Thread regarding Windstream Corp. layoffs

I see my director about once a year. He works from home and forwards about 3 emails a week to our group. You will never see a director or manager resign from Windstream, they get paid six figures and never leave their house. I just put in my 2 weeks, the job market actually looks great. I put out three resumes after we lost the court ruling and went into chapter 11. I received two offers, both for more money.

Most of the dead weight came when Alltel/Windstream purchased a company and the upper management came to Windstream. Face it, a company that could not make it has its decision makers move to the purchasing company to make the same decisions that put their original company in trouble.

Windstream purchased NuVox because of their fiber foot print. Windstream found out after purchased that NuVox did not own anything but switches they leased their transport from AT&T etc.

It was decision after decision like that that hurt the company. Those people are still at work, the ones that knew anything were canned when they spoke up too much.

Some departments have a VP over one or two people. I guess HR goes along - instead of getting rid of the dead weight they eliminate the ones who do all the work, take that money, and promote someone to VP. Leading a team of two.

I was a FOPs person: I had a lead tech, I seen twice in 4 years: a manger I seen every six months; a director I met once, and VP I met once. I was with the company 10 years. I was like everyone else, sit and wait it out. Until one day, I had no repair tickets, no install tickets, nothing other just watch paint peel for over a entire quarter. I got out last May. Boy oh boy, I have a great job making 45% more with 80% less stress with a future.

Windstream = show up and get paid, no work involved.

Windstream has directors of none.....no one reports to them

Lots of resumes will be on the street soon

We are restructuring as of July 1st. After that a lot of this dead weight will be gone!

Most managers are friends with someone. I’ve never worked at a company who used the buddy system as much as Windstream.

I would have thought that this bankruptcy would have drove off some of these fiefdom building jack hole managers but alas they are so incompetent they know this is the best they have. So, like a dungleberry hanging on a brown hole, they cling to this company.