Aggregate loss of 500 in a 90-day period would trigger a violation of the WARN act. Nobody is getting 60 days notice. Has Windstream has complied with that threshold?

Many people who shouldered a lot of the effort and knew a lot of the things cut in this last round. Paycheck collectors continue to fear. 5's in evals? Eat dirt. Do HR and upper management even understand the damage they are doing to the company? The... — read more 

Seeing a lot of long-term folks being let go. Are there any protections for workers that require an employer to pay for training a laid off worker in a new field? Canada seems to have something like this, but not sure if USA does.

Does anyone know how many total? I'm one of them - after working for Alltel and then Windstream for 35+ years. A total of 4 from our small department with loads of experience and knowledge.

I lost so many team members that I have no clue how we will proceed.

Too many good, gone...kept too many of the bad. Carolinas are still able to cheat while boasting numbers is a derision to all who work within professional rectitude. Less than honorable practices are continuing to go unchecked and often rewarded, and... — read more 

And a wholeeee bunch of engineers, sales staff, and others. How about you cut some of the id--ts in upper management first? Newsflash: You can't run a network with nobody to work on it, and you can't sell a product with nobody to sell it. But hey... — read more 

Do we know? This has been a huge blow. How will some parts even operate now?

Age discrimination is illegal, and it’s infuriating to see it happen anyway again and again. I can only hope their choice to target older folks eventually comes back to bite them hard - right in the a-s. By the way, I know some younger folks were... — read more 

I'm sorry, guys. They're breaking us down. It's heartbreaking how they're making you feel worthless despite all the skills, experience, and years of dedication you've put in. Don't ever lose sight of who we're really working for—it's never about us... — read more 

So many folks with tons of years experience gone….

Rumors are 700 to 1500. Whole teams being let go. Across the board it seems. As to which groups - WHSL, Ent, Eng, Ops, IT Dev, etc.

Unfortunately folks need to be prepared. There are a lot more coming today and maybe even some tomorrow. This is probably one of the biggest they've done

Wanted to offer prayers and love to all the good people who were let go this week: I worked at WIN and companies that WIN acquired for 23 years. I left on my own terms in 2024. All of my success is due to having built meaningful relationships with... — read more 

Seems like yesterday’s and today’s layoffs hit big time! I assume more might be to come tomorrow!? I know of at least 35 people laid off today across sales, SOCs, SAT, TDE, PC/PM. I figure we are leaning down to merge but does anyone have any ideas... — read more 

Broken record!!

Are they at least offering those laid off any type of severance? That is terrible.

Nobody would mourn losing this job if the job market were in better shape and the standard of living was stable. Unfortunately, losing any job these days is a significant blow. I sincerely hope that everyone affected finds a better opportunity soon... — read more 

Do we know what side of the business was affected wholesale, enterprise or kinetic or all of the above? It has semi been assumed that enterprise won’t exist after the merger or would be sold off. But really mums the word on anything merger related no... — read more 

Zayo Group is coming soon. Whatever is happening over the next few months is simply moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Hate it for everyone :(

As someone with ties to a CLEC that Windstream acquired, I feel sad for what is about to happen. Praying for all of you impacted over the next few days, weeks and months.

People are saying this whole week. Is it true?

3 field techs in northeast PA were bod farewell today

Are numbers as high as it was rumored? Good luck to us all.

Names were submitted in November to snakes in HR and Legal. They wished you happy holidays knowing what was coming. This is a large one, good luck to all

Does anyone know what happens once this happens? I'm sure they are smaller than us.

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/01/more-firms-hit-by-china-linked-salt-typhoon-us-telecom-hack-surge.html SMH.

Heard big changes were coming this month

https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/money-pit-or-money-maker-att-windstream-talk-ai-roi

I'm really thinking I might give them the list of people chosen by HR from our groups layoff last year. It's telling considering that no people in protected classes were let go in my group.

Keep seeing comments here

We recently had a rash of business sales, that had us have to cut in CWDM at buildings to initially thought this was a good thing. after talking to the customer he explained he got a call from a salesman they were increasing his rates by 25% so he... — read more 

I was a top sales performer for years. Won sales trips in different roles. Coming back next year as long as I know tech leads and DSR leads will get assigned equally by my sales leader. I am ready to come home.

JM leaving in Enterprise sales in Kentucky should serve as a wakeup call for those in sales. She put up with a lot over the years but is leaving now Rest of you should do the same!

Have read this acronym a lot here. What’s all this about?

How is AI affecting your job. Will this cause more layoffs?

When will the changes be made to stop sales reps from selling outside of their manager or director’s assigned region? I have customers and techs ask me to help them because I am local BSC. But the sales rep who sold it is based in another state and... — read more 

What do they even do ????