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MCI Lays Off 4,000, Cites Do Not Call List
Yahoo! News ^ | March 26, 2004 | MATTHEW BARAKAT

Posted on 03/26/2004 5:09:54 PM PST by El Conservador

McLEAN, Va. - Bankrupt telecommunications company MCI said Friday it is cutting 4,000 jobs — more than 7 percent of its work force — and closing three call centers because of cost-cutting pressures and fallout from the national Do Not Call registry.

The company had announced in January that it was expecting to reduce overall costs by 15 percent to 20 percent, but did not mention specifically that jobs would be cut.

The centers being closed are located in Denver, Phoenix and Niles, Ohio. Jobs are also being reduced at MCI facilities in Alpharetta, Ga., Colorado Springs, Colo. and Springfield, Mo.

"As a result of the impact of federal and state 'Do Not Call' laws, as well as ongoing telecom market trends, we need to take this action in order to improve our overall cost structure," the company said in a statement. "These actions will in no way impact our ability to serve our customers."

MCI, formerly known as WorldCom, is hoping to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of April. It entered bankruptcy in July 2002 after an accounting scandal that resulted in billions of dollars in overstated profits and criminal charges against its top executives.

MCI employs about 54,000 workers. In Phoenix, about 850 workers will lose their jobs. In Denver, about 950 will be laid off and 650 workers will be laid off at the Niles call center, according to the company. Layoff numbers for the other three centers were not available.

The cuts will take effect in May and June.

MCI still operates 15 telemarketing and customer-service centers across the country, a company official said.

MCI has sought to reduce its annual costs by 15 to 20 percent while in bankruptcy. Earlier this year, the company announced that it expects revenue to drop 10 to 12 percent in 2004 — including a drop of as much as 25 percent in the domestic long-distance market, where MCI is the nation's second-largest provider. Company officials said increased use of cell phones, industry competition and effects from national Do Not Call legislation all contribute to the decline.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernieebbers; donotcall; ebbers; layoffs; mci; telecom; worldcom
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To: mcihustler
people hear what they want to

Is that what you tell yourself? Is that how you sooth what once passed for your conscience as you recall the people you cheated?

btw i wasnt involved on this layoff

Now that is truly sad. But then you are Exhibit A as to why MCI is the hell hole it is so it would figure that they would keep you as long as possible. Like does tend to be attracted to like after all.

41 posted on 03/26/2004 6:33:18 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure)
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To: Leroy S. Mort
Hehe, I think I smell a ZOT coming for a certain new member.
42 posted on 03/26/2004 6:33:27 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: mcihustler
Still nicer people then MCI.
44 posted on 03/26/2004 6:35:10 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure)
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To: mcihustler
once there is no data to call obviously sales go down WAY DOWN probalbly about 30%

Bald assertion -- all mass marketing, calls in particular, are lucky to do 2%. Its a numbers game.

Your rant, Srinivas, which we will read tomorrow after you sign up, is meaningless drivel.

45 posted on 03/26/2004 6:35:17 PM PST by freedumb2003 (If your cat has babies in the oven you don't call them biscuits!)
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To: mcihustler
lets look at this logicaly.. Washington(DC) enforces do not call list. not only are 2 + MILLION jobs lost because of that but here is the fun part..Beleive it or not,All of the people who signed up on the list regardless of what they tell you buy stuff on the phone.. dont take that wrong some people dont but MORE than you can IMAGINE do..So heres the trickle effect... once there is no data to call obviously sales go down WAY DOWN probalbly about 30% if i had to guess. so that not only caused 2million telemarketers to loose there jobs nationwide(of which MCI has a portion of) but it goes down the line .. such as this ..where we are laying off now.. And then the fun part of that is HEY there is still a VERY large customer database someone has to answer the phone for them when they call .. Someone has to make sure that the internet backbone stays running.. etc etc.. So now what we are a few employees short and its much to costly to to pay the americans that we provide the service for.. OH Wait! i know ! let take a few thouand jobs and go to South America or India, the conversion rate for Canada is in our favor too (no offense to my canadian co-workers we love you )... thats cheap labor.. So then comes outsourcing to stay profitable,, And then at night when we are sitting in our livinrooms watching news on T.V. *(without the phone ringing ) we see that OH unemployment is up and OH all of our jobs are going oversees, and OH there are no good jobs here anymore, OH wow there gonna let immigrants come take the leftover jobs bc they work cheaper.. and then to complain? Ha how hypocritical is that?

Well I'll save your text since one of the goverment lovers will get it deleted along with your account. It isn't entirely coherent but I do agree with the notion that government interference in the market is bound to have unintended (usually negative) consequences. Phone service with or without unwanted calls is not an entitlement to be guaranteed by the government.

47 posted on 03/26/2004 6:37:41 PM PST by palmer (Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
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To: mcihustler
mar 27 ? its fri 8:34p here in the midwest profile must be wrong

That's what they ALL say, Apu.....

48 posted on 03/26/2004 6:37:54 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: mcihustler
You go on about the "BIG PICTURE". People wish to be left alone when they come home from a hard days work. They want to enjoy uninterrupted time with their families. Sure, it's easy to say 'just hang up' when we get these calls, but when grandma is having a hard time breathing and you have to get her the oxygen quickly and the phone rings, or when you are in a rush and trying to get dinner ready because your child's concert is in an hour, or you are just plain tired and just got comfortable with a good book, the last thing you want or need is a phone call. I don't care how you carry on - it's called HARRASSAMENT. Getting my name on the DO NOT CALL list is one of the best things I ever did.

Get another job. Get a job where people come to YOU. Not a job where you have to hassle people via phone.

And please - learn how to spell - or type. It might make you sound a bit more mature and credible.
50 posted on 03/26/2004 6:38:58 PM PST by sneakers
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To: mcihustler
Neither do you. Crook.
51 posted on 03/26/2004 6:40:23 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure)
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To: mcihustler; Zavien Doombringer; mhking; jriemer
TROLL!!!

TROLL!!!

TROLL!!!
53 posted on 03/26/2004 6:41:04 PM PST by El Conservador ("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
I dropped them a few years ago and it took a letter from a lawyer friend of mine to get them to stop sending me the minimum bill every month.
54 posted on 03/26/2004 6:41:10 PM PST by breakem
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To: El Conservador
MCI started charging 55 cents per minute for long distance without informing me. I got my bill one month to discover a $75 phone call. At least they removed the charges without too much hassle.

The only large corporations I truly hate are MCI and United Airlines (never fly United unless you enjoy being stranded overnight in strange cities without your luggage and without any compensation for food or a hotel). Now they're both in bankruptcy. Ha!

55 posted on 03/26/2004 6:43:13 PM PST by Igraine
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To: palmer
Phone service with or without unwanted calls is not an entitlement to be guaranteed by the government.

The government is simply affirming my right to be unmolested in my own house and provides me with remedies to punish those who do not wish to respect my privacy.

Nobody is going to go to jail for calling someone on the "leave me the hell alone list" but I can file to be compensated for my time and trouble.

57 posted on 03/26/2004 6:44:40 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure)
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To: mcihustler; mhking; Zavien Doombringer; jriemer
TROLL ALERT!!!
58 posted on 03/26/2004 6:44:47 PM PST by El Conservador ("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
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To: mcihustler; Zavien Doombringer; 4mycountry; Constitution Day; VRWCmember; Poohbah; dighton; ...
Hey hustler: "F.O.A.D."


59 posted on 03/26/2004 6:44:48 PM PST by mhking (Sporting News' pre-season pick? Cubs over Red Sox in 7... World ends next morning.)
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To: mcihustler
More people to cheat?
60 posted on 03/26/2004 6:46:03 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure)
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