Sprint reducing staff by 5,000 jobs in 1st quarter!
Straight from the horse's mouth Gary Forsee has announced Sprint will be reducing 5,000 staff positions to help cut cost within the 1st quarter. I'm definately going to be looking for a new job because unfortunately my area falls into one of the regions that needs reduction.
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"I announced today that we will reduce our overall staffing levels by 5,000 with most occurring in the first quarter."- Gary Forsee
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its for like crazy over laps like in some places we have a store in a mall right in front of a kiosk or right across the street we have a store like a mile away but we are the only 2 in our city the oither is a big a store ours is a well performing b store im not worried
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dont get me wrong im not a jerk im worried for everyone that sucks to know that there is that possibility ya know
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Yeah and this was sent from one of the other big wigs.
"By the end of 2007, we will have eliminated several hundred of our most poorly performing kiosks and stores."
Now that has me even more worried cause my store has not hit quota in over a year. ☹️
"By the end of 2007, we will have eliminated several hundred of our most poorly performing kiosks and stores."
Now that has me even more worried cause my store has not hit quota in over a year. ☹️
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yeah hopefully there will be an option for you to go to a different store if not i know there will be severence packages
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Actually, I believe you have to volunteer for the reduction to be eligible for the severance package... ☹️
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razzledazzle said:
Yeah and this was sent from one of the other big wigs.
"By the end of 2007, we will have eliminated several hundred of our most poorly performing kiosks and stores."
Now that has me even more worried cause my store has not hit quota in over a year. ☹️
If Sprint actually eliminates all of their poorest selling stores and kiosks, then that just leaves only Radio Shack to sell thier services!
Bad Move. I think Gary Forsee is going to run the carrier into the ground.
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lefteyeiu2006 said:
then that just leaves only Radio Shack to sell thier services!
lol i talk to corporate stores and radio shacks all day in our center. they all do a crappy job
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Does that include the Radio Shack Sprint kiosks, the Sam's Club Kiosks or the Corporate-owned kiosks?
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It is only the corporate stores and corporate kiosks. No third party because these are not owned by Sprint. 😁
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razzledazzle said:
Straight from the horse's mouth Gary Forsee has announced Sprint will be reducing 5,000 staff positions to help cut cost within the 1st quarter. I'm definately going to be looking for a new job because unfortunately my area falls into one of the regions that needs reduction.
sorry to hear that, hey verizon is alway hiring if you looking for a steady job
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I think it was inevitable. It would be the same thing if Verizon did buy alltel. There is a verizon store about a mile from an alltel store. Do you honestly think they will keep it like that. So how many nextel stores are close to sprint ones and vice vs. They are eliminating redundancies and excess. It happens with all mergers.
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just to give some information i know a couple of places where there are verizon storeds and kiosks very close to each other, for instance there is a verizon store inside circuit city and another kiosk inside BJ's Wholesale Club in the same stripmall in College Point, NY.
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And if I had to guess neither are company owned or they get money from BJ's and Circuit City! I am talking about actual stores owned or leased by the Company!
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I work in a Sprint kiosk in the Baltimore area. All of our kiosks are in malls, and I believe ALL of the kiosks have a Sprint store, either third party or Corporate, PLUS a Radio Shack, PLUS the kiosk in the Mall. Being it is Sprint has nothing to do with it. We also have a third party dealer that looks like a regular Sprint store about two minutes away from the Mall I work at. All the cell phone companies do it. Verizon is not special in this regard.
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This the reason i jumped ship on April 2005 and went to VZW. i still have a few friends who work at sprint but all of my nextel friends (about 9) have jumped ship to vzw already. its going to be more then 5000 and the in sales channels are goin to feel like Esp. old nextel emplys.
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Everything in life is temporary it sucks sometimes but it will be OK. When one door closes another will open. Good luck to anyone who has to roll with these punches.
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