It is time to clean house of all the worthless executives - it needs to happen NOW! Whatever remains of this shell of a telecom company might be a decent business provider years from now, but they have to gut the rotting waste of... — read more
WIN together my a$$
TT is the absolute worst CEO in the history of telecom...and that includes Duane Ackerman who s---ed. The WIN BoD are also either negligent or clueless, not sure which. Our VPs have ZERO idea what it takes to create a successful work environment. Our... — read more
The sheep didnt get you, the federal court did
Post it all stream. TT, how will you spin this????????? Karma
Sadurday
I know this sounds horrible, and perhaps a little dramatic but I went to work today to clean some stuff out of my desk. Just sentimental things. Are any other people going to be doing the same this week, or are coming by this weekend to do the same... — read more
What’s next
Fine for a chilli cook off with free SD-Wan boxes What happens to all the licensing paid to Velo cloud when Windstream can’t pay the fees. Better start hunting some new logos fast
Windstream Loses....shady Windsream
Windstream Loses Legal Case Against Hedge Fund Aurelius, and Now Is Stuck With a Huge Bill Windstream, a communications company, lost its battle against hedge fund Aurelius Capital. A judge ruled that Windstream did breach a bond covenant in 2015... — read more
Pivoting
We just pivoted into bankruptcy. Even if we appeal, currently we’re in default
Post Default 401k match
Will Windstream be allowed to use the stock for matching purposes going forward
Did Windstream Just Default?
Not sure what's going on but stock is down 40% in after hours trading. Only news big enough to move the stock like that would be default.
Valentine's day... layoff?
Happy Valentine's day here is you a pink slip! A gift you significant other will really enjoy.... That's right folks this is Your every Thursday layoff what's happening thread, brought to you by stomach ulsurs and crippling depression! They have... — read more
St. Valentine's day m---acre
My manager pulled me aside last night and advised that some people were notified on Wednesday and more people would be notified today that their last day is on 3/1. Anyone else in Support or a NOC hear this? We are a week away from announcing the... — read more
Windstream Buzzwords and project names
It’s sad every group has thrown in the towel and posts hate messages. Wanted to take an opportunity to lighten everyone’s day and create a post with buzzwords Used at Win. Most sound like a CIA mission. Lots of Pivoting But the herd is trapped... — read more
Good news for everyone
Everyone employed at Windstream will be outsourced in the next 12 months including the sales team. Indirect channel is taking over and all other functions will be pushed overseas. If not, bankruptcy is coming for you. If you don’t believe it, jut sit... — read more
I call BS
I read these posts and shake my head, and I call BS to them all :) The sky is fallinaseg, the sky is falling says the chicken, or the boy who cries 'wolf'. First off, about me. I sit out of the Twinsburg Ohio building, been here about 4 yrs, give or... — read more
The investors woke up when will the rest of us???
People are venting at the destruction of Windstream. No raises...not a prison, more with less, fake leadership. The fact that Directors on up get stock bonuses, managers up get a bonus, more VP's than they know what to do with, Directors with 2 - 4... — read more
No change in the business plan - another outage and another business customer leaving WIN
https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/windstream-outage-in-tri-state-impacts-customers/article_e44a537c-2b18-11e9-becd-635339313db2.html This area has so many outages because WIN won't upgrade the equipment, so now they will leave WIN for a better... — read more
Transport group ending for Windstream - outsourced to India
Confirmed transport group is no more for the NOC, that's sad. Techs will be transitioned into data and voice groups or let go. Jobs being outsourced to India....b/c that makes sense. This company is going down the c-ap hole with TT riding that wave... — read more
Tony Thomas talking about technology is like a dog saying "mama"
You know he doesn't know what the words mean but he's been coached to form the words in order to give the appearance of meaningful speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKfAwP33dwQ
You all get too excited over nothing
Time and time again I see on this dumb site: "Layoffs coming on (date) tell everyone!! " This "Town Hall" will just be like the others. No Layoffs - No bad news. Just TT bringing up this years goals just like he did in previous Town Halls. You all... — read more
How do you attend the meeting?
How do I attend? I'd like to listen, at least.
WIN Layoffs worsens culture
Sorry, just another rant post. Anyone else feeling their upper management getting very stressed and becoming evil? Are they not expecting a massive decrease in productivity? You just laid of 3 of my coworkers and you want me to be okay with picking... — read more
Don't attend the Town Hall
Don't attend the Town Hall, call in sick. This would send a clear message to TT.
Questions for Tony to Answer at Town Meeting
Lets start a list of questions for TT to answer on the Thursday's Town Meeting call 1 - Will employees receive any adjustments to pay this year or will their compensation continue to lose value? 2 - Was reducing Windstream's Capital market value from... — read more
"Windstream is the WORLD leader in both of those spaces. Both SD-WAN, and UCass" HAHA
For a good laugh, check the yahoo stock section for WIN in the comments section - probably one of the Little Rock Zombie Executives are tooting fake news again about how great WIN is - 'Cameron'. He does have one thing correct - WIN is the WORLD... — read more
Horrible Project Manager and non Responsive Customer advocates
I am becoming increasing frustrated with Windstream customer advocates (at least the one assigned to our account) horrible project management cue Benny Hill soundtrack. I don't see an avenue for complaints, or to demand a new customer advocate that... — read more
stock is still below $3 a share today
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in TT's office to hear what he has to say about the dismal stock prices. I'm sure that LL will give him a reach around to cheer him up, as he whispers staff reduction in his ear.
All Windstream employee town hall Feb 7th 2019
What will happen?
All employee meeting next Thur
All employee meeting next Thursday with TT. Any clue what this is about?
Business Sales
We have to give service away to beat Ritter. Ritter is a joke, so what does that tell you. Win the first ckts and never win again. Once you go with Win you don’t come back.
Terrible Company
Windstream is a below average Telecom company barely surviving on the oldest technology. They are lead by the worst management team I have ever seen. They over-work and greatly underpay their employees. Do yourself a favor and leave before you get... — read more
Haters
Windstream is making all the right moves to transform the business away from the legacy products. The only question is did they pivot in time.
Margin Expansion initiatives
The executive has been trading commodities and has decided it’s now a good time to enter the toilet paper business. They believe they can sell toilet paper with their WE solutions as part of the “over the top solution” because the customer will need... — read more
Rochester Layoffs
How many people are "getting let go" in Rochester for taking hot pockets, Doritos, and Nestea without paying?
Windstream CEO Eyes Gigabit Fixed Wireless, Sees Copper Becoming “Irrelevant”
TT and his Zombies are just figuring out NOW that copper is becoming irrelevant???? https://www.telecompetitor.com/windstream-ceo-eyes-gigabit-fixed-wireless-sees-copper-becoming-irrelevant/ Most other telcos saw this 10 to 15 years ago, and invested... — read more
What’s the body count?
I’m wondering how many got the axe. Anyone got a total?
Loyalty and hard work do not pay off when the company survives by playing the numbers
Laid off after 19 years. Seems to me the people let go were some of people who had been there a long time and had higher (but still lower than industry standard) salaries. I'm leaving with a unique set of knowledge and skills, specific to the... — read more
Engineering loss
Laid off after 19 years. Seems to me the people let go were some of people who had been there a long time and had higher (but still lower than industry standard) salaries. I'm leaving with a unique set of knowledge and skills, specific to the... — read more
Relocation assistance
I heard that if you work in the ERC they are offering relocation assistance to Guam and Suriname. Does anyone else have more information on this?