It looks like the company is trimming the fat on the engineering side. Have position much of the work to be done by the engineering contracting firms that they use on the side. Only need a few company engineers to oversee the projects when the... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/centurylink-downgrade-why-the-worst-isnt-over-yet-1526485419

PLEASE POST IN..If your area has been down sized please provide a Number of employees affected. BELOW.

5/18/18 - another round of people get notified today

Since you're in the real estate business, you should understand that low rates equal more business and high rates means less business. But, rates have been historically low for so long that everyone is complacent and mortgaged to the hilt at these... — read more 

Or is there more to look forward to?

Lets try to get a head count

Have heard that something is happening in the near future, in more than one department. Has anyone heard anything? If so, please share...

Been an outside tech for going on 38 years now and plan on being here another 2 but a little advice to you young ones is in order. Would not recommend you stay in this line of work especially copper based part of it. Work in NW area and there was a... — read more 

It's good to see that people asking the right questions are getting at least some coverage in the media. Does anyone besides me remember CenturyLink giving millions of dollars in bonuses a few months ago? Now they are cutting more than 1,000 jobs!... — read more 

Why are there so many supervisors with only 9 to 12 employees under them? I thought it was suppose to be 30 employees per supervisor? So a 1st level supervisor who makes 80,000 or 90,000 or more to watch very few people.. so maybe this should be... — read more 

https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/centurylink-plans-to-spend-400m-less-2017-capex-expects-level-3-network-synergies Automation for engineers , assignors and central office techs. Too many. Contract out engineers (being done now) have the... — read more 

https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/2018/05/09/post-layoff-confirmation-centurylink-reports-higher-revenue-lower-profit/

https://www.channele2e.com/news/centurylink-layoffs-2018-balancing-staff-cuts-big-stock-dividend-payments/ All about the money.

With pro forma annual revenues of $26 billion, as CenturyLink expects, per-employee revenues would rise from $437,500 in 2016 to about $509,800 annually. Cutting around 1,000 jobs would boost that figure to $520,000. — Iain Morris, International... — read more 

The numbers we are seeing on this board indicate that it has already started to happen in multiple locations, but on a smaller scale. Is there any way to know how many of the announced 1,000+ has been let go so far? I can't stress enough how much I... — read more 

This site I feel is more open about employees sharing what is happening to them. This other site that is trying to get people to go over is being very selective at what they are sharing on their site. You have to share your name and email, they say... — read more 

30 weeks pay, 26 weeks max unemployment and carry cobra insurance 8 months. found this info about severance in a thread from about a month ago. can somebody please confirm if this info is correct? if it is, it's better than i thought it would be, to... — read more 

I agree as management side that All employees are treated poorly but cuts obliterate support of applications and fail to support much needed work. They can pay for vendor support at high cost but not for employees that did the work. It is merely to... — read more 

Has anyone heard anything about these states? Are layoffs coming? Or packages?

News articles are saying automation is one of the key reasons for job cuts. They are trying to push automation but tell us that it’s not to reduce headcount, wondering if we will be next!

What’s coming up next?

Does anyone have any information on what happened in Florida?

Does anyone know what is happening with the engineering dept ? Are they consolidating to one area? Heard some areas were let go.

Am I getting this right? Some posts here are indicating that there are voluntary layoffs at play here? Or am I getting this all wrong? If there is an option to volunteer for a layoff I'd take it in a second. I've been meaning to leave for a while... — read more 

So, we have a number finally (if it was posted before, I apologize, I couldn't find it.) To be honest, I think it will be much worse than this, but we'll see... — read more 

Any news on CenturyLink markets in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California?

My question is : what division was offered packages back in January and has been offered again a 2nd time? Or is this the first time this year that your division is being offered a package ?

15 Days prior to resolution date is when the contractors need to be off the books. It is our job to not only make the company accountable fro these contractual items but the local and national union officials that we elect to bargain on our behalf... — read more 

CenturyLink Inc. has started laying off hundreds of employees companywide in cuts that will continue in coming weeks as the telecom adopts new technology and streamlines following last year's merger with Level 3 Communications... — read more 

If any of you are helping contractors you are contributing to the problem. F them.

The numbers for layoffs across EVERY craft role was increased in the Phoenix area today due to specific market downturns. Hold on to your hats boys and girls the ride just got more intense.

Packages will be sent out Friday the 4th of May. All CRAFT getting offers from company...Check ya email

Any chance we can get more info on notifications that CenturyLink sent out this week? We know a number of people received their notices, but we know very little else. What was hit the hardest? Can we expect more notices to go out before the week's... — read more 

Who knows when the contractors have to leave now that a surplus has been announced? Are they supposed to be let go now or on July 31st?