Sprint's new CEO to slash several thousand more jobs this year?
By Paul Miller 
posted January 14th 2008 4:25PM
posted January 14th 2008 4:25PM
While we wait impatiently for a WiMAX implementation in our hometown, Sprint employees have something a bit more serious on their minds: more layoffs. Though 5,000 jobs were cut from the company's 60k strong workforce last year, there's a new sheriff in town, and he seems to think that more fat can be culled from the struggling wireless company. Brand new CEO Dan Hesse purportedly is trying to show a tough face to investors, and is rumored to have "several thousand" layoffs in the works. There's also word of a move by Sprint to consolidate company headquarters to better integrate Sprint and Nextel, and it appears the future of WiMAX is still a bit uncertain, since some investors aren't entirely thrilled by the $5 billion outlay required to build the network. It's not easy being number three.
I didn't realize they were STRUGGLING. I am betting if verizon chooses to buy them out, THAT merger will happen long before the Sirius/XM merger announced a year ago.
Yeah, I said it.
Sprint should just give up. Cut all the fat...and the bones, muscles and tendons (and all that other anatomy stuff). Just give up and you will satisfy many of your customers.
Hopefully those several thousand jobs are customer service that are outsourced.
Even though the company is struggling, i can't stand when some big shot new ceo comes into the picture and just starts firing people. It just shows how big companies don't care how long you have been with them. That's weak on the ceo part and watch he won't even be at sprint that long.
Horrible company from the phone I HAVE to carry in my pocket for another four months to this CEO. When my contract with them is up, I'm throwing a party for myself.