Windstream Holdings, Inc. has added a new SEC filing to its website: 8-K (Current report filing)
https://investor.windstream.com/financials/sec-filings/sec-filings-details/default.aspx?FilingId=13247718
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Yes you need to post this on stream, but like I said before you all are chicken sh--, you would s--- Tony's d--k to keep your job and you know it.
we need to post this up on stream.
How do they justify the company being on the verge of filing bk and then giving him a contract extention when I dont get a raise and getting a promotion with out screwing someone is a joke? Anyone with any senority is passed over for promotions because we know too much about the dirty dealings and we dont kiss a-- not because we cant do the job. So sickening to watch those that have no morals get promoted time after time. If there were any jobs worth a sh-- close to me I would leave.
You have to understand why the board of directors extended his contract. Both parties are complicit regarding company's financial irregularities. So best to pay to keep all accomplices silent than risk any squealing. Tony loves coming to work everyday at Windstream (as stated on Town Hall meeting). Obviously because that means he is not going to jail that day!
Windstream is raping anyone Director & below! #metoo
A CEO having to assure workers that the company will make payroll is never a good sign. That is exactly what this POFS had to do on Friday. I obviously need to downgrade my performance level at Windstream so I can move up the ladder.
Working for windstream is killing me!! So depressing coming into work to see the upper management stroking themselves on Stream and taking ALL the compensation dollars while asking more and more from the workers. This is freaking insane!! PHUKK EM ALL
They estimate Tony Thomas pay at approx. 25 MILLION a year, that would be $68,493 every day of the year. Is ANYONE that important? I think not.
This may be the most Windstream move ever.
Get out now.
You should have at least tried along time ago. I'm free.
The deb of thieves
One wrote that he cares is bull. He makes one hundred times the average worker. He gets bonuses plus better stock options. His health benefits are different, perhaps one hundred percent covered as executive benefits in healthcare are different than the average worker. He has been responsible for the layoffs of hundreds for his travel benefits. He is set for life. If he cared about us, there would be higher wages, better health benefits, and this lawsuit would have never even happened because he would have listened to the workers and not the board, or what he thought was right. He does not care about the workers, just himself.
you have to tip your hat to these jerk0ffs (TT and the gunderman brothers), these guys made off with countless millions of dollars while we're over here worrying about when our last paycheck is. thank you Aurelius for exposing these crooks.
at least they completed broadband speed upgrades ahead of schedule LMAO
https://twitter.com/TonyThomasWIN/status/1098666271334457344
Everyone will be expected to tighten their belts and save, save, save. Cut as much cost as possible. Yet those at the top continue to take what we will be expected to “save the company” and put it right in their pockets.
TT talked about what makes a great leader in his town hall. A great leader, after telling everyone no more raises unless you get promoted, would turn this down, at least until we get through this mess.
But I seriously doubt we’ll see a video on Stream were TT tells us he is going to lead by example and due to the dire circumstances, will not be taking the increase.
The board is really to blame on this one. I home someone hires an assassin to take care of them. Do you remember that time you came home fro school with your report card and had all T's and got rewarded? Well that is what Tony did! We rewarded him by giving him a full scholarship to Harvard.
Apparently the mantra of the board is the worse you preform the more you are rewarded.
They cut the 401k match and I’m gone. I sell the stock as quick as I can and transfer it so I don’t lose much if any. They promised a match in March by the way of an HR rep not long ago.
I warned y’all of this when I left WIN.. Tony gets the money and local managers, engineers, and others are going on 4 yrs with no raise, only pay cuts...
Tony is the Slumlord of the Windstream Ghetto! He doesnt care about any of you!!! He is just a Horrible human being with little man syndrome!!
The economy is great! Get your resume updated and get a new job, new career or even career field. If you do not, the financial damage on you and your family is all on you!
Just wait, rumor has it the next cut is the matching 401k...
We have been doing it all wrong. Stop doing your job. Break something. Ignore the problems. Break a few laws. Then we will all get raises.
TT is harmsless
Might not be the best at recruiting top talent but he is a decent human being.
Tony fights for you everyday
He's doing the best he can!! Give him.a break!
Tony is a criminal. This is fraud. Why is the DOJ not involved?
LOL...Jeff Gardner inherited the debt when they spun off landline, merged with Valor, long before TT took over the reigns. BS excuse. Problem is he wants the business to be something it's not...coupled with having a very poor legal team and questionable judgement with regard to the G'man brother's and the shady setup they created. Stop making excuses for these dumb mf'ers. Are they really worth 10-20 times what you make in a year?
"Mr. Thomas’ continued leadership and performance are critical to the success of Windstream and provide the continuity and stability needed for the Company to focus on serving customers and all other stakeholders while the Board of Directors and management evaluate Windstream’s options.
The Board of Directors determined that extending Mr. Thomas’ employment is in the best interests of Windstream and its stakeholders and confirms both the Board of Directors’ and Mr. Thomas’ long-term commitment and confidence in the future of Windstream."
Need we say more? That's why they are in this mess in the first place! Windstream will be bought by another telco as Fairpoint was once they come out of bankruptcy, and TT will be kicked out when new leadership replaces them.
The Board of Directors is obviously very pathetic and they are going down with the ship....
I’m not making excuses but do any of you know how much debt he inherited? The recent problems are nothing more than TT trying to keep the doors open by finding creative ways to push out debt.
Most of you would be jobless if he didn’t create the REIT.
However I can’t defend the Earthlonk deal.
Beyond unbelievable. So due to his outstanding performance they increase his annual bonus from 120% to 188% and also add another $2mil ontop of that in 3 years.
What in the hell?!
You folks are f---ed. Get out now!
What the actual f*(k. Are you serious?
However, having stated all of that, I really think the mf'er is gone. Adios, you S-bag.
This is the most shocking part of the last 2 weeks....wow, just wow.
And here's what this D-head gets if canned for being an A-hole:
(i) annual base salary through the date of termination and any other vested benefits, in each case to the extent not previously paid;
(ii) a pro-rated amount of his target annual incentive compensation for the year of termination;
(iii) three times the sum of his base salary and target annual incentive compensation (in each case, as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
Control or, if higher, on the date of termination);
(iv) a cash equivalent for three years of health care premiums; and
(v) outplacement services with a value of no more than $50,000.
Let that sink in. Takeover as CEO of a company and lose 99% of equity value, this is how you're rewarded. F this guy and F Windstream
Yeah...this is a joke. Golden parachute has definitely been deployed.
Windstream Boars members receive annual pay Fromm Windstream.
What do you expect them to do? They aren’t going to bite the hand that feeds them.
Still making a minimum of $1 million a year, bonuses up to 188% of his salary, golden parachute in place, and he gets a $2 million dollar bonus in his 3rd year. Hey, just remember its up to us to ensure our customers are taken care of, that's whats important right now, other than his salary of course. Wonder what the other exec's are getting? Oh thanks for my .33 raise.