From RCR Wireless News:
–Emphasis on a “jobs positive” merger. Job creation was another major theme of executives’ remarks. Sprint and T-Mobile US have a combined workforce of around 240,000 globally, according to Legere and other executives; of those, around 200,000 are in the U.S., and 80,000 are full-time employees. The new company expects to have more employees when combined, than their total employee bases prior to the merger, due to expansion of retail stores to rural markets, more call centers, and in serving enterprises and new markets. Sievert said that the new T-Mobile plans to grow its workforce from the first year on, giving the specific example of plans to hire around 1,000 new positions in its enterprise group within the first 18 months. The combined company will retain both headquarters — T-Mobile US’ in Seattle, and Sprint’s in Overland Park, Kansas.
Is that happy, happy horse manure? Probably -- but at least they have enough brains NOT to brag about cutting employees to "increase profits". Don't the idiots at Verizon know how cold that sounds to potential customers? The worst part is Verizon employees, defend a company that's planning to eliminate their jobs. They're like the retarded Eloi in H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine". "Oh, cutting another twenty-thousand employees? Well, it wasn't me, yet, so I'll sit and gawp and defend the company because they have to "increase profits". 'Tards.