Topics regarding layoffs at Lumen Technologies

Topics regarding layoffs at Lumen Technologies

Mountain, LTD looking for Engineers...

I noticed on LinkedIn that the Telecom Engineering company Mountain, LTD appears to be looking for resources everywhere. My buddies have worked with them and say they're great. Hope this helps some of you who have been affected!

CenturyLink seems to be coming apart at the seams

Everyone is unsettled. No one feels safe. Management tells employees that they shouldn't worry about their jobs that they are safe. Then they get RIF'd. The truly disturbing part is that they continue to preach William Clark's "Do The Right Thing". I... — read more 

Treating loyal workers in a uncaring manner.

I found this reply on a older previous post from someone else. It was recently added to the post. I felt this was important for everyone to know this. So I am reposting this so everyone sees it As followed: I sent an email to the VP of HR Scott... — read more 

Layoff.com Posted a Tweet:...

Someone from the layoff.com Twitted... TheLayoff @TheLayoff We are seeing major spikes in traffic on our CenturyLink layoffs discussion page - follow the discussion at (link: https://www.thelayoff.com/centurytel) thelayoff.com/centurytel #CTL $CTL... — read more 

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CenturyLink Field Technician Job Postings ??

https://jobs.centurylink.com/job/Phoenix-Field-Technician-1-AZ-85034/470418600/ Why are there Job Postings for Phoenix Field Technicians on the CenturyLink Careers Page when they are Laying Off ! ?

Cobra

I got 12 months of cobra at company discount, and up to 18 months at full price. wont use it past 12 months but the first 12 for my whole family is $300 a month for health,vision and dental.

Bad Idea? Or not...

In my humble opinion, Century Go is bad for sales agents, but shouldn't cut down much on field. From a consumer standpoint Go isn't a half bad idea. But they're supposed to only be adding it to new buildings/communities, it would take a long time for... — read more 

California

Heard contractors are starting to be let go. Something supposedly happening in June or July. Nothing specific. Just talk.

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From the FDIC's own lips..

In their recent quarterly report. "The interest-rate environment and competitive lending conditions continue to pose challenges for many institutions. Some banks have responded by “reaching for yield” through investing in higher-risk and longer-term... — read more 

Treating those laid off as if they've been fired

My dad was laid off today. 41 years of employment with various telecoms bought out by others. They treated him like he had been fired. Made him clean out his cube in 15 minutes and took away his access card. He wasn't the only one. Really sorry about... — read more 

Not looking forward to tomorrow

I'm getting really tired of having to dread being laid off every few days. This has become a custom in the past several weeks I could really do without. Do we have any more info on tomorrow's layoffs? If not how many will be affected, then at least... — read more 

Very important response from a past post

Check out the job boards, the main contractor "Pauly," is gearing up in every area and this includes engineering, management support, quality assurance and more. Hold on to your butt, the next 3 months will be crazy and yes, tomorrow and Friday... — read more 

Sales is a mess

The Northeast region and Southeast region had layoffs... all CenturyLink sales people. Good people with excellent track records. I can't understand why this happened. New sales Leadership all level 3 with no clue on B2B sales. Stay away! Churn and... — read more 

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| 1100 views | | 3 replies (last May 25, 2018)
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Fuzzy Layoff Math

When CenturyLink's acquisition of Level 3 was announced, the reported size of the combined company was 52,500 employees. In CenturyLink's 2017 10K filing with the SEC, it reads, "At the end of December 31, 2017, we had approximately 51,000... — read more 

Engineer layoffs 5/22

All but 17 engineers in Texas were let go. More in SWFL but don't have the numbers yet on that. I know at least three have been let go in SWFL today.

5/25/18 Layoffs

Get ready, more notifications go out on 5/25/18

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| 1670 views | | 9 replies (last May 25, 2018)
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Side Effect of Layoffs

One of the side effects of the layoffs in our area is one they may have hoped for, or didn't see coming. The kids (under 30 educated/smart) are all looking for other jobs. The whole CST group is young with the exception of one guy. Novody out of the... — read more 

LEVEL 3 is setting up to break up Locals Union!

I hope everyone sees what is going on. In unionized areas LEVEL 3, is setting up for when contract negotiations are up. They want people to take severance package. Hiring contracting companies for piece work. So when negotiations are ready they will... — read more 

Which states are next to be affected by the downsizing?

Please post if you have recently been affected by the downsizing. What state are you in? Or are you hearing that your state will be next? Which departments are being affected? Are packages being offered? Or layoffs?

What’s behind the big engineering downsizing?

It looks like the company is trimming the fat on the engineering side. Have position much of the work to be done by the engineering contracting firms that they use on the side. Only need a few company engineers to oversee the projects when the... — read more 

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| 1160 views | | 1 reply (May 23, 2018)
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Latest article

https://www.barrons.com/articles/centurylink-downgrade-why-the-worst-isnt-over-yet-1526485419

5/18/18 Layoffs

5/18/18 - another round of people get notified today

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| 1680 views | | 3 replies (last May 18, 2018)
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Rates going up

Since you're in the real estate business, you should understand that low rates equal more business and high rates means less business. But, rates have been historically low for so long that everyone is complacent and mortgaged to the hilt at these... — read more 

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