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1 edit | EarthLink can be turned around..... They should get out of the internet business in terms of connectivity and become an internet property company.
EarthLink, for one, need to drop that name. It's synonymous with failure. Second, they need to pool whatever money they have left and become a major player on-line.
Although I personally would never work for EarthLink as they are again or be a customer, they could come back if they get solid visionaries in place who are also grounded in reality but I doubt that will happen.
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
1 edit | said by fatmanskinny:EarthLink, for one, need to drop that name. It's synonymous with failure. Since they already own the name how about MindSpring? |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Or Prodigy. They own that too right? |
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 Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere | said by iansltx:Or Prodigy. They own that too right? Nah,
att owns prodigy.
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hrobinsPremium
join:2000-10-15
Regina, SK | reply to fatmanskinny
said by fatmanskinny:They should get out of the internet business in terms of connectivity and become an internet property company. EarthLink, for one, need to drop that name. It's synonymous with failure. Second, they need to pool whatever money they have left and become a major player on-line. Although I personally would never work for EarthLink as they are again or be a customer, they could come back if they get solid visionaries in place who are also grounded in reality but I doubt that will happen. That makes two of us fatmanskinny. But you know as well as I do, they don't have any solid visionaries left. |
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dagg
join:2001-03-25
Galt, CA | reply to fatmanskinny
how exactly are you going to work for them when at last count around 80% of their workforce was outside the U.S.?
unless of course you are posting from Cebu or Bangalore?
on a serious note, i would not work for them ever again... having worked there previously when they decided to ship all their jobs overseas and having to watch how horribly they mis-managed that. |
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public
join:2002-01-19
Santa Clara, CA | reply to fatmanskinny
said by fatmanskinny:They should get out of the internet business in terms of connectivity and become an internet property company. EarthLink, for one, need to drop that name. It's synonymous with failure. Second, they need to pool whatever money they have left and become a major player on-line. Earthlink CEO pressed the self destruct button in early 2004. Since then dumber than a lamppost senior management has done little to inspire confidence in the company.
Maybe the rename thing is their most powerful turnaround tool. |
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said by dagg:how exactly are you going to work for them when at last count around 80% of their workforce was outside the U.S.? unless of course you are posting from Cebu or Bangalore? on a serious note, i would not work for them ever again... having worked there previously when they decided to ship all their jobs overseas and having to watch how horribly they mis-managed that. Lol. I actually worked at their corporate offices in Atlanta. It was an interesting experience. Like most corporations, it was one of the "who you know and not how great your work is" environments.
I am glad I left when I did. It was time to say goodbye.
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@charter.com | I worked for Earthlink for over 5 years, beginning when they were small startup on Los Feliz Blvd in Glendale, CA. I was there in the mid to late 90s when they moved to their Pasadena HQ, gobbled up Mindspring, Internet in a Box and went public. I still have my 100,000 member t-shirt and some coffee mugs with the old logo on them. I left in late 2001 before they imploded and moved everything to Atlanta, but to this day I still consider it one of the most fun jobs I ever had. Actually being allowed to play games during work as long as you could work helpdesk at the same time and the monthly parties held in the NOC parking lot across the street (along with free beer). I held several positions there, eventually ending up in tier 2 domain support before leaving. I really do miss it.
I'm glad I left when I did too. The Pasadena building was vacated shortly after I left and heard it all went downhill from there. I did make a nice chunk of change selling stock options though. |
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