These TMO people that constantly criticize and blame Sprint people are highly entertaining (and delusional). The downfall of the company came from Mikey-boy, but you want to cast blame on others. They are similar to all those rabid Trump fans that can't see the truth in front of their eyes.
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Sprint IS the downfall of T-Mobile! The people that came over from Sprint are worthless pieces of sh-t that have nothing to contribute and are more of a burden than an asset. They have no work ethic and their knowledge is extremely limited. Unfortunately, a good portion of those Sprint employees are in mid to senior-level management and are continuing to infect T-Mobile with practices that didn't work at Sprint, but yet are brought to T-Mobile to further deteriorate the company. T-Mobile should have dumped all those worthless slugs and moved on, but instead, they took on people that should have been in the unemployment line.
That's every layoff so far. In Care they gutted the most tenured first.
What is the difference between a pile of dog shîtë and a Sprinter?
One is repulsive, stinks, and is totally useless. The other is a pile of dog shîtë.
former sprint employee former clearwire employee, i posted the bit about being young, and skilled earlier… i agree often time we have the victim mindset, i got to transition between the 3 different company cultures, i personally didn’t feel targeted, felt welcomed, clearwire was great from my perspective as a company culture working in IT. started from the near bottom. got to grow everywhere, i agree most sprint folks were highly skilled and on the older side, very surprised by that, the culture was relaxed and friendly for the vast majority, i was a jack of all trades but specialist in my role also. i had personal conflict with the politics, and declined to provide vax status. was told flat: you will be fired. i wasn’t fired through covid. i’ve never ever had conflicts with any of my managers until the last one decade plus in industry, and a comment i made during our voice survey which my boss said directly to me that i made it, supposed to be anonymous. always done what i was asked, always willing to take work even if it was overwhelming.
i met all requirements for all the agile methodology, lined up with all the requirements. my manager came in september said i was underperforming, a lot of unreal accusations, which when i confronted this manager didn’t respond with specifics or gave me direction, sounds like someone under anonymity to me delivered some attacks. i took it to heart, i had sleepless nights… in february he says my bonus is 80% but that i performed well in the last 3 months, but that i would go on PIP if it happened again. so the attacks stopped. i delivered major improvements to systems, as a Senior SME i created automation, i was even delivering a software made by me because i saw the need that wasn’t asked of me, i had some major improvement projects lined up. i am underpaid by 30-40% of what my less experienced original t-mobile employees make. i received recognition on a lengthy issue that was impacting entire company, working with other teams i was central to finding solution. so having said all that, i am happy i got laid off, but i don’t understand it. half the team didn’t want the vax, but mostly got vaxxed.
ones that didn’t were pushed away, barely anything coming our way during covid, but i found plenty of work having worked remote for sprint all these years. one of us unvaxed got canned earlier RIF. in any case this is my story… i’ve heard similar ones but i’m generally a objective pessimist. so whatever it was between me and my manager i don’t understand it, but i welcome this particular change because i was interviewing anyway and planning to leave so the severance package is highly welcomed and happy to move on.
To address a few points I've read here:
I am a legacy T-Mobile employee, and to date am not among those laid off, but I do want to weigh in on legacy Sprint employees. It is my experience that they are every bit as skilled (in some cases more so) as legacy T-Mobile staff. I never saw management in my teams treating legacy Sprint employees as anything less....obviously I can't speak for all teams.
Regarding old vs new employees, it is NOT my sense that all of the older employees were let go....yes I do know a couple that were over 20 years, but I also know some that were more recent hires. My thoughts (and I could be wrong) are that if you were "a jack of all trades" vs being a subject matter expert, you were more likely to be let go...but then it also matters if the subject you are knowledgable in is more recent technology or in technology the company will find valuable going forward.
T-Mobile has been owned by Deutche Telecom for 23 years now....not a recent occurrence....so I'm not sure where the Deutche Telecom comment was coming from.
I get people wanting to vent, but I also feel other viewpoints need to be aired, which is why I posted.
Have you been holding that since 2013-ish? I hope it helps you to have said it.
RE: Former Sprint employee
I was a former Clearwire employee and that's exactly how we felt going to Sprint. We were looked down, and ignored, by everyone at Sprint when the buyout occurred. Not a great feeling is it?
To quote Monty Python
"What a silly bunt "
Why the negativity on Deeanne?
Today ETS management has been notified.
They should be laying off 90% of HR. Deanne King is incompetent.
Why are people even sticking around this company? They aren’t even US owned anymore, LOL.
Under performers let go over here. Most had 3 yrs or less with T-Mobile. All contractors where released as well.
i’m a former sprint employee, while i personally didn’t feel this way, most of sprint employees have felt marginalized and pushed away, we were treated as second rate citizens. that all changed for worse with vax only offices, it was very toxic around the return to office, very discriminatory. because of them trying to get into our medical history for medical exemptions and such i decided to not disclose my status, not against vaccinations, and that was the end of me, i was classified as an under performer after 13 years,
i’m in the younger side, i learn fast, i’m very very qualified, highly skilled and most senior on my team but lacked some motivation because of toxic direct leadership… and now i was let go. i honestly have to say good riddance, they don’t deserve my talent.
Can someone be more specific in which teams or groups are being impacted?
Cut people and live better
It seems layoff are random. Seems like managers are asked to cut 10% even though they had enough work and were planning to hire more contractors 😤
I 9boxed every magenta employee low as I could. Zero work ethic. Gave the 2 former yellows highest possible. Have to trim the fat start with the lazy employees.
Regarding the layoffs with so many vendors. The answer is simple: more vendors.
I don't get how TMO can justify laying off employees while still having as many vendors as they do.
As a counter to the Titanic post: Imagine that you are an engineer on steam locomotive and have watched those new diesel-electric engines starting to take over the main hauls, but you keep plugging alone with what you've always done because your comfortable in your position. The company now decides to replace your train but you don't have the new skills for different equipment.
Imagine if the passengers on the Titanic saw the iceberg approaching 5 days early and ignored it. This describes every one of you who are surprised by layoffs at this point.
Layoffs started in TFB Digital. I got notified today that I was safe. Not sure who was laid off. I will find out April 6th.
18 years…. Down … the .. drain fml
in ets looks like 256
Is party started already?
Good. Most are sprint. Get that trash outta here.
What teams?