Comments on: CenturyTel’s Embarq Buy May Set Off Consolidation

By: CenturyLink drug test all your employees now

CenturyLink drug test all your employees now — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:09:46 +0000

I worked for Sprint/Embarq, too. They laid me (and several others) off and replaced us with contractors from Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia). These people came into the USA thru Canada and have taken the jobs of hard working American workers. These contractors (from Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia) are the sleaziest creed of people in the world. You cannot trust these people and you cannot trust Emabrq/CenturyLink. Embarq has the worst managers I have ever seen. They treat their employees like dirt. Embarq will not provide any training and their senior technicians will make sure your career at Embarq is a short lived career of employment. Emabrq should drug test all their current employees immediately.

Embarq stands for: E-srey M-ade B-illions A-nd R-an Q-uickly

By: J D

J D — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:49:52 +0000

Embarq employees have been getting let go since the 1st quarter of 2009. I guess layoffs are in small groups to avoid having to give the notice required by the Federal government.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:12:18 +0000

There are employees on both sides that are toast…and this is only the start… Access Lines are still being lost,,which means employees have to go to support that lost revenue…

By: Embarq and CenturyTel Merge, Become CenturyLink

Embarq and CenturyTel Merge, Become CenturyLink — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:13 +0000

[...] merger, the agency imposed several conditions on the combined company, presumably to ensure that consolidation doesn’t hurt [...]

By: bumholio

bumholio — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:35:00 +0000

What's the layoff projections right now? Are Embarq folks toast? Are the CenturyTel guys going to be moving into our offices and setting their pencil holders and family pictures on our desks before we have even cleared out?

Please, tell me. Spare us any more suspense.

By: rachel bumgardner

rachel bumgardner — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:39:29 +0000

I’m not with century tel, i’m with Embarq. But I”m currently on the list to go to Chairman’s Club this coming year and have been top gun for 3 times straight (only working for the company long enough to be involved with three top guns). I’m also in the Oh and Pa specialty q. I just wanted to place my input on what all and howl Embarq has been treating its reps badly. When they came out with the Universal and Acquisition queues our performance pay got cut in half. It’s sad that I’m the top one percent of the company in call centers, however, I don’t necessarily meet my quota every month. My average sales were ALWAYS above 170 percent and now they’re down to 110-130. Nothing has really changed with the amount I sale, they just decided to triple our quota and take all sales calls away from us! Does this sound like the kind of hard work respect a company should give its employees? I don’t know if any of you are aware of it, but the new name for the merged company is going to be CenturyLink. lol, somebody had more pull than the other:P

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:58 +0000

Just want to let you know Centurytel does work to take care of their employees. Please understand every business right now is strong arming new corporations in take overs and I hope to know you has family with this merger. Our health benefits are really good I know for myself and my child I pay under $100.00 a month for health, dental, & Vision. They actually give us 2 plans to choose from. I know layoffs are scary and I am going to let Embarq employees know that even we are scared since CenturyTel has been laying their own employees off as well when mergers occur.

By: Qwest Backs Off Sale of Its Long-Distance Network

Qwest Backs Off Sale of Its Long-Distance Network — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:42:43 +0000

[...] phone company it could become a buyer or a seller in the consolidation happening among rural and mid-tier phone companies. In other words, a sale of the long-distance network could have resulted in more deals from [...]

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:00:15 +0000

I also would like to know what is the Century Tel severance package like? And does CTL haev any buyouts if a person service is greater that 35 years ?

By: Verizon Dumps Rural Access Lines for $8.6B

Verizon Dumps Rural Access Lines for $8.6B — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:41:38 +0000

[...] on some carriers’ bottom lines. This is leading to consolidation among rural carriers as they seek scale in order to compete, such as Windstream’s announcement earlier this week that it will buy D&E for $159 [...]

By: AmyT

AmyT — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:34:34 +0000

So, to you Century Tel employees – what is your severance package like?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:54:42 +0000

Be thankful you have a job….I work for Embarq also and work in Vegas….our unemployment is the highest in the nation…the only good thing is I have 38 years….and this is my last year…..If you don’t like the company…come to Vegas and try to get another job….and if you don’t like what management is doing…become a manager and everyone will watch you do the same thing….

By: Doris

Doris — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:24:12 +0000

I too work for Embarq. We got the notice we are being laid off next year. Used to love my job but with each sellout it gets worse. Customers blame us for not knowing how to handle their complaints when it is management fault for not wanting to talk to customers. We only do what we are told to do but customers get mad and one told me he hoped we had a fire so he would be rid of incompetent people like me. I face losing years of benefits and paying more for my insurance than ever before while the CEO gets his hefty rewards.

By: willy

willy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:36:04 +0000

Hey does anyone know how CENTEL handles it’s logistics. Who does it for them? Rumor is that they will sell off the Embarq logistics.

By: Telco Startup Raises $100M for Northeast Buildout - GigaOM

Telco Startup Raises $100M for Northeast Buildout - GigaOM — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:20:03 +0000

[...] Mass., and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. But if it can keep up the growth and profits, Pocket might make it an eventual target for the regional consolidation that periodically grips the communications [...]

By: Alexandria

Alexandria — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:16:48 +0000

My father works for Embarq and is stressing big time over this buyout. It seems hard work, dedication, long, thankless hours of being on call and answering pages in the middle of the night get you absolutley NOWHERE. Tell me top dogs…what will you do when there’s no one left to do the mundane tasks below you?