When I first stated at Crown, I thought, wow, what a great company. I had never worked anyplace like this before. People were so welcoming and seemed to truly enjoy their jobs. I never heard one complaint. Now, after these past few weeks, most of the folks I see are beaten down. We survived the RIF but are we really the lucky ones? Meetings this week indicate that all focus is on Houston. New positions will be hired in Houston only. Eventually the Pittsburgh office will either be very small or not at all. We who have been here the longest are suddenly faced with the knowledge that we will never retire from the company that we loved so much. We will either be forced to move to Texas or quit. Crown had what most companies only dream of, employees who wanted to be here. Time and again when I mentioned I worked for Crown Castle, people would say, oh I hear they are great to work for. I have a small role, no one cares much about what I do. I am replaceable or even unnecessary. What is not replaceable is loyalty. It looks like most folks have lost that here. I will mourn my time at Crown, it feels like I am losing a part of me. I will dust off my resume and start looking. I am too old and unimportant to move to Houston. I hope that things improve or the EMT changes their mind yet again about the future of Pittsburgh and decides to keep it a viable and vibrant part of Crown. I believe in the purple values, I just wish the rest of the EMT did.
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Really sad for the initiator of this post and its reminding me of others. Been there forever, coming in everyday and doing their jobs, keeping their head down and staying out of the fray. The glue.
I too once thought I'd retire from Crown. Had great pay and always had great reviews/bonuses. Couldn't stand the constant politics and maneuvering and honestly some very petty evil people. It got to where the days full of petty bickering and drama way outnumbered the peaceful productive ones. It felt like the place was on a downhill slide from 2017 on. Maybe after 6 or 7 years I just started to see things clearer. I didn't want to be complacent or stagnate but I also didn't want to be complicit. I knew the chance of retiring from Crown with my health intact was slim. So I just woke up one day and quit. With notice. No plan but the job market was great and I've never looked back. Until now. Everything worked out great for me, as it will for most, but mostly I can sleep because I work a real job with real leadership.
This post is reminding me of all those glue people. It probably doesn't mean much but you were appreciated then and are now. My fond memories are of you, it hurts now but it will work out.
Just came out 10/18/2023 that they are closing the Pittsburgh office and want 1300 employees to relocate
I heard that the Pittsburgh office is being purchased by Walmart and that the walkway between the buildings is being used for flea markets to pay the electric bill.
Not true about everyone but accounting in Summit being fired or asked to relocate. The rumors on this site are out of control. Don’t post if you don’t know facts.
The Houston move is more than a gimmick. Why did they build that huge office to begin with? Houston was never the mothership.
Between the office andmoving all of the EMT to Houston, that's where CC is now.
The craziest part is that they're actually rewriting Crown's history to exclude Crown. Anything official, including Jay's email, says that Crown was founded in Houston in 1994. But that's when Castle was founded... Crown was founded in the 1980s, and the merger was in 1997. Saying that it was founded in 1994 makes no sense, but shows that they're trying to elemnate anything that might remain of the real Crown.
100% agree on loving job and company thinking I would retire here. BUT then again, was i just drinking the kool-aid not understanding that it was probably too good to be true?
About Houston focus, I find that debatable, because they just posted jobs all over the United States and continue to.
And yes, CC is going to he-l in a hand basket so better off investing in yourself as others have said and move out before you get thrown out.
Best of luck. In my opinion, the only benefit of not being cut is more time to find a better opportunity.
The good old days at Crown are long gone. It will never be the same. If you survived this round, will you survive the next? Get out now! The Houston focus is only to force people to quit. Nothing more.
"EMT's plan for Pittsburgh?"
The Summit building closed which held Enterprise Security, Internal Audit, Supply Chain, Talent Aquisition, and Legal (plus a lot of other random roles). They also took away our exercise area to actually take care of ourselves.
All those in Summit are all told to relocate to Houston or be severed from the org. ES, IA, and SC are all gutted. Accounting is the onky geoup moved to the other buildings for there is room for only them. Most everyone else are let go or opted to leave. Legal is a ghost town for more than 50% of them have left and a good 25% more have asked to be let go. ES let a few really good people that really understood what D&D was doing. They let one guy go who really helped us understand our compliance needs, but kept their incompetent manager who is clueless, just like the remainder of that business line.
Canonsburg needs a good cleaning to get rid of all the incompetent people that do not want to own anything. They rather run around the hedges knowing if they don't own the disaster they created they will remain safe in their roles.
Canonsburg leadership is just terrible. They have no real oversight.
Could not have said it better myself!
@odu+1o9rtT4z This is an unfortunate example of why I got into so many heated (yet friendly) discussions with directors and higher regarding retirement allocations. Many were confused and some even offended when I sold the Crown award every year. Why would I want to place all of my eggs in a single basket? Back then I thought Crown was full proof but I still didn't want to risk it. Luckily I listened to myself and not upper management.
Stock down 52% from high. Really great fir everyone's retirement. Not. Nice job Crown.
Canonsburg is a snake pit. A few dozen old timers ruined it for everyone with their insecurity, unwillingness to change and insistance on hiring and promoting clueless people to worship them. Their power is their whole identity inside and outside of crown. The emt doesn't run southpointe they do. Its sad for everyone.
What is the EMT’s plan for Pittsburgh? Is this your opinion? Who was let go from Pit?