IP Communications in Trouble? → Re: IP, UP, we all P on IP

Yeah buddy... you say it brother! IPC can give 'em hell! ... of course I've decided to put the blame on Steve Nowick... When he was brought in to the company, I believe he was only brought in to cover Sean's butt, but instead he screwed it over. From what I understood he had a history of working for companies that actually ended up failing...

You obviously don't know anything about Steve Nowick or his history of success. Isn't it best to keep your mouth shut unless you are well educated on a subject?

Sean and Steve are very highly skilled people, and they have done all they can do to keep IP running full speed ahead. Sometimes, no matter how hard you work, things go wrong. I think that IP's recent issues are an example of just that. Shit happens.

Who's ass are you sucking.......Rantou and I know what it is like to work for a bunch of big headed CEO's. I mean come on, I think you are the one who is un-educated. We both made it through many thick and thin situations with that company and not one time did the Higher-Ups admit that they were responsible for the demise of IP. If anyone should be held accountable it should be Steve and Sean. Wake the f@#k up man!!!

kcharg
former-IP Employee and not afraid to say it!!!

As a matter of fact, I am quite familiar with the situation. I am a former IP employee (I left voluntarily about a year ago), and met Sean on numerous occasions. I had the opportunity to speak with him in depth about his vision and plans for IPC. He has done very well; I doubt that anyone could have kept IP afloat as long as he has. As for Steve Nowick, I only met and discussed IP with him once. I left shortly after he came onboard, but he certainly impressed me with his knowledge and expertise.

These recent layoffs are quite unfortunate, but if they allow IP to survive I would find them most decidedly fortunate. Fortunate that IP's executive management had the foresight to slam on the brakes before things got irreconcilable.

Let me ask you this: Could YOU have done a better job? If not, why? Who do you think could have?

(Insert awkward silence here)

**Fortunate that IP's executive management had the foresight to slam on the brakes before things became irreconcilable.

Pardon the poor grammar; I'm a little tired..

Yeah, I could have done a better job. To start out, I wouldn't have issued company credit cards with no limit. (Maybe if some of that money spent on lunch at the mens club was still in the bank I would have a job.) I wouldn't have given away (insert ridiculous figure here) worth of free cokes. And I WOULD have had a better plan for retail installs. All you had to do was look at the companies that had already failed in the wholesale market to get that. I would have issued fleet cards for the trucks from the beginning. By the way I am ex IP. I am not bitter, but I am really pissed off. I busted my as for IP. I drove 300 to 400 miles some days with no lunch. I never took a sick day. I BUSTED MY ASS. I volunteered for every s*it job no other tech would do. Heres a good one, the tech I trained is training the tech that replaced me because he has no field experience. What a great management decision that was! I asked before I bought my house 3 months ago ($10,000 down payment) if there was any reason I should not and I was told I would have a job as long as I wanted. I have two kids, a fat mortgage and no job. I will never work for anyone again. I was self employed for the first 25 years of my career, and I will be for the last 20. IP was a good learning experience. If you can't see the books, there is a reason. To all the ex ip employees who posted, I enjoyed working with you. To all the current IP employees, good luck. To Sean Minter kiss my ass.

"To all the ex ip employees who posted, I enjoyed working with you. To all the current IP employees, good luck. To Sean Minter kiss my ass."

Wow exipguy!! I couldn't have said it better myself!

Quit Crying?? If you had that many conversations with the executives and still think they were telling you the truth, then you must have your head so far up your ass you're looking out of your belly button.