Do not ignore the opportunity to tell it like you see it. So many are beyond disappointed and talk about it offline, well now write it out. Someone suggested not participating. That doesn’t move the metrics at all. Participate and tell it like you... — read more
Jan 4 2027 is the day!
Big surprise on the way… Hint: it rhymes with 5 day PTO
Don't take the our voice survey!
If you actually want to hold the “leaders” in this company accountable, consider not taking the survey at all. Management is heavily pressured to drive survey participation, and leaders are held accountable for the overall participation rate. That... — read more
How are we feeling about next month IT family?
Look in your crystal ball for October. How many org update invites do you see?
Let's pi-s of our customers even more!
Apple has officially rolled out its iOS 27 as of Sept. 14. But if people with T-Mobile want to use one of its new features, they’ll have to pay a fee... — read more
Did your FTE IT job get replaced by a H-1B?
@desitechsuppoat on X .com has been chasing down a LOT of H-1B work-visa fraud. from his post on Sep 19, 2026: open your mail Write everything to ier @ usdoj dot gov Then, Google search for "DOLOIG Hotline form" and proceed to file a... — read more
Stock
Everyone loves a good sledding hill…but, damn!
Evaluating the buyback program against T-Mobile's actual 4.4% WACC highlights the aggressive hurdle rate corporate treasury must overcome. When
Evaluating the buyback program against T-Mobile's actual 4.4% WACC highlights the aggressive hurdle rate corporate treasury must overcome. When adjusting every dollar spent by this cost of capital, the multi-year economic deficit widens to -$8.30... — read more
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile resolve lawsuits over ad campaigns
Verizon wireless sued T-Mobile over misleading ad claims T-Mobile countersued Verizon for deceptive advertising Judge Lewis Kaplan issued preliminary injunction in Verizon’s favor Verizon had 147 million subscribers as of June... — read more
Experience has a price
A lot of experienced employees were pushed out, and now the company is relying on people who don't know the customers or the business nearly as well. How long is it going to take them to realize that saving money on payroll always results in the... — read more
Assume Positive Intent
Does anyone else specifically in corp maybe in the marketing realm sick of this phrase? I’ve heard it more in the past couple of weeks than I have in the past year, but it’s not the first time I’ve heard it and basically to me It’s permission for... — read more
More work and more pressure
At this point, I don't think retaining the good people is even on the priority list. Someone leaves and instead of replacing them, their work just gets dumped on whoever is still here. Then the deadlines get shorter and the pressure gets turned up... — read more
Sprint Pension Question
For legacy Sprint employees who qualified for the pension and have been laid off by T-Mobile, were you given the choice of 1) full lump sum option, 2) small lump sum with the majority of the annuity option, or 3) annuity only?
Will SpaceX be forced to acquire us?
At TMT Osvaldik indicated that we will not enable a Starlink MVNO. But since our D2D joint venture with ATT / Verizon was announced, rumors have circled that T-Satellite will be ditching Starlink for AST Spacemobile once their service us up. If this... — read more
Customers first. Employees…somewhere.
I’m sorry, but this message is a pretty tone-deaf way to communicate with employees, especially right now. “Pre-order week is for our customers first.” Got it, Jon. Apparently employees, many of whom are also customers and shareholders, can wait our... — read more
NJ office lease renewal
Anyone have information on the Parsippany office lease renewal?
Repost
since it got deleted: TheLayoff.com archive: T-Mobile, "5 days/week RTO for some orgs June 1" Complete capture of one thread: the original post plus all 52 replies... — read more
Jobs postings are fake
Almost all job postings are for internal H1B or H4 transfers. #Fu-k this immigration scam. we are tired.
Ask Google the question "Why is T-Mobile's Stock Price Tanking"
Rising Customer "Churn" From Price Hikes T-Mobile has aggressively rolled out what it calls a "rate plan modernization," which forced millions of legacy customers onto newer, more expensive 5G plans. The Backlash: This move triggered... — read more
Next merger is Comcast or Charter?
I know discussions are ongoing but when will they end? Leadership rushing to put icing on the cake to get T-Mobile ready but will there be bidding war from Elon or others?
IT Layoffs
When is the next round of IT layoffs? A lot of my team was affected in the last round I have a feeling my turn is coming up. Will it be before the end of the year? In this market most of us are in big trouble if we lose our jobs. It is rough out... — read more
CFO is leaving…
Failed at maximizing stock price and layoffs…yes layoffs, his team, working with consultants, made the recommendations where and when to cut. And…sorry to say this…cuts were not deep enough. Expect 5-10k more in the coming months. Peace out.
The bully culture
When did bullying become so normalized? I'd honestly like to know, because I remember it wasn't like this before.
Anything Happening Today?
Gates up? I feel something is up. Not sure what, but something is up. Any ideas?
Menaul is closing. Who's next?
Honestly, I’m pi---d. Today we found out our CEC is closing. A lot of us have spent YEARS here. We knew something was coming, hiring slowed down, positions stopped being backfilled, and our headcount kept dropping. But hearing that we’re actually... — read more
Matter of "when" not "if"
It seems like for people working at T-Mobile layoffs are not a matter of "if" anymore it is "when" because sooner or later it will be your turn. They like making people work under that fear. All these gimmicky chit and benefits when the ship is... — read more
October Layoffs??
Rumor has it that IT is due for another round of layoffs. Does anyone Dir+ know what teams or functions they’ll be targeting or timeframe?
What went wrong
Forced Price Hikes: T-Mobile abandoned its famous "Price Lock" guarantee and forcibly migrated millions of users on legacy plans to more expensive tiers. This triggered massive consumer backlash, regulatory scrutiny from the FCC, and a sharp spike... — read more
KOMO News: T-Mobile shutters 7 Washington stores, cuts jobs in fall layoffs at Bellevue HQ
I know we dont have many folks from the stores on this forum, but wanted to share this as well. These folks are working as hard as us and they are often impacted by cuts more than we are. Anyhow, I am sorry they have to go thru this and hope all... — read more
Performance based RSU?
The new 12k grant - Is that just for 2027 with 3 year vesting? It better be every year.
The upward failure
Is this the only company where people somehow fail up? I've watched guys make enormous mistakes, face zero consequences, and then land promotions. At the same time, good employees who deliver get ignored. It's demoralizing, to say the least. Name one... — read more
Did anyone notice?
The WARN notice for the WA layoffs came out of Overland Park. I don't think Ive ever seen that in the 20 years I worked at corporate. Official notices and high level items always came out of Newport. Shows how much the culture has changed, executive... — read more
What departments are affected
Does anyone know what departments are affected in this new layoff development from KOMO News?... — read more
Mind your business
Why can’t everyone just mind their business? There’s so much drama because everyone hates people more successful than them. If you put that much energy into doing your job you’d be happier I promise.
What happened?
Layoffs were just an occasional thing until a couple of years ago. How did we get to a point where they're now happening every few months?
Smb
If micro goes back to tfb what does that mean for smb who were recently hired?
Smb
Why is there another huge rif scheduled in September?