We've lost three people in our department today, all of them are over 50. Considering that all of them were exemplary employees, I can't help but wonder if their age had something to do with this. Anybody else noticed that the age of those laid off... — read more 

Nobody is safe anymore. I hope The CEO is one of them that gets RIF’d. Directors have gotten the boot today as well. Windstream is tanking. I wish the best for those that get hit today. I have been here 20 years and have never seen anything like... — read more 

that's the rumour

Just wanted to report layoffs in FP in Harrison - four people were let go.

Frankly, I am glad to be out - I've seen it all here from poor management, to bad training, to VERY misaligned organization and broken processes... To be frank and open most people are good but some bigots - it all depends on how much tolerance for... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/954062896761360384

http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/windstream-announces-big-layoff-plan/199542816

Richmond ERC. Gone.

Every one will feel this,except bargaining

Well, I just got laid off from Windstream. Good thing I've got n interview tomorrow. Does anyone know if there were more layoffs?

Anyone heard anything?

Ok, talk is Thursday the 18th is the day. Supposed to be a lot.

Windstream is "Re-Branding"....but what is it re-branding...lets hear your ideas

I know everybody believes that Windstream layoffs will not take place before February, but things have been really tense around the office lately and we've been hearing rumors of something big coming next week. It could be a million things, I know... — read more 

I heard from a reliable source that there was a rebranding coming on February 14th. Is Windstream being bought or merging with another company? If I would have to guess it would with Fromtier. Any thoughts?

https://economicsandmoney.com/2018/01/11/insider-thomas-anthony-w-sold-9435-shares-of-windstream-holdings-inc-win/

I have confirmation that Windstream will be hit, heavily, at the beginning to mid February. Prepare your resumes and be on the hunt. Saw this in another thread, anybody knows more about this? We know something has been brewing for a while now, so a... — read more 

Why is Win having voluntary layoffs and hiring at the same time? Is the company in such a disarray that the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing.. What is the direction? Is win selling out trying to go bankrupt, or convert to a cloud based... — read more 

I work in a department. We had a meeting on Tuesday that stated that our department would have backflow help from another department in a different state. Our group is training them this next week. Did we just train our replacements? Did any other... — read more 

http://www.communicationstoday.co.in/daily-news/18214-windstream-acquires-masscomm-enhances-engineering-network-design

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/windstream-win-acquire-masscomm-boost-121612235.html

Windstream has pushed $2 bill in debt out to past 2023.

These managers are so scared of being laid off as well. They are all talking heads that continue to tell you things are going well when you see it imploding around you. I’ve been there for 18 years and in the last year it’s went into the toilet so... — read more 

Let me start by saying thank you to the many people that give insight and opinions on this site. It’s a great forum to feel the pulse of the Company. Ironically the site is the layoff.com but I have a feeling most people that post are actually still... — read more 

If senior management even hopes to salvage things, they have to clean house on the apathetic low level and mid level management. I get the fact that they are the ones who drink the most koolaid in the company. But they are the ones who are the... — read more 

I have not heard of any rumors about another round of layoffs. However with the budget constraints I would not be surprised if it happened. The other two times there were rumored layoffs, it happened. Has anyone heard anything?

There’s an expression in sports - “losing the locker room.” When a coach loses the locker room he or she no longer has the confidence of the players and the team no longer functions as a whole. When that cohesiveness is gone it’s darn near impossible... — read more 

Tony Thomas, You have failed as a CEO, you have failed as a leader and you have failed at growing windstream into anything that would keep people employed. Your lack of judgement in making the right decisions is uncanny and quiet sad. I just want you... — read more 

I know I read some posts on here recently about a blog/article from Tony Thomas on Stream, now its gone. What’s up with that?

Anyone have any information on the meeting in ATLANTA in February? I have heard that the upper management will be there as well as HR. I have also heard that the network has been for sell as well as everything connected to it, and if it is sold the... — read more 

Just wondering if everyone is being 100% honest on there surveys. The people in my group were brutally honest this year about upper management and the way the lower people are treated. Just wondered if this was the way everyone commented on the... — read more 

I've been working for this place for over 10 years. We were bought by Windstream in 2010. Since then, our company has gone to "sh--". Has gotten worse over & over each year. Every time we've had a layoff it has caused more pain and grief for our... — read more 

It'll be Chapter 11 and will be business as usual for most employees until it can come out of it. For those of you who think bankruptcy in the corporate world means doors closed and no more company you are sadly mistaken. Chapter 7 may occur in the... — read more 

Frontier and Windstream bankruptcies could be coming in the “not-too-distant” future, said MoffettNathanson financial analysts in a research note today. “The market anticipates that both these companies will go bankrupt in the not-too-distant future... — read more 

I keep hearing about several discrimination lawsuits from the Sept layoffs - any info out there on what attorney firms may be handling ?

The ship is sinking and the experience is leaving...no matter how the CEO, VP’s, staff managers try to encourage the worker bees that things are beginning to turn around...the worker bees who are in the know ...know that this ship is sinking! So sad... — read more 

This is not an easy company to love. Under pressure to settle its Uniti-related finances and other massive long-term debt agreements, the telecom has produced negative free cash flows across the first three quarters of 2017. That leaves no room for... — read more