Monroe employee entry employees are beimg targeted due to lies and poor management. They are fighting amomg themselves and throwing everyone under the bus and the new manager is so naive she believes all of it. If you are in Monroe get out! Take... — read more
If they can do it so can we.
https://www.khq.com/news/grocery-workers-in-washington-oregon-poised-to-strike/article_3cdbb8ca-c838-11e9-92ed-5b0ce0109f91.html
So what company will we be in 2020?
We all know that changes are coming very soon. With early negotiations and now having a TA in place what is CTL really up to? Are we being sold as a whole or being broken up? Also who would want to buy us? Knowing that there’s been a steady decline... — read more
AT&T’
Ok CWA. See what at&t did. 20,000 strong. Grow some balls cwa.
I know adcomm is a contractor for you guys but i need a job
i have been surplussed from At&t in chicago with 19 yrs of service, 16 in repair and 3 yrs as a linemen. i am asking for advise, i have a job offer from adcomm doing installs and repair for 25$ a hour. can i ask you guys if i should take it? i would... — read more
Legacy Qwest TA please read and stop the rumors
TO: All CWA Local Presidents Representing Legacy Qwest Members FROM: CWA Bargaining Committee SUBJECT: Tentative Agreement Your CWA Bargaining Committee met July 13-16, 2019 with CenturyLink. We spent... — read more
Contract
Has anyone seen the tentative agreement that we will be voting on yet. Has anybody talk to the union when we will get this information
Where did the post about amazon go? Is it true?
There was a post saying amazon was interested in CTL. Any truth to that?
New contract
Why would century link want a contract so fast. I believe they are moving their pieces in place to finally say check mate.
SRO changes
Any new word on SRO layoffs. Mine seems to be really losing his mind right now. Screaming at our group during meetings, write ups for petty things, frequent threats. Just wondering if there are plans to combine areas.
Should be interesting
Brothers and sisters, Your CWA Bargaining Committee has reached a Tentative Agreement with CenturyLink. This limited negotiations has kept our current protections in our collective bargaining agreement in place while providing improvements in... — read more
Mpls/St.Paul Hiring 100 IR contractors
100 contractors? training them because they expect us to strike??
All Hands Meeting Was A Joke
I found nothing of value during the meeting. They cherry pick the questions during the q&a and spend way to long answering them so they can take fewer questions.
Deleted threads
Look people, you can express feelings toward the company the union, co-workers or threads you read from other areas of the company without all the bad language that fires people up to start with but this is not getting it done. This is almost like... — read more
Network Tech's SW Florida
Has anyone heard their calling back some laid off network techs in SW Florida? I heard some rumblings today.
Centurylink is Closing the New Century Office
It was announced on the local news today that Centurylink was closing the New Century office because it was too large to accommodate the supposedly 800 people who presently work there (if there are that many they must be invisible). The press said... — read more
2019 Second Quarter Earnings
CTL reported an earnings surprise of $0.34 / share, beating the consensus analyst estimate of $0.27 / share. This is a significant earnings per share increase from the second quarter 2018 of $0.26 / share. Second quarter revenue was a miss at $5.58... — read more
CTL Layoffs 2020
Let's start the thread on 2020 layoffs at CenturyLink
ANYBODY Get new UNIFORM Order
August is here no uniform orders something weird with that
Oh yes august layoffs are happening
Good afternoon to all I am a former level 3 employee yes they are hitting us too.let go three of us on Friday in Denver area. Yes I got a severence package but didn't bring me a box the tightwads .good luck to all who are left it's going to get ugly — read more
BIG Changes Coming for Large Business Customers - early August, 2019
Big changes are around the bend, fear not large business customers, CTL will still transfer you all around its c-appy auto attendant tree, and still finally dump you off on someone who has no idea how to help you, nor access to the tools or database... — read more
NorthEast
There is speculation that Centry Link may merge with Dish network. Strategic CO locations would be outfitted with a big sat dish that could provide triple play services for customers within a 13k range. This idea is still in the infancy stages and... — read more
August Layoffs Coming
Heard another round of BIG layoffs were coming by end of August. Anyone else know anything or heard what areas will be affected?
Level3 management is a JOKE!
So they are implementing a no OT policy and taking away any pager pay possible and at the same time this sh– is happening? Story needs to be ousted! ... — read more
Question for BSTs?
Have any of you been notified they are eliminating your position due to lack of work, only to never say another word for weeks, and then come back to tell you they changed their minds??? How was it handled? Anything in writing or all verbally? What... — read more
Overcoming Being Held Back
Some may be planning to earn packet switched technology certifications or an online degree as a strategy to move into a more secure position at CenturyLink. It's a given that those who are planning to do this are the higher motivated top performers... — read more
Save Your Health and Sanity
I’ve worked at CTL for approximately 5 years and have seen so many alarming things mainly the declining mental health of the employees. Hearing employees in the break room compare the anxiety and anti depressant meds that they are on from working... — read more
More On Certifications
Here is another link that has some info about Telecom and IT industry certifications. https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/article/29-hot-certifications-to-spice-up-your-business-in-2018/ You will probably have to cut it and paste it into... — read more
Integrity Line
Does anyone believe or had any success with reporting someone to the integrity line ? I know a tech that was reported 8 times for legitimate issues and nothing happened. Now this tech has made several unethical comments about a female employee. What... — read more
Censored here by management raising cain?
yesterday wrote a fairly long detailed post it contained many situations that do not adhere to the company culture or any of the lies....it called out management for REAL items and whoos its gone like that !!! no cursing no calling anyone names non... — read more
Moral at it's lowest
Coworkers used to be friends/friendly. Now everyone hates each other. Work place is demoralizing. Everything worked better and we were more productive before the management made work life miserable and punitive. Customers hate us, co workers hate... — read more
Spin off
Any new spin off info. Which areas.
New Century Kansas Offices
The company just announced they are not renewing the building lease.... affected workers will have 3 options based on their particular work responsibilities and job titles. 1)Work from home if approved. 2) Relocation to another core CenturyLink site... — read more