I read today Veronica Bloodworth took a job at Frontier. Anyone close to her know why? Forntier is in Chapter 11, its a poorly run company (sounds familiar)
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Who?
I know Veronica very well. If she was a man, she'd be called a bas#@rd. Reasonably smart but certainly not technical. She may think she is, but she really isn't. Without T pushing to put women and minorities in leadership positions, her overall skill level would have qualified her for a project manager job and nothing more.
The company waives the COBC for senior management. It says it has the right to waive COBC at the company’s discretion.
Veronica Bloodworth
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Chief Network Officer at Frontier Communications
From Linkedin.
One company's garbage is another company's treasure.
Think about what you just wrote, if she was a higher up at T, that pretty much assumes she doesn't make good decisions.
Really, who gives a damn bout these people...they meant nothing to me when they were with ATT and now, they mean even less being out of T!
Maybe they simply made it worth her while. Execs often get plum incentives to join turnaround cases.
Don't cry for me, Argentina.
It’s also like Laurent Therivel going to US Cellular. Maybe she just got a better offer. AT&T is just name recognition and now she and others have moved on to somewhere better for whatever reasons that are important to them.
This site complains a lot about Stankey and other top execs (and rightfully so). How many of you actually talk to them each week? Imagine how bad it could be for the ones who do. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not exactly sympathetic to the frustrations of jerk bosses in the exec world... but a recruiter is probably offering similar pay/title at a company with less name recognition but also less arseholes. Or maybe it’s whoever has the best signing bonus and stock options?
The company rarely enforces the COBC at the VP level and above.
Who cares?
It's difficult to understand why someone would leave instead of blindly hanging onto current company doing the same thing without developing new skills & new opportunities.
"Was she fired by AT&T or did she quit on her own?"
The expedited manner of her departure and terse email announcement that she was leaving to "pursue other interests" indicate something likely went down and she was asked to leave.
My understanding she violated COBC at T. Unless she gets clear of her involment in her competing communications company, I can't believe she can do justice to Frontiers COBC.
Probably for the same reason a lot of surplused managers & employees land at Frontier.... they have Telecom network skills, and Frontier needs that. But I would have expected an executive like her to have better prospects. Given the way she suddenly resigned with no notice, there may be other factors underneath it all.
Was she fired by AT&T or did she quit on her own?
Not too hard to bu-t heads with superiors here at T. So many incompetent and inept managers here it’s a wonder some of these effing mo--ns can even get themselves dressed in the morning, much less have an original idea, lead strategically or even manage a simple project.
We don’t have leaders here. We have bosses who regale themselves in overlording on others in order to feel superior.
" I was expecting her to land at Dish with her wireless experience. Lots of opportunity over there right now"
Agree 100%. I thought that would be the move. I am wondering if she had to sign a non compete preventing her from going to a competitor (which Dish will be...)
Desperation by both parties
I was expecting her to land at Dish with her wireless experience. Lots of opportunity over there right now.
Interesting, was wondering where she would wind up, but never would have guessed that. Makes you wonder what went down here at T with her speedy exit. Must have butted heads with someone on high for sure.
Leaving AT&T for Frontier speaks volumes about AT&T.
the caveat to that is the current CEO has been there less than a year and Frontier has very few upside IMHO. Maybe she will leverage the experience to getting a gig at a bigger company? Not sure. It should help a lot if Frontier had product or services that can be or was in demand but jut poorly run. Frontier is the 21st century equivalent of Blockbuster. they have no where to go but down. The only outcome will be if another dying company buys them. But who? Century Link? Dish?
sounds like she wants to be a CEO and at a company the size of Frontier her chances would be very high of getting there. once's she makes CEO then she can take that experience and get a CEO position at a bigger company.