Thread regarding Crown Castle International Corp. layoffs

Trouble: EMT Needs to Fix D&D Leadership Before Layoffs Begin

Recent org changes have made long standing structural and leadership issues worse. The problem isn’t the teams it’s a pattern of short-sighted leadership decisions that keep adding inefficiency and ki-ling morale, SP and MM ARE NOT the right path. Both too self-important and ego driven for any clarity possible. The number of people on this page alone is an indication of how bad it’s gotten as MM has been a topic on this page for years, those who openly questioned aren’t here anymore, not a coincidence.

Structural & Leadership Gaps

  • D&D expanded under leadership with weak technical grounding and poor operational judgment.
  • Decisions are based on optics and “culture first” over scalable, efficient delivery.
  • The result: redundant tools, unclear ownership, and wasted spend doing the same thing.

Talent & Morale Erosion

  • Many skilled hires walked into instability they didn’t cause and can’t fix.
  • People are burned out, disengaged, and blamed for inherited problems.
  • Leaders who manage up well but not down are driving the decline blaming everyone but themselves.

Culture & Reputation Risk

  • Morale is at a breaking point.
  • Expanding the remit of a leader with no relevant knowledge or skills tied to these issues sends the wrong signal.
  • Continued inaction risks more and operational instability at a critical time.

What EMT Needs to Do

  • Launch an independent review of leadership effectiveness and technical capability, ask the staff in a truly anonymous way because trust is gone.
  • Simplify tools and processes stop paying for redundancy.
  • Rebuild trust with transparency, consistent engagement, and measurable goals tied to outcomes, not self-serving politics.

The situation is still fixable only with top-down action. EMT needs to step in now to stabilize the org and restore credibility. If not, the erosion will only accelerate.


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@b8 comments like this remind us why ‘user error’ is a common issue to problems raised, Microsoft sunset the ‘annoying clippy’ in 2003. Thank you for reminding everyone how behind most are and change is a huge hurtle for us.

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Post ID: @bn+1k7yn1gt1

@b8 Funny how easy it is to say ‘fire them all’ when you’ve never cleaned up decades of redundant systems with zero strategy because leaders won’t make decisions or say no. The team isn’t the problem. We’re maintaining chaos others created just to keep the lights on. Appreciate your leadership if you haven’t dealt with what D&D has.

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Post ID: @b9+1k7yn1gt1

Fire em all and let the ms paper clip run the department.

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Post ID: @b8+1k7yn1gt1

It’s understandable that people get frustrated in D&D and with D&D outcomes, but context matters. Unlike other cost centers like sales, finance, HR which have stable leaders with domain expertise, D&D has faced constant leadership turnover and direction shifts with people who don’t have any experience or knowledge of the domain. Each new leader has come in wanting to make their mark without understanding the space, and priorities change before progress can take hold. The teams aren’t the problem , the volatility is.

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Post ID: @b5+1k7yn1gt1

@aj Most departments are cost centers and in most companies, they get charged for the services provided from IT. Unfortunately we have not done that. It would sure as F* make you a lot more accountable for the decisions to develop stuff you will never use. Unfortunately we never got to that but yeah, you are a cost center too.....just not held accountable.

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Post ID: @b4+1k7yn1gt1

More folks crying because they thought their center was beyond layoffs. News flash! There is no stable EMT. Its a revolving door just like your managment. Get use to change or move on, sincerely the folks that have been dealing with it since covid.

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Post ID: @at+1k7yn1gt1

No one cares about D&D you are a cost center.

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