The other options aren’t nearly as attractive, looking at the gap to our goals. The office move was one of the possible levers. With that off the table for now, at least…
Wireless Estimator covered the mess
Wireless Estimator had a story on Crown yesterday. https://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2023/crown-castles-surprising-about-face-on-canonsburg-relocation-sparks-employee-confusion/ They are the only ones that aren't afraid to upset the apple cart. — read more
Taunting Elliott
We’re bleeding cash but we’re still hiring and promoting. We have almost 200 requisitions open and anointed at least 4 people into middle management positions. You would think the BID and EMT would impose a hiring freeze to show Elliott that... — read more
Jay and Tony Video
Have you seen the Jay and Tony video on Crown web page? Jay was not his normal "together" self. Shaky and stuttering. I almost felt sorry for him.
Just an FYI…
Offices will still close and people will still lose their jobs if they do not relocate. It’s been placed on hold for 6-9 months until JB is long gone.
Retention Bonus
Retention bonuses should be absolutely offered as a way to try and make amends for jerking people and their lives around for the last several months due to complete and utter incompetence of the EMT. I have zero trust or faith in leadership at this... — read more
FRIDAYS TOWN HALL…
Thank you all for joining…. We have decided to actually proceed with moving to Houston. We just needed to feel the room out to see if our thoughts were right .. I can not believe how DS reacted to so many questions as CL just sat there and sipped on... — read more
The best thing to do is walk away
Crown is becoming messier and messier by the day. I don't think there's a good future here for anybody.
D-mb answers
You want us to be gung ho about Crowm? Maybe Crown needs to start making sacrifices for us. We have been through the ringer…..show us you care! Do something out of the ordinary like telling us we can work from home because you know the entire... — read more
I WANT THE SEVERANCE
That I signed. Are you f--king kidding me! Unf---kingbelievable.
Fiber for sale
Dan just said when asked if fiber is for sale that "everything is for sale"
Bring Back the B3's
Nothing makes me think of wasted energy than the whole PURPLE thing. It will now forever be associated with this dark period for Crown. AS AN OWNER, it seems to me that getting rid of that silliness and back to the beautiful simplicity of the B3's... — read more
Despite Houston Stereotypes
I just want to say (from Houston) a lot of us are extremely happy for everyone right now even if y’all doubt it. I personally want to say I’m so excited so many talented people will remain here if they choose to stay. I’m very happy my teammates that... — read more
NO MORE HUSTON…WHATS NEXT
As we all read through the email, many of let out a loud WOOHOO, but what’s next for Crown.
Work From Home
We are not google. We are not SpaceX. We do not build products. Why do we have to pay exorbitant rent for any office spaces at all? The company functioned fine during lockdowns. What is the point of wasting money on offices? They could save many... — read more
Who can fix Crown?
Who do you think would be a good replacement for Jay? Is there anybody who could get us out of the mess we're in right now thanks to him?
Sell the purple palace
With Jay’s long overdue departure, sell that monstrosity of a building and move the office to cheaper real estate. No longer do we need to be located in his backyard.
Town halls and EMT and holidays oh my!
It’s going to be a strange week, that’s for sure! How does all this news keep topping itself?
Field visits to Houston canceled this week
Any scoop on the reason field trips to visit Houston were canceled with 1 day notice? They were meant to help decide if relocation was a good fit for you.
Ode On A Texan Urn - Part Two (and Persisting)
What’s Good for the Gander . . . I’m best at working behind the scenes With lies, manipulation, elaborate schemes And my name you won’t find In 10Q or 10K of any kind My tactic of choice? Microsoft Teams! Ethernet, conduit, nodes and... — read more
Houston Move - Not only PA "Folks"
As JB likes to use, not all "Folks" affected by the relo mandate are in SP. Some of us are in various other locations. Put a kibosh on all this move business! Bleeding out money to relocate "folks" to Houston is just foolish and a monetary loss... — read more
With Jay gone, what changes would you like to see?
I am not talking about towers vs fiber here. If you were being honest with yourself there is a lot of room for improvement from both sides. I am talking about the company as a whole and what can be done to better the company moving forward once the... — read more
Are they canceling the relocation to TX or are there going to be more RIFs?
Are they canceling all plans to relocate and canceling all severance packages? Or is this the start of more RIFs and more ugly things. I’ve read articles on immediate layoffs after Elliot has taken over companies (Salesforce, B&N etc). They first... — read more
Sign our letters?
Now with everything going on. Should we sign our letters if we’re going go TX or not? I heard that management was requested to sign their letters last week. Something fishy is going on. We have till Jan 16th but is it best to sign now?
SP closure cancelled!
More to come next week
who is looking the most surprised in the EMT today?
There’s only one winner of that… All customer facing roles to be re-allocated as Regional All vanity projects to be sold/cancelled starting with the purple park BS, BP, SCM and all the pointless technocrats for an organization this size... — read more
Ode On A Texan Urn
There once was a fella from Baylor Who said “As CEO I can’t be a failure” I’ll overpay for fiber We’ll sign up subscribers And shareholders will praise my behavior. His manner was disarmingly folksy His Board and employees he’d coax(ee) I’ve got my... — read more
12,450,000
That kind of pay is 155 employees at $80k per year.
Elliott and Fiber
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/activist-investor-elliott-says-crown-castle-ceo-exit-step-in-right-direction Latest news link above. Wheels are in motion for Elliott to cause more changes. Fiber, you are next!
New Managers for Everyone…Again!
So with all the pending personnel changes, pending moves to occur to Houston, and changes yet to be made by the new EMT team and Elliott, everyone will probably get a new manager which is par for the course with Clown Castle. For every year I have... — read more
Move to Houston
Does everyone have to move to Houston?
I'm not optimistic about the future
I think things are too far gone, and no matter what is done, there's no saving this place.
Ding do-g
The witch is dead! Now please get rid of this purple bs and the entire bs and useless your connection entourage that LN built! Sell fiber and small cell then the mess that is Project Delivery. Start from scratch!
Doing everything Elliot ask. Bye bye fiber
Along with retiring Jay they also changed their by laws https://last10k.com/sec-filings/CCI/0001051470-23-000171.htm?utm_source=stocktwits&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=8K&utm_term=CCI 2/3 items down on the list now they get people in place and sell... — read more
An Ode to Jay Brown's PURPLE Values System
As our now former, sh-t-canned leader, Jay Brown asked us to reflect on our "ingenious" PURPLE Values system as we approach the holidays, I decided to write this ode to Jay and the Crown Castle he drove into the ground with his leadership. P is for... — read more
Elliott if you’re reading this
Please for the love of all things holy, stop this moving to Houston train wreck. Just let us all work from home since our offices are closing. I doubt it saves any of us, especially if any of us have turned our letters in, but I honestly would like... — read more
Leadership Crisis!
Nobody knows which a$$ to kiss!
AND he’s gone
Well deserved
Nice Morning Read
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elliott-sends-letter-board-crown-113100726.html Anyone that works here could have written this 4 or 5 years ago.