VoiceStream laid off everyone in customer service in the Louisville KY, Memphis TN, and Birmingham AL markets, and moved the responsibilities thereof to existing positions in Dallas TX and Jacksonville FL. And they gave us a grand total of nine days' notice that we were going to be kicked to the curve.
The severance package they are offering leaves a lot to be desired; they told us that our employee plans on our VoiceStream phones would be terminated with us (and that we would have to go through a credit check if we wanted to keep the phone); and they told us not to bother using any remaining VoiceStream employees as references, because company policy would not allow them to give us letters of recommendation.
Right now, I am contemplating whether I should go and sign up for unemployment. I have never been on unemployment for one day in my life, and don't like the entire concept. However, friends are telling me that I should do it because I pay into the system. I have a job possibility in sales with one company who has contacted me, but I have never done sales before. My degree is in communications and my work has always been in customer service and communications. I am looking for work in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. Any advice ???
A telecom company I worked for last year (based in suburban DC) had about 15 illegal aliens working for them as "contractors"...on 1099s so no taxes were withheld, from what I understand. I shared an apartment with one of them while we were working on a project in another state. Damn scumbag always bragged about how he didn't have to pay taxes. So, illegal aliens are another reason Americans are losing telecom jobs. Gee, and we keep hearing about how they take jobs "Americans won't take".
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