So managers, think about that when you wonder why you have been reassigned from your normal duties to strike coverage. Hopefully this will give you some realization of reality and knock your big heads down a few pegs.
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Any job you can teach someone to do in an afternoon should be a minimum wage job. If you can become an expert at it in 90 days, then you should be paid roughly what the lowest level supervisor at a Burger King makes. To properly engineer a mobile phone, a routing network or a mobile network takes a dozen years of training after finishing college. That's why the salaried managers with a lot of experience are making $200K with another $25K+ of bonuses.
“Since the Union "slug" is so replaceable, why the he-l have you been sent there trying to do their job?”
The answer is simple. We have to keep existing customers up and running. This is at the expense of new business. As CPs are onboarding though, new customers will be brought on too. What Union folks don’t seem to understand is that our teams are struggling as well to do things like win major contracts that will bring in new business and retain old business. Lower margin, yes, but also work that keeps you in a job with installs.
Being deployed in Louisiana showed me something.
My hotel had at least 40 high line, non union from Utah, electrical contractors on the way to areas where tropical storm relief was needed. Whoever thinks those same companies can’t do telephone or fiber internet work is delusional as most Trump supporters.
You can be replaced by the lowest bidder, just as office jobs can be moved overseas.
All you management layers on this thread do realize you are making your OWN case of why you should unionize?!??!?
Just go back and re-read some of your "reasoning" for why you justify calling the striking workers a bunch of whiners or entitled, lazy POS!!
Is it a risk to strike...absolutely! Is it worth it...depends on ingredients in the soup for most individuals! But there is still great value in Unity...you's will probably never understand that position until its too late to think!
Sounds pretty good until you realize they're replacing 5-10 union workers with one manager.
“ Somebody had to design, code, and build that equipment you all service.”
Those companies and their employees would be. Cisco, Ciena, Fujitsu, Nokia, Lucent, etc. AT&T is just the end-user.
I agree it takes all kind of skills, experience and knowledge to make the company run. We are a team so, let’s not undervalue each other’s positions because they all have their unique challenges..
Enjoying the time off, some good football games this week, can’t wait to tailgate. Grilling some wings, sausages, jalapeño poppers with different dips and chips.
Stay safe out there CP team! 👋
Is the tailgating get old or it is 2nd and soon to be third and 4th missing paycheck starting to sting?
“ I am really tired of this little union bubble of union thinking that they are the only skilled positions in this company and they deserve more than everyone else. Many highly skilled and highly educated employees have lived for years with minimal pay increases, less vacation, higher costs and the constant fear of layoff because some executive has a bad idea. Do you know how many people lost their job for no reason other than the company decided they were “geographically undesirable?”.”
This entirely. Plenty of office folks that have to have advanced degrees, skills, decades of experience and certifications to do jobs. These are jobs you guys could not do and things you wouldn’t have the qualifications to even get into. Somebody had to design, code, and build that equipment you all service. Somebody had to make it so that you can plug cord A into slot B. Somebody has to get the permits, somebody has to fund and build those facilities. Takes a lot of different skills to run this company.
You need to understand, the good people we work for are becoming comfortable with your absence and delegating your responsibilities to your remaining team members. They are making due with less, and Brother, the company likes it, they like it a lot.
And you need to understand that management layoffs will continue regardless of how well a team covered for their deployed teammates. The strike, deployment status etc has nothing to do with. I wouldn’t be shocked if people are laid off WHILE deployed because those decisions were made months ago.
I am really tired of this little union bubble of union thinking that they are the only skilled positions in this company and they deserve more than everyone else. Many highly skilled and highly educated employees have lived for years with minimal pay increases, less vacation, higher costs and the constant fear of layoff because some executive has a bad idea. Do you know how many people lost their job for no reason other than the company decided they were “geographically undesirable?”.
But hey…keep striking because you aren’t getting a huge rage AND free healthcare.
Exactly. I am an essential, non-deployable manager.
lol. No, you either got an exception OR are just one of the few that will stay back to cover your teammates work if they are deployed. You will get an assignment at some point. Count on that. This company does not actually consider any employee “essential”.
Y’all just keep dreaming. If you haven’t figured out yet that everyone below the c-suite IS expendable then I feel for ya when reality hits.
This strike isn’t sticking it to the man or causing the company any stress. All it’s doing is pulling L1-2 and the occasional token L3 away from their actual jobs to a job they never signed up for and were not properly trained to do. And stop with the “essential” nonsense. All salaried and some hourly employees are deployable. Some are not given assignment because the work doesn’t stop because the union thinks they have leverage.
The reality is all craft work can be contracted out. Yes, it’s skilled labor but that doesn’t mean the union employees are the only people with those skills.
The majority of management positions are all skilled labor, just different. And those jobs are getting moved off shore everyday. Software development, project management, finance and even HR have all been outsourced all over the company. The people being forced to cover your jobs are your peers, not supervisors or leadership at any level that matters. Y’all act like VP’s are running around climbing poles or splicing cable. They are not. They are sitting happily at home because RTO doesn’t apply to them either.
Remember your manager is going the rating. Once again, better hope you are a favorite.
“ When a strike occurs, some managers are considered "essential" and are not going to be asked to do CP duty.
Where are you on the "essential" scale?”
Exactly. I am an essential, non-deployable manager.
And some of these guys don’t seem to understand that it takes all of us to make this place work.
The brilliance of some of these comments is overwhelming at times. You almost forget that knuckles are dragging every day out there.
2 hours ago by Anonymous | 2 reactions (+2/-0)
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This simple condition may seem overwhelming to you, no surprise there. You are soon going to need to prove your worth. You will not like it, and there will be no sympathy for you.
We have one last job for you. Strike coverage. Thank you for participating. Bye bye.
When a strike occurs, some managers are considered "essential" and are not going to be asked to do CP duty.
Where are you on the "essential" scale?
Source: 30 years and several contracts in which the Company finally decided to get their head right.
Nah, it just goes to show you how replaceable you are
49 minutes ago by Anonymous | 3 reactions (+3/-0)
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Since the Union "slug" is so replaceable, why the he-l have you been sent there trying to do their job?
You need to understand, the good people we work for are becoming comfortable with your absence and delegating your responsibilities to your remaining team members. They are making due with less, and Brother, the company likes it, they like it a lot.
Can you say increased work load for those that remain after the CP "volunteers" get their thank you layoff from Stankey after the contract is ratified.
Yes you can, I knew you could...
The brilliance of some of these comments is overwhelming at times. You almost forget that knuckles are dragging every day out there.
Nah, it just goes to show you how replaceable you are