NT/BST's offered a voluntary package today. $50k plus two weeks pay per year of service, up to 12 weeks total and any un-used vacation. So it comes out to roughly $75k for a senior tech to leave. Then eliminating those positions that are vacated. Company direction is that they are cutting back on NT/BST count. Those positions will be moved over to CST's for more head count, but at a much lower rate and a $10 less an hr top out.
Posted in another thread by @VXXoVen-2fak.
This is for the ilec markets only and yes it is true.
It's happening in targeted areas.
This sounds like a down south thing. Dosent sound like any Northeast. If it's not all just BS any way
For all the nay sayers. Here is the first page of the Q&A. It was printed in August of 2018. They have been sitting on this for a while
4Q2018 Field Ops Volunteer Q&A
If you are requesting to volunteer, you must complete the Employee Election Form and submit it to
(Name Removed) no later than Friday, November 16,2018.
was selected?
If we are able to honor your request, we will make every effort to notify you as soon as possible,
following the November 16th deadline, but we plan to notify volunteers of our ability to accommodate their request no later than Monday, November 26,2018.
Once the form has been submitted the decision is final unless management approves the change.
A. See attached "
Managing your Windstream Pension Benefit” and “Pension Toolkit" documents and then log onto www.benefits.ml.com
B. From Plan Selector Tab: Select> Pension Plan
C. Select> Benefits Calculation
D. Select> Calculate Benefits
1.Enter Termination date
2.Enter Pension start date
3.Enter Spouse Birth Date (if married)
If you are pension retirement eligible and wish to start your pension as soon as possible, enter
a termination date of December 7,2018 and a Pension Start Date of January 1, 2019.
E. Select> Continue, to view the calculation results
F.View your “Summary of Estimated Future Benefits”
G. Select "Print friendly version" and print calculation results for your records.
H. Employees should NOT select “Submit Paperwork Request” to request a pension package
until they have been notified that they have been selected.
I.Once selected for the Volunteer Separation Offering, if you are retirement eligible and want
to start your pension as soon as possible, follow this process again and select the “Submit
Paperwork Request” application forms will be mailed to your home address. Pension
application forms must be mailed to you within 180 days of and no later than the Pension Start
Date, so make this request as soon as possible
I have not heard anything, BST in Ohio. My question is, why would they just hand us 50k when they could simply lay us off, pay severance and keep the 50k in their greedy pocket?
I talked to a FL ILEC NT and they had a conference call Monday morning with their manager. It was offered to them at that time. Turn in paper work by mid November and last day would be beginning of Dec.
I work in a clec market and we heard nothing of this. If they made me this offer I'd sign faster than they can imagine.
Was offered yesterday in the carolina,s
I got $800,000 per year worked...but lost my pto....quit believing 3verything you read online...