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T-Mobile Starts Laying Off Employees Due to MetroPCS Deal
While DOJ Meanwhile Gives Deal Their Silent Approval
T-Mobile this week announced that their deal to acquire MetroPCS has received tacit approval from the Department of Justice, while also stating that they'll likely be laying off a significant number of employees because of the deal. In an announcement, MetroPCS noted that the required waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired, signaling the DOJ won't be trying to stop the deal. On the heels of existing staff reductions, the Seattle Times notes that the deal will claim its first victims today. 100 or so employees are set to be let go at meetings today, with additional duplicate positions being purged as the deal goes forward.
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brianiscool
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Goodbye College Students

If you notice at MetroPCS stores young adults work at these locations. They can go find a position at a local fast food joint.

graycorgi
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Re: Goodbye College Students

In many areas, you have to be bilingual to work at fast food. I know this is the case in southern california.

It's not quite as simple as you make it sound.
mlcarson
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Re: Goodbye College Students

Bilingual? That's why we should have made English the official language decades ago. I never thought I'd see bilingual requirements for a job in this country.

FifthE1ement
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Re: Goodbye College Students

AGREED!

michieru
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Or take the position of senior and useless staff which sounds more promising.

Eddy120876
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ouch

I feel sorry for those that work at T-mob and were excited for the expansion and later T-mob turn on then and lay then off. At least they didn't get lay off during the Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday. Good luck to then and hope that those that get lay off find a good job soon enough.
TBBroadband
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Re: ouch

Sprint will probably be doing the same as they can push more jobs over to Japan and let SoftBank have more control than Dan or any other CEO.

Eddy120876
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Re: ouch

Well I doubt they would do this ASAP since we have issues with the language barrier and also time difference. I might only work for those customers up late at night and want help. The in store help and tech will have to be in the US. Only customer reps might have issues down the road.
DarnellP
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said by TBBroadband:

Sprint will probably be doing the same as they can push more jobs over to Japan and let SoftBank have more control than Dan or any other CEO.

A) This article is about t-mobile, not Sprint. Your obsession with Sprint is just weird.

B) What you suggest makes absolutely no sense. As usual...

FifthE1ement
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Re: ouch

said by DarnellP:

said by TBBroadband:

Sprint will probably be doing the same as they can push more jobs over to Japan and let SoftBank have more control than Dan or any other CEO.

A) This article is about t-mobile, not Sprint. Your obsession with Sprint is just weird.

B) What you suggest makes absolutely no sense. As usual...

LOL, I actually started to laugh when I read A!

5TH
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And your point about it being about TMO-USA is what? Just because the blog post states it's about TMO-USA doesn't mean anything. But let me guess its okay for others to bring up other companies when mergers and buy outs happen???

And if you think that it's an obsession you just have problems of your own or live in a fantasy that it won't happen.

And B- it's not my fault you don't know how to understand English.
DarnellP
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Re: ouch

said by TBBroadband:

And your point about it being about TMO-USA is what? Just because the blog post states it's about TMO-USA doesn't mean anything.

It means that you should pay attention and try staying on topic for once.

And if you think that it's an obsession you just have problems of your own or live in a fantasy that it won't happen.

No, "it" won't happen, because it's foolhardy. As far as your weird Sprint obsession, I don't have to "think" it; you continually prove that it's quite real.

And B- it's not my fault you don't know how to understand English.

I understand English just fine. It's not my fault that the gibberish that you tend to spew makes no sense.

Eddy120876
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Re: ouch

Ok ok folks

both of you have your valid points and TD pointed it out they will do the same since both are telcos and are looking forward to save money
DarnellP
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Re: ouch

I have to disagree. The quintessential difference between the two transactions is this: MetroPCS and t-mobile USA both operate in the US, they both have headquarters in the US, they both have a network of dealers in the US, etc. Obviously there are bound to be some redundancies that will need to be eliminated for cost and efficiency sake.

While all of the above also applies to Sprint, it doesn't apply to SoftBank. They don't operate here, they don't have a corporate presence or dealer network here. So where are the redundancies?

Now could SoftBank come in and replace a few directors or decide that some departments need to be 'right-sized'? Sure, it's possible. However, off-shoring jobs from the US to Japan (as the obsessed dude suggested) just doesn't make much sense. The main goal in off-shoring is usually to save money. You send jobs to a developing country where a little goes farther so you don't have to pay the natives nearly as much money as you would an American to do the same job. Where's the savings to be had from shipping jobs to a country that has salaries and a cost of living equal to or perhaps even higher than the US?

Eddy120876
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Re: ouch

Darnell

what you say it has a point but also TD has a point since T-mobile already started firing employees after the merger and i bet they will replace then with Metropcs reps which at time they don't want to deal with customers or are not happy to see you again. I did pointed out the language barrier but to train a group to take over as the night reps for Sprint who knows since they can pay the same . True you do go overseas to get cheaper labor but business now a days is not the norm.