So we in the CWA are hearing on the 17th there is going to be the possibility of a buyout. Heard originally BST. Now hearing CST and BST. If they are offering 75k to buyout CST’s, will there be any left? Anyone heard anything? Are they going to mostly contractors like some of the CATV companies are? What gives? Anyone heard anything? I guess we will know on the 17th either way.
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@OP already done. We had 2 in our group. One has been here a little over a year and the other about 6 years. They were both accepted
@qe This would be an awesome argument if you were dealing with people who looked beyond whatever Tableau is reporting. But we aren’t, and they don’t. Between this absolutely farcical end of year rush to migrate the whole f-in customer base to fiber while we virtually interrupt the service of customers with bad records or no facilities, 7 days for nonunion tech groups and splicers, they’re heading towards a huge swerve and a bigger crash.
The way we did things before was bad. We’ve decided to correct that by making sure everyone, customers included, all suffer. It’s shameful.
These people have no clue what they have done to themselves. The LCC and OPS relationships are beyond tight. All those referrals and all those local customer issues guess who takes care of all that?? The LCC roles go way beyond a sales position. Everything that was ask of the LCCs was done and done well. It all boils down to dissolving the unions.
@k0 well it’s official. Voluntary buyout. Hard to argue that
If you think that means no cuts, you're crazy. If they are offering buyouts, what happens next is layoffs if they do not get enough people that take the buyout and leave voluntarily.
@OP there will be absolutely no cuts at this moment. We are doing mandatory OT of 8 days a week. All hands on deck to upgrade the entire footprint in a month
Had the meeting today. They are only doing it to select groups. There is a number but nobody knows the number. So take it while you can or cross your fingers your don’t just get cut later.
Things to remember
- Do not train your replacements regardless of what your manager asks.
- Do not keep your project files on shared drives.
- Do not discuss the equipment you have staged.
This may sound like sour grapes, but remember who took away all severance. So they get what is deserved. And if the CWA workers are truly getting a buyout package, while most others MIGHT get some unemployment supplement BS, well you decide.
@d8 I know who you are because you always say d-mb ish like this. AI doesn’t even do what you think it does, and this company already can’t deploy an instance of the biggest LLM in production without it hallucinating BS in simple answers.
....so until you cut that fat - you can't move forward. Include legacy marketing and channel support in there too. Terrible. The legacy RMOCs and Sales leadership should be ai'd.
You've still got legacy Kinetic leadership at the helm in many roles who ran the LCC and consumer Kinetic sales side into the ground / over to India. They couldn't hold a entry level position at a real company.
Buy out the techs, fire all the LCCs sales agents they worked with and go fully with contractors for field work. Probably construction too, eventually. The full picture is coming into view now and it is ugly.