Thread regarding Commscope Inc. layoffs

You seem to have no idea how bad things are now do ya?
As a mid 40's guy, I left of my own volition to get out of this insanity vortex.
The benefits are being cut hard, the premiums keep going up and my group has not see a good bonus for the last couple of years.

Just do yourself a favor and don't try telling insiders how things really are, we know the reality.

This post is pathetic. If it isn't the Jingler herself posting, it has to be one of her Mingle Berries doing it.

The benefits at CommScope are not good. The writing was on the wall when it was gleefully announced they were being cut, and that the problem was our previous benefits were too good.

Give me a break.

The global supply chain is likely to crush Commscope more than others. If you have some leeway in the revenue/eps, then you can give extra cash and get priority on the supplies. Commscope doesn't have that luxury. So its market share is going to shrink beyond the point of no return.

To be fair to Chuck, all the problems can be attributed to Eddie on buying more than what he can chew.

Can't think of what Chuck can do now though? Maybe he can close down the costly silicon valley geo's.

HR IN DA HOUSE!!!

Mingle would expend the effort to make a post here.

I agree that whoever started this thread is woefully out of touch with what’s going on on the ground at CS and is probably someone in HR. Or more likely, mingle themselves.

I was at Commscope for years and got pulled into the lay offs when my department was outsourced. For the first 10 years I loved my job and looked forward to going to work and had a blast. Then…each acquisition mgmt allowed the acquired to infect the company with what made them targets to begin with. The toxic environment, the debt, and lack of revenue growth (no bonuses) ki---d any motivation employees had, as well as the high cost of cr&ppy benefits. I too had worked at companies that dwarfed Commscope with less BS and more. It took a little while but I soon realized they actually did me a favor and found out the grass is actually greener on the other side. Everyone should always have an updated resume with a mindset that you are a business and you must make business decisions, Commscope will. A previous SVP at Commscope told me once, the company owes you nothing more than the next paycheck and they can cut anyone, anytime. Unfortunately, the c-suite doesn’t have the same with the golden parachutes of option, year long severance, to name a few things.

The person that started this thread is a joke, and more than likely, someone in HR. Only a fool starts a new job at Commscope with the financial and ops issues they have.

The politics at Commscope is toxic and I encourage anyone hating your mgr, always looking over your shoulder at the thought of your co-worker screwing you over or just sick Sunday evening at the thought of Monday, move on…. It’s time. You will be happier and so will your family.

Omg it’s tingle mingle! You should be fired for this. I hope you are ASAP fraud. CommScope is the worst run company ever, with a mysoginist good ole white boy cherry on top. They hired a CEO whose never been in the industry and he says mo--nic things like maybe we can get Broadcom to work weekends to produce more chips. Really? I guess not one person with chipset supply chain issues ever thought about that. That’s what $8M gets you? Oh yea can never get the CEO to weigh in on billion dollar issues because he’s always running out to dinner, literally not exaggerating. I have c suite access, this company is a joke and no other publicly traded companies are not run like this.

I am assuming you're starting soon, since you qualify your first sentence with 'yet'. I am curious why you took the effort to look on this board, and even more curious as to why you felt the need to respond. Given the name of this domain, I am not sure how you would expect anything but negative comments here. I personally didn't come here to see how great things are going. I am a former employee that peruses this site from time to time out of curiosity more than anything. I've contemplated posting on how the grass IS really greener on the other side and to encourage those looking to take the leap of faith. Having never worked here I am not sure you're qualified to make such statements. I have worked at places that were more of a mess than Commscope and I have worked at places exponentially better. All have been large public companies, therefore I humbly disagree that it is the same everywhere.

For everyone else on this board that actually works at Commscope, I would like to share my experience. When I came to Commscope I was leaving a company far worse than Commscope was when I left it. I loved everything about Commscope my first few years here. Then things started to quickly deteriorate. While I don't blame management for the initial deterioration, rather a shift in technology that left former ARRIS scrambling to find a new vision, I no longer saw eye to eye with management. That said, I was able to find a new job at a company with management that I respect, making 20% more money, and better benefits. I would encourage anyone who is just plain miserable to get out there, look, interview....it can do a lot for the morale just to know there is something on the horizon. Just because you get a job offer doesn't mean you have to take it, but you're likely to find a role you're excited about, contributing to a team that cares about you. The silver lining to COVID is that there are many more companies willing to hire remotely, so geography is no longer a limitation.

It is true that no place is perfect, but there is a spectrum. You just have to decide where on that spectrum you're wanting to be.

Other companies are not drowning in debt. This also affects day to day decisions of the company.. It is becoming risk averse, lack of innovation and default operating mode is to copy competition. The stock part of the salary has been only going downward and almost nil for people coming in. Can't attract any talent due to low comp.