Just for the Starlink pumper that has infected this forum. Overpriced, slow speed and only of any use in areas that have septic and wells.

Oh, and there it is All of a sudden and completely out of the Blue.. Troy Goldie has left the company “effective immediately”, he was either the source of the leak or he was opposed to selling off Quantum, either way the story in the news has now... — read more 

If we had fewer but more competent managers and someone on the top existing in this century, I’m sure we would do better. This way the only thing we are good at is shedding talent. Skilled people do not stick around for a reason.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lumen-technologies-launches-sale-consumer-202800911.html

Now that the hooplah is calming down and market is seeing through the BS by the cheerleading rah rah CEO. Stock is in $5 range and falling, potential layoffs upcoming ?

This is a bit sillyness. The company name used to be Wyoming. Guessing all the buzz words on the very bare PH site will get people to buy LUMN... — read more 

Is Lumen involved? Would be sad to not see Lumen promote/support this. https://www.entergynewsroom.com/news/meta-selects-northeast-louisiana-as-site-10-billion-data-center/

I see Maxine is officially leaving very soon, what does that mean for Mass Markets? Any one have any insights?

I have been a customer since 1979, but sadly no longer. I called in a repair and after several calls telling me we would not make it today. I got a hold of a supervisor and they told me Denver no longer supports dial tone. How ever there boss would... — read more 

More ESG garbage , this is the focus from senior mgmt it seems. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-ceo-letter-2023-esg-report-kate-johnson-q2byc/

Just as we all suspected, that survey was yet another dog and pony show. Every time they act like they're going to do something and shocker nothing happens. The classic response "your manager will get with you" is getting old. All those ridiculous... — read more 

Any good emails lately?

How will this work out Lumen and google are now strategically partnering, but we’re also competing in the residential fiber market? Are both going to over lap each other, or is one going to absorb the other??

which legacy products will Lumen start to dump, and how many souls will be kicked to the curb before the holidays?

https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/lumens-ceo-delivers-bad-news-first-then-good-news “Lumen’s President and CEO Kate Johnson was surprisingly candid about the company’s legacy telecom business during its third quarter 2024 earnings call this... — read more 

Have you heard anything about potential CenturyLink layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

When will we be sold to Microsoft or Google?

It's no wonder Lumen pushed out the Meta, AWS, MSFT news craap deals ahead of Meta and MSFT dismal news forecast. The deals must be so small that these "Lumen" deals are not even mentioned by Meta, AWS, or MSFT. Oct 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street was... — read more 

"Chris Capossela is joining our board of directors starting today. Chris spent his 32-year technology career at Microsoft, serving the past ten years as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer." A 32 year Microsoft guy... — read more 

I have no insider knowledge, however, my guess is that since the last 2 "big deals" involved AI, they will look for another opportunity to talk about AI. Possibilities include (this is my opinion): Google AI tie-in (however Google has their own... — read more 

Not 100% but seems like with all the reshuffling going on RIFs around Thanksgiving for pockets of teams is possible. Would be classy Lumen move to do it before holidays.

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/lumen-stock-jumps-on-meta-ai-partnership-3673025

Came across this the other day. HR is apparently providing azure cert training content from Microsoft with some content/courses being 50% off. Something along the lines of ESI Learning and Technical training. Things like Azure Fundamentals up to... — read more 

This is what happens when the "SLT" does massive layoffs and all the good folks jump ship. Wonder how many accounts were compromised. Update: Market Chatter: Verizon, AT&T, Lumen Facing Federal Probe About Alleged China-Linked Hack MT Newswires 5:50... — read more 

Vspp offered to Phoenix,Tucson and outstate on Friday for net tech, broadband,cdt,css job titles. Weren’t given any numbers for what they wanted to leave. Max of 33,000.00 Good luck. All.

How does forcing employees to go through yet another "review" add value to the company? Are all departments doing this? As it stands, my dept. already has: 5+ managers over the day, any of which can provide this "feedback" we apparently so... — read more 

Lumen at it again. RIF time. Sad to hear another great colleague booted from Broomfield public sector. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justinelupul_wow-the-end-of-a-chapter-after-today-activity-7248009624988049408-GzdA

definitely censoring posts. I tried 4 times to post something and they kept taking it down. It really just reinforced what has already been said on the Pay Increase thread so I'm not sure why it was being deleted.

Johnson, Storey or Crowe/Scott ?

Finally some good news on this front. Anyone know how the US pay increases will work? Who is eligible, and what amounts do we expect?

missed the serving of kool aid. anything good? a brene brown sighting?

Does anybody know anything about the HR offer of a phased retirement?

While they don't openly admit it, it must be part of the overall RIF strategy where many apply for a RIF and typically those picked are the older workers (50+) and especially those 60+. There may be a more sinister side of how they get you ready for... — read more 

The stock closed at $7.28 today up 9.3%. The best explanation for the 7X price rise since July is the company is close to being purchased. The AI stuff is probably BS. I'll go out on a limb and guess Microsoft.

I feel it in the air.

Engineering manager in Las Vegas took a VSP this week, there must be mote.

As if all of us aren’t worked and micromanaged to the bone as it is, here comes fleet introducing AI to watch our every move while we’re driving. We all knew it was coming eventually, but it’s still disappointing to see come to fruition. 😔 — read more 

ZERO payout for EBIDTA metric. You lose! Good day sir! Yet another reason to leave this piece of sht. "As discussed in our second quarter earnings call, in the first six months of the year, we achieved $1,988 million in adjusted EBITDA and $6,558... — read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/forbes-magazine_powerwomenssummit-activity-7239672596403814400-6PXN?utm_medium=member_ios&utm_source=social_share_video

“The bulk of savings will come from streamlining the structure of its enterprise business, reducing the number of networks to one from four, making it less cumbersome to manage orders for customers and deliver services, Stansbury said. The company... — read more