I'm hearing talk about February. Can anybody confirm?
North star or Brown star
I think I know what star we are really looking at lol
DTL in person
Dare to Lead - back in force in January. So .. a 100% remote workforce is suddenly being asked to come in for IN PERSON gatherings to listen to a Brene Brown fireside chat at a time when a potential new strain is about to be rolled out by WEF Dare... — read more
Sales Kick Off or Investor Rip Off
Layoffs office closings cutbacks and massive insurmountable debt but yet it’s ok to do a flashy sales kick off put on by a Hollywood production company complete with hair and makeup support. Shame on you Kate. Can think of much better uses for that... — read more
Microsoft Copilot adoption rate
So apparently, the SLT isn't happy about the (slow) rate of early adoption (by employees) of Microsoft Copilot (AI) tools so far. Primarily this has been Copilot for git (developers) and Copilot for MS Office. You mean we don't trust our company... — read more
More Gloom and Doom
https://www.moomoo.com/news/post/25181190
Stealth Layoffs
They speak of upcoming layoffs next quarter but cannot provide any details. Meanwhile they move you to a new team and there is no work to do. They hope you will just quit. Then they layoff those who have no quit already, but provide no names ever... — read more
LUMEN Government
Seem like the LUMEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT team is winning contracts left and right! They seem to hold their own and sustain the most of the company. Perhaps LUMEN should expand on the Government sector.
Ashley as CRO?
Is Kate loosing faith in Jay? Another bad hire? Going back to a combined sales and CS org? More cuts?
The Year In Review
Stock Price Jan 6, 2023 5.4700 Jan 5, 2024 1.7200 Enough said………
2024 goals
Just got an email about goal setting training! Seriously! My goal is to have a new job as soon as possible! What an effing joke!
CenturyLink Layoffs 2024
Do you think there will be CenturyLink layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
Something smells fishy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lumen-lumn-reportedly-needs-time-123100690.html Between Aug 2022 & Nov 2023, Lumen sold 12 billion dollars worth of assets (Stonepeak, 20 State ILEC, & Colt). So.... why is there still close to 20 billion in debt... — read more
Alertmedia
Lumen is all ready for an emergency. Are you? 100 on ESG score doesn't come for free
New Product Guy?
Chris mentioned in passing that there is a new product leader at the investor event this week. About time... Lets see who drank the Kool-Aid. Anyone know?
Who Owns Lumen Stock?
Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street are the three largest holders of Lumen stock. They hold around 310 million shares combined. Source: https://fintel.io/s-b/us/lumn
Will T-mobile buy Lumen
I was speaking with several friends, who work for a few investment firms, and they were certain T-Mobile will buy Lumen. With the most recent layoffs Kate and SLT could be setting up the company to sell. A lot of effort is being placed on... — read more
Dare To Leave the company's challenge to customers
https://ksltv.com/605019/bountiful-woman-left-without-phone-service-or-answers-days-after-her-husband-dies/?fbclid=IwAR0DxH-Xq2ph9vLk6f014kP_AXWY_kT4VMibF1CCE_tpn9J5oRdUr3OupuA Maybe the new multimillion dollar SFS dispatch system misplaced the... — read more
Down again!
https://www.investorsobserver.com/news/stock-update/is-lumen-technologies-inc-lumn-stock-about-to-get-hot-friday Closed at $1.26 down 2.33%
Are there any good things about Lumen to be thankful?
Looking for reasons to stay vs daring to leave
More layoffs
Are we done with layoffs for this year?
How long can this go on?
How long can Lumen continue to lose market share and revenue before it's forced to declare bankruptcy? I don't have any idea myself but I'm guessing by this time next year Lumen will be in receivership with a Bankruptcy Court.
Lumen Outage
Hope no one was seriously affected by their negligence. https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/internet-wireless-outages-continue/
How is Brightspeed doing so far?
I was wondering how Brightspeed was doing after its first year post Lumen. Anyone heard anything?
WARN Notices about Layoffs
Why do I not see WARN notices from our company? checked 3-4 state portals adn nothing I see notices from every other company that's laying people off. I assumed it was a requirement.
Who will end up with QF?
CFO said Lumen/Quantum Fiber will participate when the time is right for consolidation. In other words, we're selling it. https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/should-lumen-sell-its-quantum-fiber-biz-analysts-weigh
Lumen's Bed of Roses
Lots of great uplifting posts on here since the earnings call. It looks like our great contributors from InsideLumen are posting in here vs there. Thank you for bringing the positivity & trying to quell all the negativity here. We shall overcome
Turn a lemon into lemonade- for herself!
With a bold move, KJ turned the
A Director, James Fowler, Taking Stock In Our Lumen Shares ($1.3988 pps)
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892623000106/xslF345X05/wk-form4_1699395592.xml
Bond Market Interest Rates are Being Priced Down Aggressively.....
on the expectation that this Creature from Jekyll Island, the FED, which isn't Federal and there are no longer any "Reserves" for the People to count on, is going to have reverse their unprecedented course of raising to lowering. This gives the CFO... — read more
VSPP'S interest seems low & offered to the wrong or not enough groups
How is it being received around the company? In Denver there might be a handful at best across the titles offered.
"The Shorts" & These Sell Side IB's like Morgan Stanley Should NOT BE ALLOWED
to escape the VISE GRIP they are going to be squeezed in by the time Lumen gets to $100B Market Cap($100 pps) where it BELONGS, today, compared to legacy Telecoms T, VZ, and even wireless carrier, The German One, TMobile(tmus). The iniquity behind... — read more
Lumen Wins $110MM Ceiling Price Defense Contract(5 Years)
Thank you fellow Lumenites. These TYPES of WINS must continue at all levels of our U.S. Govt. and Military Complexes persistently, consistently, frequently and without fail when thinking about the EIS having replaced Networx contract alone. There... — read more
For Decades At Least Level 3 Shareholders Were Hearing.....
How somebody was going to take a HUGE SHARE of a MULTI HUNDRED BILLION DOLLAR Broadband World that had converted from Telecom with its Orginal CEO, James Q. Crowe, once saying, "It Might As Well Be Us." US is NOT the United States of America and... — read more
CEO Buys $970K worth of Stock
President, Kathleen Johnson, recently bought a whopping US$970k worth of stock, at a price of US$0.97. Why? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-lumen-technologies-picks-24-120543333.html
It's Hard To Believe Mr. Buffett Hasn't Swooped Down to Steal These Valuable Assets Running Next to His Railroad ROW's Yet
On Saturday, Berkshire said fiscal third-quarter operating earnings rose to $10.8 billion, up from $7.7 billion for the year-ago quarter, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Omaha, Neb.-based conglomerate finished the period with a record... — read more
Why's everybody picking on 65poor ole Lumen?
The word is out they su-k and leadership is incompetent. No media outlet publishes any thing positive about them. Really makes me wonder why so many people are su-ked into drinking the Lumen kool-aid that's being served out. I know that a few of you... — read more
Here's a good read
Lumen Technologies: Don't Look Back Nov. 03, 2023 1:53 PM ETLumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN) Stone Fox Capital Investing Group Leader Summary • Lumen Technologies is facing constant restructuring and slashing of financial targets, leading to a... — read more
Our CEO purchased 1 Million Shares of The Company With Her Own Money
I wish The Company would have purchased 500MM shares for less than $500MM also, and reduced total shares in HALF creating untold value for all of us looking ahead, but this is a great start since the one thing investing has taught me over the decades... — read more