I hope the new company is successful.
Does anybody know how many employees have moved to Brightspeed?
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Same issue here in my state.
White collar men & women get big bonuses.
The difference here is even our Union women get bonuses, but union men do not.
DEI is such a joke. Just call it what it is DISCRIMINATORY.
We thought Tom would be better than Storey…..he’s just as bad.
It started out very positive, but quickly took a nose dive.
Let’s talk “DEI”, you know, legal discrimination.
White collar men = bonus
White collar women = bonus
Blue collar women = bonus
Blue collar men = no bonus
Well here we go !!!!! The email Brightspeed sent out Friday has LAYOFF written all over it, Time will tell.
Brightspeed hires their friends and family…who are not qualified for the job. I have personal experience with this issue. Bringing in someone who has no back ground in the biz but is a friend of the Director…I would never work for Brightspeed ever again.
Senior Management team makes promises and hires folks with little to no experience.
Trust me….they are bad news!
Lumen was the worst company me and my employees worked for; will just have to give time and see how Brightspeed goes. Not getting hours neede can be stressful.
I was really hoping for big changes with BRIGHTSPEED…… but those hopes aren’t coming true. Yes, our leadership is knowledgeable about stuff that matters, unlike Storey & his politics that should have never been brought into a telecom company.
We are currently operating just like Lumen did. Won’t let us have critical spares, won’t let the CO actually be CO techs, hiring prem techs & giving them a week to become an outside plant tech.
They talked a good game, but doing the same. It’s upsetting.
Basically Lumen jr with no transport.
They did get some good folks but also some of those who caused the mess we’re in right now.
Brightspeed upper management seem to be very knowledgable about fiber and current technologies. Very personable and have a Plan for the new Company. They were already running fiber on the second day of Brightspeed. We were doomed if this change didnt happen, so I am thankfull that a Company like Appollo had a vision and pulled some great talent out of retirement to build it.
I was one of the local guys who went with BRIGHTSPEED. The difference in CEO mentality & attitude towards employees couldn’t be more noticeable. JS had a “slave owner mentality”, but being the extreme leftist that he is, that’s expected.
JS is the “Brandon” of the communications industry.
Thank you Level3
Bright speed cherry picked all the good ones.
Remaining good Lumen people are leaving.
I'm leaving in 10 months 😆
I wish the Brightspeed employees the best. We lost a lot of great people with expansive knowledge. Many people ‘down play’ how valuable the local division has been over the years. Had ‘local’ people had input where to spend money on a local level like we did in the old United Telephone (Mid Atlantic) days the company would have been very competitive in the 20 states that were sold off. In the ‘old days,’ the local engineers had local knowledge of upcoming subdivisions, business parks and could plan accordingly. In the most recent years, the local division has not been given money or ability to make local decisions. That is so sad for the area where these employees live because the hands have been tied on providing fiber to the houses and small businesses. Ethernet is too expensive for some of these small business customers. Competition came in and took a lot of customers. Business Sales was no longer in front of the customer. A lot of small, revenue producing, businesses left to the competition. They never knew who their account manager was because it changed so often. I am saddened to see this split. I wish the best for all my Brightspeed friends that conveyed. I hope they will be successful and do great things for the customers in these 20 states!
~3500 at COB 10/3