Whoop whoop whoop another member has been added to the $500k a year SVP team! Up to 26 and counting! We need more VP's like we need another wave of Covid19. This new one has a track record of about 2.5 years in each previous role. What were they... — read more
Flush Again
I believe we are at the highest and lowest stock dollar figure for LUMN. Floating between $1.27 and $1.34. I follow this stock and sadly the 52-week window is now $7.64 to $1.27. Last month the window was $8.95 to $1.31. Eventually, the 52 week... — read more
Fixed wireless
Lumen shuts down all of its fixed wireless. Never sold it to 1 customer. Took the CAF money for it.
This can be us after chapter 11
https://cordcuttersnews.com/t-mobile-is-reportedly-about-to-buy-a-cable-tv-company/?fbclid=IwAR2W6gjr5N7AFMziuv6Iq3gsaCSHnndzi7734vvi9CkBYs6ln_AfHWZM-FQ
7G is a joke
You saw a 4K TV at Costco with beautiful images playing. It was so impressive that you decided to buy it. Once connected at your home, you realize the images of your TV shows are not as sharp as they were at Costco. That's because in order for you to... — read more
Colt ain't gonna pay $1.8 Billion for the EMEA Basketcase
Colt ain't gonna pay $1.8 Billion for the EMEA Basketcase because that figure of $1.8bn was based on the EMEA side of the house hitting its revenue and sales targets and they are way behind, so Colt are gonna get it at much less. and even nif Lumen... — read more
Prescriptions costs are going up
You will be paying a lot more in 2024 for your prescriptions.
How many of us are still shareholders?
Use the reaction button + for yes & - for no. On the insider stock tracker sites the last true buys were in November of 2022. The 2023 activity is all awarded shares via bonuses etc.
Telco heads to Tech heads?
I am confused. We are a telco. We sell mostly connectivity and voice- the classic telco stuff. Yeah there is some enterprise targeted business... Where is the tech coming from? Yes, its all technology-based but we are not a tech company. We are a... — read more
Culture
According to Gallup, significant cultural transformation within a company typically takes 3-5 years. Year 1 of the Kate Regime is almost in the books and many of you are drinking the kool-aid, but that's not transformation. Do we as a company have... — read more
Coffee with Kate and/or the Lumen Apology Tour
Either one fits the sh-t show that was yesterday for 2 hours. I'm just going to comment on 1 thing. The apologies for the mistakes made by senior management. Really? If senior management was serious about turning this company around it would start... — read more
Kate's Town Hall with Brene Brown 10/12.
I'm surprised no one has posted yet. The last segment with Brown is the stupidest thing I've had to listen to. We are crashing and burning and we are listening to our CEO get a counseling session from this foul-mouthed author who loves to brag that... — read more
Nobody wants to do any work at Lumen
Yet another frustrating day of trying to find anyone willing to work at Lumen or at least work with me to get things done. Internally, I think the place is as close to being paralyzed as you can get. People in meetings all day but nobody is really... — read more
Price For Life price increase
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/10/10/centurylink-customers-price-for-life-bills-increase/
Clean up continues- CDN
CDN customers sold to Akamai. Was an insignificant business with no hope of competing with Akam or Cloudflare. Hope there is more behind the scenes for Akamai to use the Lumen network.
Lumen Strong Lumen Proud
https://www.ketv.com/article/centurylink-customers-call-on-company-to-fix-phones/45365202
Too much!
Do we really need all the email communications from our crack corporate communications department? 2, 3, 4 a day? Really? Make it go away! Do we really have that much good news to share company wide?
Q3 earnings will be released on October 31
https://news.lumen.com/2023-10-03-Lumen-Technologies-sets-third-quarter-2023-earnings-call-date
Giddy with excitement!
It's Employee Satisfaction Survey time! Yippee Skipee! Who fills these out truthfully either good or bad? Who lies and fills these out with rosy positive answers, when you think and believe just the opposite? Who says sc-ew it, and doesn't even... — read more
We survived another month! It's a New Month New Quater
Survival! We made to the end of another month and the end of the 3rd quarter gang! It's the final lap, heading into Q4 and EOY. How do you think we did this quarter? Thoughts for the rest of the year?
Calling all Fan Boys....Are you geeking out yet?
The princess parade show continues marching on. The newest headline.... Lumen CEO on Seattle Tech, AI, Lessons from Microsoft, and cloudifying Telecom. KJ's on the GeekWare podcast and we're geeking out! I just threw up a little in my mouth, ok... — read more
Another quarter completed without significant changes
I can't believe they continue the same path day in and day out. This is a telecom remake of Ground Hog Day. October 1st locks in the bargained employees 2024 PTO if they decide on a surplus in the 4th quarter. In reality they really need to trim... — read more
Yet another lawsuit against the board of directors
https://www.wdrb.com/news/national/lowey-dannenberg-p-c-is-investigating-lumen-technologies-inc-nyse-lumn-for-potential/article_c5f5ac92-4e52-5261-a36f-0b10eb5372c5.html
Not starting off this week on the right foot
Last week we saw $1.60, but we're swirling around the bowl today... $1.39 USD −0.11 (down 7.33%)
Why is Lumen not selling anything?
We don't even sell DSL in my state anymore. Nothing.
Straight to force reductions or VSPP's?
I don't think the company will offer any VSP's if they do headcount reductions. I think they will lay off first.
Gurufocus Article today - Altman Z-Score
article on yahoo from gurufocus: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lumen-technologies-lumn-too-good-154945051.html Of course, the historical average in the last 10 years shows the company has been in distress the entire time, just less servere than... — read more
Why do custimers choose us?
So when an organization is looking to upgrade network circuits, migrate to AWS/GOOGLE/AZURE Cloud, or needs any number of other service offerings that Lumen could sell them, why would a seasoned IT executive put their organization at risk and their... — read more
IT data sprawl
must stop the company will continue to suffer from the inefficiencies born out of data sprawl mergers and partial conversions combined with managers chasing new technologies while simultaneously, planning to abandon everything that actually works... — read more
Reqs are now frozen, get prepared.
Sounds like all reqs are frozen. We all know what comes next.
Maybe some good news?
Lumen Technologies’ creditor advisors are said to have signed NDAs to discuss a debt extension and inject fresh cash. The potential investment would be less than $1 billion.
Seeking Alpha newest article
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4635084-lumen-technologies-approaching-key-point Interesting points once again in the comments section. It seems that we're in default with some of the debt by selling the LATAM sector of the company. "The... — read more
Who are we competing with?
Yes, Lumen dropped the word telecommunications when they changed names. So, are we (still) in competition with these (few) communications companies?: CHTR - Charter $449.37 (share) TMUS - T-Mobile $143.12 APO - Apollo/Brightspeed $91.17 CMCSA -... — read more
Kate at WIT Conference, did you watch? Such an embarrassment
Never have I ever seen a CEO grovel at the feet of attendees and throw out job offers to people from the stage. At least she admitted that a number of her past roles were failures and that basically there many failures she's made in her 10 months at... — read more
Who was our c-suite exec that got canned today
Who was our c-suite exec that got canned today?
Why can't Kate Johnson be honest?
Why won't Kate Johnson tell us how bad it really is at Lumen Technologies? Is a RIF around the corner? Is Lumen beyond saving? Stock su-ks. Nothing is being sold. All travel is canceled where I work. Who will turn out the lights at Lumen?
Kate=$1.37 Stock Price
Kate can smoke hope all day long but in the end she and her team are proven losers and Wall Street has declared them dead people walking. What a s$it show!!!
AT&T same story different company
I was curios if what's happening to at&t is what's already happened to century link or lumen! I am a technician in construction and engineering at AT&T and I feel we are all headed in same direction but by the looks of it this company is ahead of us... — read more
after hours a quiet Friday afternoon...
...the CEO sends an obscure email, And just like that we are Sham-less, after just 8 months. Did he wise up to the shenanigans, or what?
From Seeking Alpha: Lumen: The Lights Are About To Go Out
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4633279-lumen-lights-are-about-to-go-out "As much as we would like to go value hunting (dumpster diving for the disenchanted) here, we think that management is still not in the right frame of mind. This growth... — read more