Since Stankey was key in the 3 great debacles (Tmobile, DTV, TW) I think we can expect similar performance on the great RTO caper. All grandiose schemes poorly executed and this is no different. Many current projects depend on people who are located in places that are far from any hub. They are good people, smart people and they know they are very employable outside of T. If they have to leave due to an ill-considered scheme to reduce head count it will hurt T more than it does those individuals. The cumulative effect of all this disruption of important projects may be the Stank's 4th and final appearance on the stage at T.
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Keep complaining over and over. That always works. Any day now.
"Same old bellyaching."
Is that all you got? Don't address your hero's flaws. Just accuse those who point them out of being complainers. We're supposed to just suffer silently because Stankey is above reproach. Is that your point?
Same old bellyaching.
Stankey is going to turn the company around.
He has been the Emperor with his new clothes for years, but somewhere, someone tapped this guy long ago, despite every debacle with which he seems to be head engineer.
Unfortunately, we live in America in the 21st Century, where CEOs are somehow elevated to the status of celebrity and are therefore excused from having to answer for incompetence, greed, misanthropy, or stupid ideas (i.e, Elon Musk).
There is no 'swan song' in the future for Stink. He can stay and do as much damage as he likes because there are always employees to lay off when it comes time to pay for the blunders and failures.
Sadly -T was one of those companies were employees held their head high when someone asked them where they worked, they would recommend T seervices and products and also as a good, fair, and solid place to work to friends and many families had several generations whose grandparents, aunts, uncles, & parents may have also worked for T. Yes, time marches on and technology changes, and businesses must adapt or die, but to have this company decimated by such self-inflicted measures as has been done by the last two CEOs and BODs is unconscionable. I for one do not plan on staying and will look to take a package if that is an option, I'll take my pension in a lump-sum distribution, and self-mange into high-yield CDs, T-bills, or incorporate the money into my 401K. I'll take my cellular 6-line family plan to another carrier, cancel my DTV service, for another service and never look back, and when people ask me where I use to work, I'll just laugh and tell the story, and never recommend T services to anyone. But that's just me.
*Gambling $6B in cash and spectrum on TMobile which ultimately cost ATT and Verizon over $150-$200B in revenue the past 12 years.
*Acquiring Direct TV in the face of a tidal wave of cord cutting under the guise of bargaining power for content.
*Going into Hollywood where you don't know a thing and poison the well from day 1.
*Antagonizing the entire employee base because you don't have your financial house in order and are missing quarterly cash flow guidance by almost $2B.
*This RTO will end in failure and odds are no accountability from the top and the blame will be placed on the tattered and apathetic work force. Stankey has the mentality that he should have to feed or clothe you, get's to cane you repeatedly, and somehow you are suppose to go out and plant, mind, and harvest the crops for him.
*I seriously hopes he just drops dead and most people have the same belief. I know shareholders do!