If and when D9 joins D3 there will be 32k employees striking.
Thats 1/3 of the company on strike and approximately 4k CP managers no longer fullfilling their day to day roles.
What will be the results of this cluster they have created?
Where is that incompetent Board of Directors?
Coming from a software engineer perspective comparing a company like X to T is a bit silly.
X is a software product, most of the additional staff that Elon cut are probably related to HR, accounting, “event organizing”, “outreach”, “harm reduction”, and a bunch of other side projects that didn’t related to the product in question (X/Twitter).
I hear he didn’t actually cut many of the people who ACTUALLY worked on Twitter (developers).
There’s also the fact that T has a large physical infrastructure to maintain which can’t be accomplished by a few devs remotely.
X/Twitter infrastructure is likely all cloud based or hosted by an external partner therefore all the infrastructure and maintenance responsibilities fall onto a third party and X is only responsible for maintaining the codebase and deployment of said infrastructure (as in the cloud deployment spec, Kubernetes, docker containers, load balancers, DNS, etc).
This is a much more manageable task for a small team of skilled developers than it is for a legacy company with a ton of first-party infrastructure spread out across the entire country of various types and different manufacturers that all adhere to no standard (Ericsson vs Nokia)
For a purely software based product like Twitter, the number of employees was pretty crazy but I suspect they had plans to try and grow the company, and they were overly concerned with moderation and other “priorities “ they felt were important.
T needs a minimum level of employees to remain minimally functional, coming from a development perspective we’ve lost tons of talent and with the Ericsson migration are severely overworked already. RTO and layoffs have been devastating to productivity and the Ericsson migration is a complete cluster due to incompetence of Ericsson software team.
I'll bet my box of ballots that Chump ain't coming back!
Is Stankey still counting that 3 million dollar raise he received this past year. What’s he up to now 26 million a year in compensation? Scrooge’s pile is ever growing but he won’t share the 16 billion net profit with those who helped him secure his raise.
This is going to result with natural confirmation 75K employees is an easy goal to achieve.
We wish to thank all of our courageous and loyal keyboard commandos here in these hallowed halls who keep the unionist infidels in their subservient place.
We will, as always, reward your blind allegiance with stock share, and remaining branded masks and PPE.
HAIL TO OUR BELOVED STANKEY!!
Be careful hooking up 3 phase portable generators. Arcflash is real.
Yeah X is strictly tech company. AT&T is a major carrier and mobility provider so, much much more than X. It also requires a large skilled work force to maintain the network and facilities so, apples vs oranges in comparison. People keep using an example like Musk and X which isn’t applicable to bargained work. I do know people throw it around for political purposes though.
Now the c-suite execs and 4 levels of VP are a different story. News articles going back to the seventies and maybe further, always talked about how top heavy with management telecoms were. Too many meeting and power point positions who just rinse and repeat, an unnecessary expense. Those were the days of the Ma Bell monopoly but after the breakup Bells still continue to this day, to have top heavy management ranks.
Get ready to add about 13,000 more to that 17,000! LFG!!
“ I'm sure the C Suite sees this as a major cost savings exercise.”
Because nothing says our employees matter like taking money out of their pockets by using “This was by design and working as planned”. Another reason that ULP charges were filed and the potential for back pay when the investigation proves that they were using delay tactics and bad faith bargaining. It will be a paid vacation for bargained and the company pays very heavily which they will anyways through OT overtime, the loss of customers, sales, installation and other revenue isn’t just measured in one or two quarters it’s long term. Decommissioning has been put on hold which reduces taxes, provisioning which is revenue loss, fines by not meeting contracted obligations like ASE outages, equipment not getting turned up, etc.. is all hurting the company.
Anyone that thinks the CP force and any contractors they bring in are as efficient and skilled as 17 or 32 thousand employees is drinking the kool-aid. This is snowballing quickly and everyone knows it.
strikes for union, and RTO for managers are elon musk type initiatives to reduce head count. Twitter X accomplished this with 80% reduction of their work force.
You are correct, faithful and obedient underling. The unionists have NO power in the empire's ability to shed customers and garner additional funds for our savior, The Stankey.
They have a limited amount of training slots available for mangers to get hands on, leader led training. OSHA needs to be alerted to the “qualified” managers doing the work. 40 hrs online isn’t “qualified training”. What PPE is needed and how to test it. They need bucket certifications, CDL to drive a T40 or other large vehicle. need to pass pole climbing, ladder safety and demonstrate how to properly secure ladders with the straps then climb, safety off and use the correct PPE. Know DOT traffic and work protection rules. How to store tools and ladders correctly. Safe driving training and properly demonstrate it with an instructor on a long ride and how to park correctly in many situations. How to safely open a handhole or manhole with the proper equipment, like blowing the hole and using gas testers and buffering the cable If air pressure. How to pump a hole in the correct environmental way. How to work around RT’s and in CO’s, how to properly dispose of batteries. How to drill safely while doing installs and how to identify asbestos siding. The list goes on and on but it also depends on what work assignment one is being deployed on. Stay safe out there!
I'm sure the C Suite sees this as a major cost savings exercise. run it for a month and then relent or the CWA buckles and still get savings going fwd. This is by design and working as planned
BOD and Stankey are still counting their money from their raises and bonuses they received for doing such a fine job. It’s a game of I’ll vote for you on your board if you vote for me on my board. Rigged system!