I read all that about implied contracts and such but good luck getting a lawyer to handle the case without fees unless it is class action, and they can just deny ever saying it.

I am shocked that he would actually say that, and don't really believe it, although they have said similar but not so blatant statements and done the same. Seriously though, who would still believe them when the writing is on the wall.

Does mr cools last name start with a W!?

Did the manager find his SH$T and land a new role at Lumen after the notorious letter?

had a dream last night , I was at a site CO at bout 12 AM to do a roll over circuit ( 10 G ) from Legacy CenrturyLink to Lumen , called the Tech at the other end a few hundred miles away to ask if he was ready to test and he said " NO don't do it , The company does not care, no one will notice and we are just working on this so they can lay us off ".....ouch

they have been grooming this company for a fire sale to big tech or worse ...

SpaceX starlink internet will play a big part in rural service and some new technologies claim cell towers as we know them will go away and probably disappear within 10 years, Sounds crazy but look how far this all evolved in the last 10 years. My thoughts this Elon Musk fella has a lot of smarts,a lot of smart people and a whole lot of money behind him.

Isn’t wide spread 5G around 5 years out? They have too put mini towers every 600 feet In the cities or so and rural is a different animal.

Quote "5g home internet now in 47 states will slowly but surely finish us off, plain and simple. " End Quote

I tried to tell the guys in our area this was real and it will k–l ALL of us. CTL/Lumen ATT,Frontier Verizon although ATT and Verizon already in that market, easy to switch you over. It IS the Future, it IS here NOW..and it will be the new media mover, voice data video all in one source. you have been carrying it in your pocket for years. now its just gonna do all the work in the home, bus, etc it makes sense. "Typewriter repairmen" all of ya. me too thats why i just said F&^%&^% It and left

I get it My time has come. x- bar and step switches with all 1 a2 key bus systems 3 wire pots cloth wire, 25 pair everywhere. actually come to your desk listen to your issues take apart your western electric 1a2 key phone repair it burnish the contacts, change a few springs new buzzer .hahahahaha....walk in equip room clickity clack-clickity clak none of this fan whirring nonsense ! real equipment mechanical equipment —we were Telephone men.

Well men we went from that to where we are today , most "systems" arent phone systems they are part of IT we watched equipment come and go..watched our frames shrink, attendants leave shrink shrink. down to calyx. then from c-7 to the pizza box IT based rack mountable cisco type arrangement

You are now in the land of light. this will shrink even further old COs will be as they are now empty void of any mechanical equipment . all items replaceable by the "IT guy who makes 17 dollars an hour and drives his own vehicle to and from card swap outs soon all of this will go to simply 5 g signals fed by replaceable cards and they no longer need us old guys we are simply ballast

5g home internet now in 47 states will slowly but surely finish us off, plain and simple.

I've worked for this Company in the United States and also in the UK. Revenues are down and sales are falling rapidly in EMEA. The Company fails to deliver global products, leaving EMEA floundering. All the great Managed Service capabilities and bespoke large project ecosystem inherited from Global Crossing have now gone. I blame the senior leadership for lack of vision. Their only answer is to offshore jobs to Poland and India and that is not a strategy or a vision that is sustainable.

"Ride the Light " ! " Sprit of service " ! , " Unifying Principles " ! ... Lumen : " The Platform for amazing things " ! ..." selling out the small business customer and YOUR JOB " !

We had a manager who used company employees on company time to move. Used the company truck and trailer too. We had pictures and the guys even told IT in their interviews they moved him on company time. Also ratted him out for paying contractors $15k to make two good pairs to his house for bonded. And using the company test line for his house rather than paying for service. Paid a tree service to clear limbs for a new drop. Engineering backed us up with paperwork for proof.

Know what happened? Instead of firing him, they threatened to fire our whole work group for causing problems! Yessir.

Calling the hotline or HR will only get YOU fired, not the person you call about.

Just a friendly FYI - from a former employee - the HR hotline is a waste of time - your email - goes to an outside organization - you tell them the issues - the take notes and repeat it - then a company attorney will call you at some point - all for the company of course - then it disappears. Go to EEO take notes - save emails and or go to the Labor Union directly. These people are sneaky b–tards Level 3 Storey all of them - best wishes to all

I think we are going to get gift cards for frozen turkeys for Christmas and Thanksgiving this year! Oh Goodie!

HR isn't some neutral party. Their job is cover the company's a– first and support the business unit second. They do not work for the employee.

Especially since the MN sales team is aware of Mr. Cools cozy relationship with the HR rep who shares private employee information with him.

Too many local reps know the specifics for this to blow over without consequences.

Mr. Cool brags about it.

Filing with the company is useless. This needs to be filed with the department of Labor with as many people’s testimony of what they heard as possible. Saying everyone has a job is verbally committing to everyone having a job.

And Minnesota is a very EMPLOYEE friendly state.

I’m sure people the most effective way to file a formal complaint is through the Employee Hotline because it ultimately get to the Board of Director for review.

My guess is there are already two on their way if not already turned in.

The problem is HR will be investigating themselves which will be a weird situation.

Is Mr. Cool and Pudge the same person?

Things have been going on all over the country the last week or so. There were some really unethical ways of letting people go in Apopka. If it is this widespread and everyone heard the same words that “everyone has a job” then y’all need to bring attention to this on a national level. I know the Director of Apopka and she did not see this coming. Pathetic leadership.

Executive Leader Quote “We have more Accounts than people, everyone will have new roles”

Mr. Cool in Minneapolis is going to go down when it’s all said and done.

HR was involved in the deception.

The Ritchfield office and how that went down was shady. I know managers in Minneapolis and Saint Paul that feel betrayed. If they all came together things could get interesting.
Union members are proud of this movement. Bring them all down.

I can’t blame the manager for losing it!

One of the managers deceived worked in Minneapolis. He knows where the bodies are buried and wouldn’t be surprised if he shares all of them.

I would highly doubt that manager is even still employed by CTL/Lumen.... Say the wrong thing, or ask the wrong question, and you're out the door! And, since Storey looks just like Pence, he runs the company the same way.... as long as he gets his $18.5m annual salary & $22m in bonuses, he'll promise the world and keep none of them! Remember his promise of no lay-offs "while Covid restrictions are in place"? Yet, we're laying off more people now than ever before. As far as I'm concerned, restrictions are still in place as long as they are not opening up the offices to workers!!!!

Since the name change from CTL to LUMN.

The stock market is just below its all-time high and Lumen has lost a billion in market cap. Down to 11.1 Billion from 12.1 Billion.

It’s just a matter of time people! Sales are headed down, revenue down, and they will keep cutting heads and the dividend until it’s over.

The only way they are surviving now is expenses. That’s a short term game that isn’t sustainable in 2021.

The good ole boys club! I wonder if anyone of the executives who have children would mind having their kids go through this garbage! How they sleep at night is beyond me and karma will get them in the end I’m certain! What comes around goes around!

The company has turned into a total joke, as you can tell Wall Street didn’t fall for the bogus rename/IPO garbage. Keep ringing that bell Jeff the cows will come home eventually right?

Common Law Implied-Contract Exception to At-Will Employment

A widely recognized exception to the at-will employment presumption prohibits terminations after an implied contract for employment has been established. Such a contract can be created through employer representations of continued employment, in the form of either oral assurances or expectations created by employer handbooks, policies, or other written assurances.

Although employment typically is not governed by a contract, an employer may make oral or written suggestions to employees regarding job security or procedures that will be followed when adverse employment actions are taken. These suggestions may create an employment contract, for all intents and purposes.

That place is pathetic to say the least! Good luck succeeding when you treat people like c-ap!

They did keep the pudgy Director of SMB in MN. He told his team that everyone was safe and stay focused, all along knowing he was going to fire them. He colluded with the SVP and HR to secretly land a new job without others getting a chance to interview for the role.

That’s a fact!

The SVP’s and the President of GEAR kept managers rated lower on performance reviews and blocked jobs for better quality leaders with much better reviews in SMB.

HR was at lunch during this exercise.

The "Unifying Principles" only matter to some, not all.

The Central Region leader was saying the same thing over last 4 months, only to be caught in a big lie last week.

I dare them to come after people with their restrictive non-competes they want you to sign for very little money after their consistent lies from executive leadership and below.

Employees were used and abused and it will catch up to them soon.

They know they lied and they hope it doesn’t become public. I know two letters that have been sent to Jeff Storey with specific names and recording of meetings where they were stating everyone has a job.

It’s about to get ugly!