Thread regarding Windstream Corp. layoffs

Most of the staff and managers care but the leadership does not

We are losing a person or 2 every other week. All of that experience and undocumented years of experience goes right out the windows. They may re-hire someone for 50% of that persons salary but it will take years to catch up. It has always been this way and always will be. When TT complains about the quality of our records this is the EXACT reason why. You don't retain good people, jobs get moved to other offices, states, and countries and this is what your left with.

My team has lost 2 key people with 10+ years experience. My manager and VP did nothing to try and keep them. They would have liked to give them a raise or bonus but that is out of their hands.

Retention is a big issue when you are going through bankruptcy. Most of the staff and managers care but the leadership does not. We won't just fail over night it will be more like bleeding to death from a 1000 cuts.

A truthful post by @Yn7tZv5-dvh that deserves a thread of its own.

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This whole thread is horse shiat. Maybe your direct and maybe one layer above gives a damn about employees but the middle management director VP executives only gives a damn about one thing and that is their performance bonus. Which for the past few years has almost always been based on cost. As you can already deduct that this metric does not align with happy employees or even long term gains... Get yours and screw everyone else. Do more with less.

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Post ID: @2exm+YoBqCE1

Am I missing something? When have they ever cared about their employees?

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Post ID: @2gmx+YoBqCE1

If it’s similar to the bankruptcy I have had experience with, retention bonuses (a payout at end of bankruptcy) would have already been presented to key managers. They are incentivized to stick around and keep the lights on. Think lean back in chair arms behind head coasting until they get their payout, take a nice long vacation, move, then start work at another company. Don’t expect too much in terms of them caring about employees, customers, or productivity.

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Post ID: @2cbn+YoBqCE1

I only know of 1 of 12 people here in Rochester that gave their notice. Only one of them was given a retention bonus not to leave to Frontier.

Fast forward to 2019 and that idea is a pipe dream.

No one is going to care going forward. Our last pay period for June is going to be the last for many. It's going to be a rough summer. Plan and save accordingly going forward. Passively look for jobs, apply if they are available., have a future. There is no future with WIN

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Post ID: @1jsf+YoBqCE1

:'(

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Post ID: @1ltr+YoBqCE1

"My manager and VP did nothing to try and keep them. They would have liked to give them a raise or bonus but that is out of their hands."

I can tell you with confidence money was there they just didn't want to go through the trouble.

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Post ID: @1zdt+YoBqCE1

"As a customer, I'd have more confidence to hang in there if I knew Windstream was doing this."

By "this", I meant retention bonuses for talent.

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Post ID: @tab+YoBqCE1

My manager and staff manager didn't care. Oh well. Now they work load for the ones still there is terrible. Every manager in that department is horrible

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Post ID: @jhk+YoBqCE1

Agreed, need to be prepared though. Horrible if it turned into something like WOW air.

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Post ID: @ipm+YoBqCE1

As a customer, I'd have more confidence to hang in there if I knew Windstream was doing this.

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