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XO Communications

Acquired by Verizon

Is this your company?

More layoffs on the near horizon. - Anonymous employee XO Communications Employee Review

2.0
31 Mar 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Never a dull moment, wondering if you'll have a job every morning you wake.

Cons

Emotional torture. Since 2002 layoffs have been continuous every single year. What company operates that way? Sales have been bad, so far this year (2015), so get ready...because XO likes to lay off the people who actually do the important jobs...and stretch those jobs out to other people without giving raises. No raises. No bonuses. None. Ever. Oh, except for management. Moves people from position to position without asking or without that person applying for the position. Have you ever worked for a company that changes your job title without asking you? Not just once, but numerous times. It's humiliating and debasing. Especially when you're a hard worker and respected in the field you're good at. Creates new jobs (vice president - more recently) for people on the "in." These people do nothing, but provide the groundwork for the underlings to receive layoffs; to make room for the higher salary needed for the management title. Seriously. Look it up. You'll see management positions popping up all over the place while real workers are laid off...Every. Single. Month.

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5.0
1 July 2022
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CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance and supportive

Cons

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2.0
3 Aug 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- There are always opportunities to move around within the company if your job doesn't fit with your style. - There are some really great people who work there. - Lots of little perks like random days off, being allowed to leave early before holidays, options to telecommute, fun days like free movie days.

Cons

- There is sometimes somewhat of an adversarial attitude between departments. - Some of the managers can be unnecessarily negative and can spread a tense feeling throughout the office by their mere presence. - It can be hard to concentrate in a cubicle farm. Noise from people just doing their jobs carries from across the room. - The information systems are horrible, it is like trying to get water from a stone to get usable information out of some of the systems, often dealing with millions of dollars of revenue. - Management doesn't always listen to its analysts, who often have their ear to the ground and are immersed in the information they are supposed to be making their decisions on. - Management is often quick to pass the blame on when the consequences of their decisions turn negative, or even get the expected results, but expectations have shifted. - Computers are archaic, I don't know how they expect me to be an analyst with a computer that barely works and they have supposedly been upgrading the laptops for nearly a year and I have barely seen any evidence of it.

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