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Paul Wilson: Sprint To Toss Employees With Trash Cans
I’ve written more than a few times on this topic and here we go again… If you recall, I’ve been somewhat suspect as to Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure‘s ability to turn this ship around. Do you recall my reasoning for his … Continue reading
Paul Wilson: Sprint Cuts Deep & This Time It’s Gonna Bleed
How many times can this happen until there’s nothing left of a once, legendary local employer? And now the real facts about the Sprint layoffs you won’t find anywhere else. Yesterday, word began to leak that Sprint was going to announce … Continue reading
Steele: Why Did Anti-Sprint Tweet Become The Star’s Top Story?
About that dustup over Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure‘s use of the king’s English… Apparently, Brett Schulte, an LA-based social media consultant that no one had ever heard of, tweeted the following: “I think they meant @marceloclaure for an MVNO. He’s so … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Schulte, Elizabeth Warren, Marcelo Claure, Rich Steele, Sprint
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Starbeams: Sprint’s Super Bowl Apology, KC Streetcars & Kelly’s Dog
Overland Park based Sprint will return to the Super Bowl with an ad that will run during the 3rd quarter. If Sprint wants to get really popular, they need to invent the UNSEND MY TEXT service. … Continue reading
Starbeams: Kathie Lee Fingers Cosby, Sprint-NASCAR Divorce, New AMC Movie Deal
Kathie Lee Gifford says Bill Cosby once tried to kiss her. I’m going to defend Bill on this one. HE must have been drunk. … Continue reading
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Tagged AMC Theatres, Bill Cosby, Katie Lee Gifford, Kelly Urich, NASCAR, North Korea, Sony "The Interview", Sprint, The Point 99.7 FM
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Paul Wilson: Sprint Has a Plan Allright, To Clean House
Let’s do a little math… On October 17th Sprint announced it would lay off 452 employees from its headquarters. Add that to the 477 area employees laid off in March and that comes to 929 jobs lost in 2014 thus far. That leaves approximately 6,500 employees here … Continue reading
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Tagged Junichi Miyakawa, Marcelo Claure, Paul Wilson, Phil Collins, SoftBank, Sprint
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Starbeams: Katy Perry @ Sprint, Byron’s British Replaces Jack Henry, Grandpa Rock?
The protests in Missouri are getting pretty violent. I’ve never seen so many people upset about losing a Frozen Custard store. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Ice Challenge, Fram Filters, Framily, Katy Perry at Sprint Center, Kid Rock, Sprint
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Paul Wilson: Can ‘Mr. Big’ Fix Sprint’s Unfixable Corporate Culture?
Yesterday was new Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure‘s first day on the job… I’m sure the 43 year-old executive spent most of his day at the clinic doing his pee test, filling out HR insurance forms, getting his employee handbook, 401K explanation, etc. … Continue reading
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Tagged BrightStar, Dan Hesse, Marcelo Claure, Masayoshi Son, Sprint, T-Mobile, Tom Leathers
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