Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Connexion Technologies (North Carolina) Lays Off 232


This mass layoff notice from the Triangle Business Journal sounds like a case of a company that expanded way too fast and then felt the ground crumble from beneath its feet:
Connexion Technologies, a company founded by former Cary Mayor Glen Lang, is laying off more than half of its 455 employees.

The Cary-based company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice with the state on Monday that said Connexion was planning to cut 130 to 140 jobs in North Carolina. In an interview on Tuesday, Executive Vice President Matt Springer put the number at 106 in North Carolina and 126 in other states.

Springer said the cutback follows difficulty in raising capital at the 10-year-old company, which has not yet achieved profitability. The firm customizes and manages communications networks in residential areas nationwide. The layoffs come despite the fact that Connexion’s revenue grew to about $47.7 million in 2011, up from about $30 million the year before, he says.

“We can’t fully fund our business plan for the year,” Springer said. “We have to take very serious action. It’s a very sad day here.”

The layoffs are effective March 14.

Connexion was among the fastest-growing companies in the Triangle as recently as 2010. It ranked 18th on Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 list in 2010, when it grew to 348 employees in the Triangle. Its national presence nearly doubled that year, to 612 employees, according to a ranking of privately held companies by Inc. magazine last year.
So they kept expanding right into the teeth of the Great Recession even though they have never turned a profit. As I've said, I've never been to business school, but that seems like a sure fire recipe for failure to me.

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  1. Glen Lang lied to his employees telling them if we worked 10-12 hours days we would come out of this "hard time". Then without any notice we get emails from HR letting us know we were layed off. I don't think this follows the WARN guidlines and some employees that were keep were soley those in the family... I know I was told point blank if "if I did not do as I was told my 5+ yrs experience would not matter and I maybe let go". I guess that threat came true. Nice to know hard work and dedication means nothing in the CNXN workforce.

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    1. Ron Nelson is a conceited ass that cannot handle the fact that the world in fact, does contain intelligent women. He hired SD because she was too stupid to see beyond his arrogance. His son almost gets fired as a TSR so what does SR do? Promotes him to a call center supervisor. In what world does that make someone a credible leader? You can try to justify it all you want by saying you need people you can trust, but we all knew the truth. Worthless mouthpiece.

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    2. Fuck Ron Nelson. Fuck him and his ne'er-do-well idiot child. No other company would put up with that artard so daddy had him pity hired and what a joke of an addition he was to the TSR team.

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  2. There is more to this than what you have been led to believe. You really need to talk to some former employees, or some reps from DirectTV. Can you say FRAUD.

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    1. Fbi has been there all week....i wasnt laid off but quit shortly before and know several that were spared

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    2. What happened with the FBI? What were they doing there? Did they interview anyone or just go through paperwork?

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    3. Curious about this too. I wish they'd give me a call.

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    4. The FBI was not there.

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    5. If you "know" the FBI was not there, then I must surmise that you are either a) still employed at CNXN and/or b) a friend of Glen. If so, I'm sorry, but that makes your statement dubious at best.

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    6. Can you confirm that the company is under investigation? If to by what agency and what office of said agency. A contact name would also be helpful.

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    7. Hmmm. The only way I "know" the FBI wasn't there is because I must be FOG? That is about the most idiotic thing posted on this entire blog. That is quite the accomplishment considering all of the other BS that is being added.

      You are obviously smarter than I am and very in the know, however you aren't so quick in providing proof. Please enlighten us little people.

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  3. There is a lot of FRAUD going on here! DTV has fully pulled out of this company! Glenn Lang has ran his business into the ground! If you are not a member of upper managements family you do not have a job! No matter how many hours you put in, no matter how dedicated you were, your last name is what matters! You had a strong group of ethical employees willing to stand BESIDE you in your tough times to work hard and not let their name pull them thru this and they decided to let family help! LOL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! You companies Primecast and Beyond communications are going to lead you nowhere! I now can somewhat breathe a sigh of relief not having to lie to customers telling them i do not answer the phone for 2 different companies! pheeeewww! Good luck fellow employees!

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  4. It's a real tough situation, but honestly, You can't tell me you didn't see this coming, that's why I already have been hired by comcast, a REAL telecom company. I start Monday, good luck to everyone.

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  5. I still say the ex-employees need to band together and make sure this employer NEVER does this to hard working employees again... more info to come.

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  6. I think the name "Glen Lang" should be black balled in the Cary community. The fact he was willing to commit FRAUD just to continue to make himself and his family and friends money is completely irresponsible and selfish. No matter what any employees were told, Glen NEVER had the employees best interests in mind and had no intention of doing so for the 10 years he was in this crime-spree business. No loyalty was shown to the ones that stood by him for years and years of their careers and lives - no severance should be illegal. If you ever come in contact with his man or his family members again, RUN. RUN VERY QUICKLY in the opposite direction. As far as I am concerned, he can rot alone for the rest of his life. He is the lowest scum on this earth. He is also a blatant pervert and I cant believe he hasn't been sued by more woman for the filth and slander that comes out of his mouth. Disgusting waste of a human being.

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  7. Agree with the above post completely.

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  8. I , along with with the rest of my colleagues, was laid off via email after 5 years of service to include ALL HOLIDAY's , weekends etc. No severance whatsoever not to mention they did not have the decency to pay out personal time . Who in the world thought that having 27,000 ghost receivers, i.e. phantom subscribers, was a good idea? This constitutes the epitome of fraud and I hope Glen Lang and perhaps a few others get prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...- Who remembers the layoffs in January when Glen Lang announced he was on the "left" coast because it was legal to do "certain things"- Basically announcing he was getting high while close to 100 were laid off? Let's not forget the great Eric Fichtner's responsibility in all this- another scumbag extraordinaire . What a sickening experience this has been devoting 5 years to a company that still employs child predators ( Rick Ahmed?) and has the sexually ambiguous Glen Lang at the helm.

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    1. Gross! I never knew that ... but there it is, in the sex offender DB... a 47 YO soliciting a 14 YO?!? VOMIT.
      And while we're at it, someone needs to remind his bratty, self-entitled daughter Kaitlyn - who also works there - she's not the center of the universe. It will come as a huge shock to her. What a loser b***h she is.

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    2. Your comments regarding Kaitlyn are way off base. She is an intelligent hard working woman that separated herself from the FOG umbrella. I get the bitterness, I think we all feel it, however a personal attack on parties that were no more responsible for the company failing than you or I are is immature and uncalled for. You are entitled to your opinion, however the remarks you make about KA would lead me to believe you never worked for her or with her.

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    3. You're right. Wrong forum. My emotions got away from me, but my opinion of her Is what it is. I wish nothing but the very, very best for those folks who were affected by the greed and unethical practices that upper management were complicit in.

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    4. I believe we can all agree that there should be legal ramifications for possible fraud. It's difficult not to get personal when your livelihood is put in limbo. We all have personal feelings both positive and negative about our former co workers, as the blame starts and ends at the top of the ladder. I appreciate the acknowledgement of realizing personal attacks do not belong in this forum, but understand and feel the same anger.

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    5. The blog host here. I've been honored and gratified that you all have elected to use my humble little corner of the Internet to vent your frustrations. I'm very sorry to hear about the way you've been treated. If karma really is a bitch, hopefully those truly responsible for this situation will get theirs in the end.

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    6. Yay, Bill! I'm gratified to be able to vent. Thank you!!! Word of the day.... Schadenfreude.

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    7. Glen's gross tendencies towards sexual harassment in the workplace filtered down throughout the company. It was a gross atmosphere all around. HR never did anything. I had some unwanted advances from another VP, and even though I left the company after only 6 months and I figured out what was going on (6 months too long, if you ask me!) he still tries to contact me occasionally. i've had to block him from my email.

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    8. Welcome to the bandwagon. I call BS. If this is true why wouldn't you file any type of charges, especially if you had proof through your personal email?

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  9. I can't believe that Dr. Goodnight was taken in by all of this. He sure didn't get to where he is today, by pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a company that was so fraudulently mismanaged. I'm a christian and shouldn't feel this way, but I hope someone goes to jail over this sham. I gave my all for 7 years, and I'm embarrassed to put my time with this company on my resume.

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    1. Agree agree agree! The word has been out about CNXN for a while... and that name on our resume does us no favors if you're trying to get a job in the communications industry... which is unfortunate, because A LOT of folks worked hard & believed in this company from the beginning - You'd be surprised how far reaching the CNXN reputation is.

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  10. What is the relationship of this company to Primecast? I just got off the phone with a CSR for primecast and he was CLEARLY stressed out. I thought he was gonna cry.

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    1. One in the same.

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    2. cnxn = primecast, beyond communications, amenity communications, and a few more. they change company names whenever one of them gets found out

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    3. Don't forget about accelera

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    4. and capital broadband...

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    5. Also Broadband Services in Laguna Woods, CA.

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    6. They are not Ygnition. Ygnition fired them when they found out what kind of company they are. Ygnition is it's own company that hired and then fired CNXN.

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    7. I dislike the practices of CNXN like most others, but in the spirit of being truly accurate, Ygnition was cut off for payment issues. Seems like CNXN is not the only one that doesn't pay their vendors.

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  11. Words that come to mind? Nepotism. Favoritism. Unethical. Shady. Delusional. I have been in meetings with a certain person of high authority where he gathered all of management together to "get our lies straight" before video vendors came to visit. Activated receivers to "meet quota" and stored them in a warehouse somewhere. They hired kids - alot of those belonging to a certain person's neighbors in his uber ritzy neigborhood - right out of college, a lot of which are now without jobs. I shudder to think how they'll fare in the real world. Everything that is said above is wholly true. Run.

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  12. http://www.youtube.com/user/jorgelucasa

    a parody of what is assumed to be the above mentioned company that floated around the office since just after layoffs last September.

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    1. Holy moly, those videos are hysterical!!!! And sadly, accurate.

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  13. The thing about this whole situation is that it is not just Glen that is to blame.
    Most if not all of the upper mgmt and this includes VPs, should be held to the same accord as Glen.
    Most if not all of them knew what was going on and they all made decisions or were part of the decision making that put this company into the shape that it is in. This company had a lot of very good, smart, and dedicated people who truly wanted to see this company make it to the top and make it successful, that worked thier asses off day and night and weekends to try and get us there.

    But I personally saw way to many upper level mgmt people have their own agenda's; not to see the company as a whole succeed; but what can they get out of it, that would benefit themselves. that in itself is a real issue and a flag, for me. These people should also be held responsible for the shape that the company is in. Then you had the latter climbers, same thing, personal agenda, rather then company well being and success. It is really really sad that this is all happenening. There were a lot of people that worked at CNXN and hoped that this would be the last job that they would have, they wanted to stay with the company until they retired. so sad...

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  14. When will all you people wake up this is what companies do.They take advantage of hard working middle class people to make themselves rich and not just comfortable rich.Enough is never enough for these types of people.Workers in this country are just so content to have a job and figure if they work hard they will get ahead.Well that may have been true many years ago but not anymore.In this country most people have the attitude of just sit back and take it.Until there is a stance for equality in this country its only going to get worse.The American dream is exactly what it is a dream so wake up people

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  15. The use of social media outlets by whiners and those in need of self promoting self worth by belittling others is elementary and shows your level of education. With that being said a few things need to be cleared up here. I was an employee of 5+ years so I know what I'm talking about. Making personal attacks on Kaitlyn about the fate of this company, a young woman with her first real world business experience ever with her job at connexion, simply shows how unprofessional you are. Second of all, I disagree that upper mgmt and VPs should be held to the same accord as Glen. Glen overpaid and put alot more people than Kaitlyn in those VP positions that had no previous similar level management experience, no proven record of success at the company prior to being elevated to that position, and no feedback from the people that actually worked for these managers, nor was it mandatory that other similar level managers grade and review the job their peer was doing.

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    1. Most in that Cary office knew what was going on, knew it was fraudulent and unethical and continued to draw a paycheck. Regardless of your "level" at the company, contributing, participating or sitting passively by while that type of behavior continues makes you pretty guilty in my mind. Perhaps not to the level that GL acheived, but close. And for those who read this who didn't/don't work there, I assure you, that "knowledge" didn't stop at the VP level.

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    2. Whiners? You must be out of your God Damned mind. Hundreds of employees were laid off and need an outlet in which to vent- So be it if a few individuals get called out- regardless if you feel the need to defend one of the Ahmed's they were only employed because they were Glen Lang's neighbors.

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    3. What qualifies you to evaluate Kaitlyn's value as an employee? The statements made about her are false and have nothing to do with the company failing. Making a personal attack on her based on what I can only guess is due to jealousy is immature. If her last name got her foot in the door, so what! The majority of the employee base was brought on by referral. She worked for her position and earned it. I would say annonamously attacking someone personally on a public forum may not be whining, but it is immature.

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    4. Well said..."annonamously" defending folks. Way to stand up. I didn't read anything above about her causing the company to fail - plus whoever posted THAT apparently admitted it was inappropriate for this forum. Why are we still talking about her? She is insignificant in the whole scheme of things.

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    5. We r prob still tlking abt her her b/c she keeps bringing herself up All these ppl w/o jobs or gettin $ for work done.. who cares abt some kid who obvs was there b/c of her "referral"" referral doesnt equal qualifd n e way. Main focus shld b on the ppl who schemed the co into the grnd w no respect for the ppl who were dedicated to th cause they thought they were wking 4.

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    6. Just a suggestion. People will take you more seriously when you stop responding like a 12 year old sending a text message. Good luck on your job search.

      Unemployed but not bitter.

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    7. Just a comment: you sound like a holier than thou jerk. This is a blog post for heaven's sake... no one is writing a thesis here. Let people vent without petty critiques. I imagine everyone who is posting here is hurting in some way... respect that.

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    8. Would you please shut the F up!?....They are all crooks up there to include his neighbors which all still have jobs including the molester

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  16. Glen always was vocal about having a 5 year plan to have the business sold and move on. The real issue is that Connexion is a microcosm of the condition and mindset that defines the American business owner today. Gone are the days of dreaming to create a company with long term sustainability. Glen's total investment in Connexion is around $50K. Reedy Creek has invested half a billion. DirecTV told Glen how to cheat the system because they were at risk of not showing a constant quarterly increase in new subscribers and those managers were told to make the increase if they want to keep their job because that's what the investors of the publicly traded company demand. What makes me sick to my stomach is that Glen had the ability to manipulate anyone he wanted by overpaying people he could control and force to sacrifice their morals by carrying out the lies when he had lost credibility with the employees and no longer could stutter his way telling everyone "it's a great day to be a connexion employee". What was great was the quality of people that was the everyday employee at connexion, and the relationships we all developed because of connexion. The VP's are NOT bad people. They are folks that have families that needed the paycheck in a world that recently was reported needs $150K annually to live "comfortably" and able to spend above the necessary staples such as food and mortgages and friggin gas. What is to blame is that many of these VP's took the money and recognized the environment Glen was creating and spent their days jumping on conference calls they had no business wasting their time being on because they were like the band member invited to the popular kid's party for the first time. They were unqualified and uncomfortable in the positions they held and they knew it, learning how to be an executive from other bad executives. The reason we are all pissed about this situation is because we feel that we had built something special thru hard work and innovative thinking successfully doing things nobody else could do with fiber and deployment when we focused on high rises. But that wasn't good enough. All the money that should have been reinvested in the company to continue down the path of our true product, was rather spent on lawyers and court room battles to kick out the incumbent provider so we could stop having to wet the pockets of the developers, which was never going to be allowed by Big Brother government. "The smaller companies failed at this because they didn't have the money to go after AT&T and Verizon". Yeah right. Time to wake up. The ILECs run things on capitol hill and still do even though they are currently ripping out providing pension plans to their employees. I'm pretty sure my ancestors would be disgusted with the level of whores and pimps that populate the business environment today. I'm pretty sure that's not what they died to protect and not what kids today in Afghanistan are fighting for. If you want to blog about being pissed, it should be that we have now been forced into being associated with a company and a man that embodied the same characteristics that is causing our entire country to fail. Get rich as quick as possible and come out ahead even when it fails miserably. I highly doubt anyone will go to jail, nor will anyone be "black-balled". We've become an LLC society and nobody bears any responsibility for anything anymore. The only ones hurt is our country because regular folks like you and me become less and less confident in corporate America and we lose a portion of what sacrifices were made so that we have what we've become dependent on to live our daily lives.

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    1. I agree with your overall comment. I don't think Glen Lang ever had the intentions of building a solid sustainable company with a long term vision. He was wanting to get rich quick and duck out. I believe he enticed people with titles and pay only to have them do his "dirty work". However, I disagree with your comments on the VP's accountability. I don't believe its a question of good or bad on a personal level, but I believe when you hold a position of that stature you have moral and ethical responsibilities and accountabilites. Of course knowing what I know I don't believe that if any of them ever had made a stance and stood up for the "right" thing that it would have made a difference. He would have just fired them. I have made this statement before on other blogs...I believe he ran/runs the company like the Mafia. Sadly I am still employed with CNXN...waiting for the ball to drop, but diligently searching for another job..hoping to put this nightmare behind me soon.

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  17. Considering DIRECTV now knows about the fraud of over 20,000 fake accounts, there are some law suits that are in the air and could be facing criminal charges, hence why the layoffs occurred and they pulled out. A lot of upper management knew about this as well, so it will come back at them hard in the ass. It's sad to know I worked for a company that truly had shit for their values. Be glad you were let go. Better opportunities will come your way.

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  18. I am sorry to here that everyone got laid off! I however am owed 24000 in unpaid contract labor and material. Sucks
    v Chris D

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  19. Glen Lang- self confessed liberal POS-

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  20. Was the FBI really there investigating? Did others see this? I wish I knew someone at DTV to find out what their plans are.

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  21. Does anyone know if the fraud that went on with DTV happened with Dish?

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  22. If you believe that DTV was not aware of preactivated accounts, you are naive. It may not have gone all the way to the top, but representatives from DTV are not innocent. I doubt there will be a lawsuit from DTV. I may be wrong, however a lawsuit would only expose their part in the preactivated accounts.

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    1. Maybe not from DirecTV, but that is not a definite. And, there are dozens of other sources from which a lawsuit could spring.

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  23. as a tech still installing DISH but not DTV

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  24. Quit defending K. Ahmed...she had no right to be where she was and was a smug bitch about it to boot. Work hard, no go cry to Glen, all of the comments defending her are most likely her fiance who she met when she was his boss. Oh and he proposed to her a day after the layoffs... defend that she has every right to be hung out to dry because she did that to so many...

    Karma is a bitch.

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    1. The same goes for Denise Moffitt who thought she was always such hot s**t... K Ahmed's little mentor. No wonder she ended up being who she is.
      Good luck to all of the overpaid early 20-somethings right out of college hired by Glen and family when they have to look for a "real job". Well, it's back to the mid-$30s for most of them!

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    2. Envy is not pretty. It's really pathetic to bash people who have nothing to do with the company failing. Not only pathetic, but it deflects from several good points that have been discussed.

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    3. Truth and fact are far from envy.

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  25. Idiotic is the only word that comes to mind in reference to the above post. Grow up.

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  26. I agree with the above post- who announces an engagement directly before an all hands call after a major layoff and the room bursts into applause as announced by Eric Fichtner. I won't tell you to grow up just to STFU.

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    1. Keep showing your intelligence. Time to move on, however it was very entertaining seeing the obvious envy.

      Off to an interview. Karma does suck.

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    2. For someone who is apparently above all of the discussion here, and has "moved on", you certainly seem to be monitoring this post quite closely.
      Oh, and don't be misled or misentertained. I don't know of anyone who would "envy" that pathetic person. As much as I hate to admit it, what IS sometimes entertaining is just deserts. Talion. Comeuppance if you will. Sounds like the time is coming .... tick tick tick...

      Off to meet the Pope.

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  27. And today they shut off the Techs (what is left of them) gas cards with out letting anyone know.
    Stay classy!!

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  28. Does anyone know who is actually left there on the VP level?

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  29. Botsford resigned, Don Winn might still be there, haven't checked nor step foot in that building since the layoff. Best day of my life when I got that notice. Enjoy your FBI visit you conniving bastards!

    Let this be a lesson that politicians CANNOT run businesses anywhere except into the ground.

    I feel for those left to clean up this 'mess'. Last I heard, they're worried if they'll even make payroll this pay period...

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    1. I worked for cnxn for about three months before I saw the writing on the wall and quickly left. However, this has nothing to do with Glen Lang being a politician and everything to do with him being a crook and a thief. Look up his involvement with his previous companies, including Imonics where he had to settle with the SEC for fraudulent accounting practices. He has done this everywhere he has gone. I feel sorry for those that trusted him and thought he would make them all rich. He only cares about covering his own ass.

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    2. bots did not resign, ur info is wrong,

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  30. A few things - I truly loved working at this company. The people I worked with we're great hard working folk. It is sad that a company that COULD have and SHOULD have grown to be big failed on in my opinion one persons stupidity. I don't care if DTV said we could activate so many STBs or not..... You shouldn't do that. If a VP or a group is dropping the ball it is upper managements job to correct that. Clearly this was looked over as well. Lastly, I am not related, didnt work for, not friends with Kaitlyn in any way. I know her only through work and I must honestly say she is one hell of a hard worker who has more knowledge on business than most of the upper management or anyone else I ever dealt with in this company. I worked there for 6 years and was privlaged enough to know most off the great employees. I wish you all the best, and hope we can all think of at least one thing we did get out of working at CNXN, if not I am sorry you wasted your time there. Good luck all

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  31. Clearly you all just need to "Get In Tune". The website is still up if you need some motivation: http://getintune.biz/. Wonder who won the $50 Visa Card?

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    1. Dan McCaskill won the $50 "Get In Tune" Visa Card.

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  32. I have never been a fan of this scheme between Landlords, Connexion and Primecast to FORCE people to buy/pay their services....especially when a person has their own dish, receviers and gets their service directly from Directv without even being hooked up to Connexion's system.

    IF there is fraud, as claimed, I can only hope that those of you here who know the details and specifics help the FBI or whoever is involved in the investigation.

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  33. Glenn Lang is a liar, 5 years with the company and an e-mail ends it all, carried over 40hrs of vacation and lost it all as well.Ghost accounts yes, I saw hundreds of set top boxes just stored and on peoples accounts there names and addresses on the outer box. Fraud, I hope he and all involved get stripped.

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    1. You worked for a DoucheCanoe/Glen Lang, what did you honestly expect?

      I hope some of you took the precaution of walking out with files to turn over to reporters. The Raleigh News and Observer is begging for someone to talk to them to verify the scam Glen was running against DirecTV.

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  34. Can anybody confirm that Dish Network has suspended all new installations with Beyond and has launched an internal investigation?

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  35. I work for a property management firm that is currently having issues with Connexion/Primecast. If someone could confirm that the company is under investigation I would appreciate it if that person would also state the agency name and hopefully the Field Office location of the agency and contact infomation. We might have something to add. Thank you in advance.

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  36. They owe contractors alot of money back from several months as I am one of them. This company is shady at best. DTV is entering into a lawsuit with them. good luck for anyone involved with this company.

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  37. The sad thing is that there were so many hard working folks toiling away at CNXN for so long while the VP and C-suite level folks were driving the company into fraudulent waters...one SEC violation after another. Wonder how those boys in Accounting are doing now? I have been in office meetings where we were told by G Lang and E Eric Fichtner to purposefully change units counts while he was looking over our shoulders at the computer monitor. Wow! Glad we didn't do it now. Speaking of the "on again-off again" CEO, EVP, COO (whatever title he wanted at the time) snake, Eric Fichtner... it's no wonder the company is ending in financial disaster.
    How can you be successful when you have someone like him steering the ship, in part, when he can't even keep his personal financial situation straight, ie, getting foreclosed on his Florida condo. What a joke! Most of the execs were clueless from the start on how to manage finances! Nice job GL, EF, PL, CT, JF!

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  38. As a current employee (one of the slim few left) things still bad. With all the secret meetings and higher ups leaving EVERONE out of the loop it's crazy. Rumor is that they are selling the companies off (beyond and Primecast).

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  39. I have to say "I LOVE THIS FORMUM", my comment was the 1st listed on the page and I just talked to my lawyer today and by this time tomorrow my lawsuite against the company will be filed.

    I just want to make sure the owner of the company will get a lesson on how NOT to treat good employees.

    Anyone wanting more info... contact me...Good Luck to Everyone on here and remember "We can achieve together, we were a good group of hard working people and will preveil".

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    1. Lawsuit for what ?

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    2. Yeah, what exactly would be the grounds for your lawsuit? If you were employed in the Cary office, NC is a right to work state, meaning you or your employer can terminate your employment at will at any time. Not sure what you are looking for legally? Unpaid PTO? Holiday pay? They don't have to give you any of those things.

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    3. Buffy Madden from Gulf Shores. Suing for unpaid overtime and warn act violation. Hoping for a class action.

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    4. Good for you! Keep us updated when you can - we are all looking for some sort of resolution/closure.

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    5. So you worked for one of the biggest jokes of the company, Ron Nelson. What a joke. News flash you conceited blow hole. You are not as awesome in real life as you are in your own mind. Here is another news flash, hiring your son as one of your sups and bringing in a personal friend who didn't know her a@! From a bad wig does not give you credibility. Neither does recruiting people to further your own pyramid like agenda. We don't need you to sell us a book to enrich our lives.

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  40. How about sharing the lawyers name?

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    1. Can't on here.. sorry. But if you contact me I will give you all the info. Just ask around you will find me. Thanks for the interest. Together we will prevail...

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  41. I'm hearing that the country of Jamaica is in talks to buy Connexion.

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  42. i've heard that to...looking to offshore like the Costa Rico call center

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  43. Unconfirmed rumors are suggesting that Glen will be starting up a new company called "Im A Fucking Retard INC". Wait, more rumors are indicating that the company is now being renamed to "Um You're Um Not Getting Um Raises Um This Year Um How Dare You Um Ask Me Something Like That Um You Ungrateful Um Pieces Of Shit NETWORKS". Wait, now more rumors are pouring in that the name of the company is being changed once again to "I Hire Pedophiles LLC".

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  44. This is completely absurd! The truth is that Eric was traded for Tim Tebow with support of both the FBI and the NFL.

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  45. Okay, so take us through a day in the life of the boss

    Well the first thing I do is...
    Talk to to corporate (like a boss)
    Approve Emails (like a boss)
    Host Conference Call about a Conference Call (like a boss)
    Ask Questions (like a boss)
    Direct workflow (like a boss)
    Micromanage (like a boss)
    Hire my family and friends (like a boss)

    Uh huh. So that's an average day for you then?

    No doubt

    You Conference Call about having a Conference Call?

    Hell yeah

    And I think at one point there you said something about Nepotism!

    Nope

    Actually I'm pretty sure you did

    Nah, that ain't me

    Okay, well this has been eye opening for me

    I'm the boss Yeah,

    I know I got that. You said it about four-hundred times

    I'm the boss

    Yeah yeah I got it!

    I'm the boss

    No I heard you, bye.

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  46. Like a boss! http://youtu.be/NisCkxU544c

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  47. What about Ian Grayson? Is he still hanging on?

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  48. I just heard Kim Jong Un has flown GL in for talks on how to further win friends & influence people.

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    1. Well, the Connexions R&D's deployment of wireless services was just as successful as North Korea's last satellite launch. This does not surprise me. It amuses and entertains, but does not surprise.

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  49. THIS JUST IN! The company, in complete desperation, has reached out to Megatron of the Decepticons for financial assistance! Employees have been locked in and are unable to escape. The highly intelligent nerdy network guys broadcasted an SSID MULTICAST FRAME RELAY T1 message to Optimus Prime, leader of the free world and Autobots! Optimus Prime sent a top secret audio codex message through the backdoor sniffer packet fiber optic cloud mesh RG59 quad shield that read: Autobots! Roll out!

    After intercepting just "Roll Out" Glen has jumped ship and is currently heading down Hwy 54 in his blinged out 32 inch rimm'd Escalade while smacking hoes and laying fiber illegally. Little does he know up ahead on i40 awaits the Planeteers! If they are unable to stop him they will use the powers of Earth, Fire, Wind, Water and Heart! To summon Captain Planet so he may teach Glen Professionalism, Intelligence, Organization, Communication and most importantly non-doucheyism.

    Stay tuned to see what happens!

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  50. Non-doucheyism is a pretty tall order. Along with the others... He's too old & busted to change his ways...

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  51. I just found out today that they canceled all employees benefits. Unreal

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    1. Correct...in true CNXN form, HR sends an email to let all those struggling to maintain that health, dental, and life insurance will be cancelled effective May 31. All the while, no word has been issued from the Execs on what is going on.

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    2. Why exactly are we all mad here for? This happens everywhere. Look at it like another chapter of your life and don't be so mad at Glen. He is just as disappointed as all of us. It's going to be a time when I will lose my job but believe it or not I won't be saying the kind of things we are all writing here. SUCH IS LIFE!!!!

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    3. Glen get off the forum

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    4. You are right Glen will move on and won't be hurt...but wait...didn't he just "donate" 1,000 of his shares to Duke Hospital for saving his life? or was that a "$3 Million" tax write off to scam Uncle Sam outta some more "retirement" money, knowing the shares are worthless with the company failing.

      Anyone else get their Performance Units to perform anything other than a impression of toilet paper?

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  52. Execs & management suck, here's why your benefits are being terminated - Hotwire Communications is buying out Beyond/Connection Technologies for 22 million, a letter of intent has been filed and meetings are happening to make it happen.

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  53. Disappointed that his shady scheme didn't "take" and that he wasn't able to walk off with millions of dollars after going public and selling this farce of a company? I bet. Poor Glen.

    You're mistaken that "this happens everywhere". Perhaps this was your first real job, but Connexion was a dysfunctional company with a proclivity for (in some departments) hostile working conditions. Add in to that the deceptive business practices - that does happen, but "everywhere" is quite a stretch.

    A word to the wise - if you want pity or empathy for Glen, you'd best start up a blog elsewhere. I don't think you'll find any of that here.

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  54. Why get mad, Glen only did what other shady employers do. Use opm, other people money skim off the top for his close friends and run the company in the ground. Poor concepts of managing a company. I have said for to long this was a company bound to go bottom up from its poor leadership.

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  55. Guys if there's anybody who should be talking junk is me, I have been treated so unfairly in this company and I can only blame it on my immediate superiors. Glen had nothing to do with it. I am not going to say anything negative about Glen,after all you were all enjoying your paychecks as a result of his foundation. Come on people, leave Glen alone. That was your fate and it will continue with you as long as you keep thinking this happened as a result of Glen. I have worked with too many companies and seen bs worse than this take place so I kind of have a thick skin to all of this. You all act like this is the first time you experience something bad happening in your life. You are a long way to go and you ain't seen NOTHING!!!!

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    1. Sorry you have had such a bad work history, but this is NOT THE NORM. Don't make excuses for anyone, he played a large role in all of it. Maybe you weren't all around for those days where Glen came in our office and proceeded to tell us (at least 3 times) about the sex life of one of the other employees when we were trying to work. Or the rants at 8:01 when he did desk checks and someone wasn't there yet. Or when smart people told him the truth and he blew up at them in the hallways because he didn't like the answer. I think it's fair to say that everyone has their own experience within the company and with Glen. I don't think it's much to ask that a company is run fairly and ethically and the culture that was Cnxn was Glen's creation.

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    2. I was paid for working my a$$ off 10-11 hours a day for 6 day weeks for over 18 months. This was after cnxn took over my previous employer who was successful and treated hard working staff with good benefits, RAISES (they do exist i swear) and job stability. The last 6 months at cnxn were terrible due to the stress of lay offs on the horizon and to say this has nothing to do with Glenn and his hiring of incompetents and shady business practices shows how in his pocket you really were.

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  56. MORE NEWS IS FLOODING IN! Glen has escaped Captain Planet's grasp by biting him! The toxic drool has entered into Captain Planet's blood stream and has knocked him unconscious. The Planeteers have taken Captain Planet to McDonalds to recover. Glen, being unable to enter McDonalds because it is a successful company, has headed back to his failing business!

    Glen and Megatron have issued no more benefits for the employees! Doom and gloom ricochets throughout the company as employees struggle with this news! While a group of brave CSRs tried to escape through the ceiling panels they made it to the parking lot! But disaster happened! A decepticon disguised as an angry mother goose obliterated them and they are dead! Glen and Megatron just laughed as it is more money going into their pockets with the death of a few CSRs.

    All the while the Nerdy Network guys are working diligently in blocking all outbound backside 10 meg half port forwarding messages to Glen's friend the Dark Lord Sauron from Mordor. Little does anyone know, however, that Gollum is on his way to the office as he is drawn into bad business practices and asshole CEOs and enjoys the company of child molesters.

    Stayed tuned for next time!

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  57. Had this company used more magnets, maybe it would have been successful.

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    1. Let's not forget that our sales team didn't sell s$@t. There are a lot if could haves , but how many vital people had to sit in a weekly RAPT meeting? Huge waste of time Eric Fichtner. Those meetings were nothing more than an hour and a half of us listening to Sales whine about why they couldn't do their jobs. That whole group was a joke. Christian fake ass brotherhood.

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    2. More importantly, let's not forget the 90+% penetration rate that made a property healthy. It doesn't matter what you sell - 90% is impossible. The whole thing was over the minute that number was promised to DTV.

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    3. Girl Scouts could have sold better than the almighty Max and team. More time was spent are creating spreadsheets that pointed the finger at operations than figuring out what they did wrong.

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    4. Maximus, is that fiddle playing I hear? Where is Nero?

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    5. i was on that sales team an my close rate was over 60%. Im not real sure why no one could close a sale? Its called doing your job with the tools you are given and having skills to sell that product! We all worked hard for this company and i think this is what we need to remember! Why is everyone turning on fellow co-workers? We were the foundation of this company and made it what it was! Without us where the hell would this company be? they have continued to lay off, take away from their employees, and run their business into the ground we are the winners in this situation! We are the ones who can hold our heads high and say you know what i gave that co. (however many years) i have the knowledge of DTV and Dish products and all of their services and billing under my belt i can run with it, if you choose not to thats your bad. I know im going to! Im using this as my stepping stone. Am i upset that i lost my job HELL YA! I loved my co-workers (in all call centers even tho i never met any of you face to face)! I love what i do! But this is not the end of Brandy's career with DTV! Yes Brandy from Gulf Shores! I wish you all the best in your endevors and good luck to all of you!

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    6. We really could have used some more magnets

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    7. Not just more magnets either. Wireless magnets.

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  58. >> Beyond/Connection Technologies for 22 million, a letter of
    >> intent has been filed and meetings are happening to make it
    >> happen.

    Where and/or how can this sale be confirmed?

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  59. Deal is still in the works but at this time has not been approved nor finalized

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  60. This is pretty bad folks. Glen Lang was a PoS when he was Mayor of Cary. He lied to the people and city council and he voted on matters in which he had a vested financial interest. When the city was forced to write and implement a code of ethics I stood up at the Council meeting and demanded they name it correctly: The Glen Lang Memorial Ethics Ordinance. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have needed it. Funny though, that a guy with a lot of business in front of the city council turns out to be a major financial backer of Connexion. It's almost as if Jim Goodnight was paying for "services rendered".

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  61. Everytime I think about him & some of the people in that place, I feel like I need a shower. There were some nice, very competent folks too. I can think of several kids who were hired right out of college - when they go to their next job, I hope they'll find a place that is less dysfunctional. Sure, there are politics and drama and quirks at all companies - but nothing like what the petri dish of CNXN had going on.

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  63. so what has become of all the offices and warehouses left unmanned? There are thousands of dollars of material, office furniture sitting around. If the VP would have sold off assest they would have been able to pay off some vendors.
    So since there are no longer any benefits what is there to work for?
    Glen ran the company to the ground....

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  64. What about all the vendors that were left holding the bag. Connexion owes me thousands of dollars and won't return calls. What do you think the chances are of us collecting?

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  65. Another Round of Layoffs today!!!

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  66. reports coming in that company just laid off another 46 employee's

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  67. They laid off 48 more people today.

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  68. self destruct in 5....4....3....2........

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  69. 1...kaboom, another MSO has taken over the PC properties

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  70. search for hotwire communications online, looks like they are running a ponzi as well. The URLs are very similar by the way gethotwired.com, discoverbeyond.com, goprimecast.com... hmmm very coincidental knew primecast and beyond were one in the same but wonder if hotwire was another idea to "sell" the company to.

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    1. After 2 years with that company i can say they are not one on the same

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  71. Hotwire is a legit company with crappy service just like Connexions.

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  72. Anyone know if any of the Project Management folks are still around as of today's layoffs...any?? Not that there's anything to manage, except disaster of course. :-)

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  73. Correct about the layoffs today ! Just got my Notice via email. CLASSY!!! i quess i held out hope that thinks could be or would be different???? Nope just the same. Gotta Love people that lie right to your face and all you asked was for them to be honest so that you're not left holding your pecker when the ball drops. Makes you really think about all the hard work,crazy hours, long drives, time away from your family just to get shit on by a VP that doesnt know his ass from his elbow on what he is doing !

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  74. Is not a coincidence folks.....half of the call center in pompano received offer letters to work....at hotwire within a week.......

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  75. I put almost 2 years in the gs office and when i tell you this was a hostile work environment. Believe.. rs only looked out for his son aka a manager and his sister and niece.. and as sd she would come to you and try to tell you how you should do your job but yet she was never trained and was always wrong. The company never cared about tje employees. And with the ot... correction forced ot with out any notice. 10 to 12 hour days with only a 30 min lunch and if toy were lucky a 15 min break. Again if lucky. They only thing i can say about my experience. There is if hell was on earth the gates would have nen at cnxn!!!!

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    1. i'm surprised someone as illiterate as you even could get a job....is that you orr?

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  76. Not many people left and lots of equipment to include vehicles sitting around the country. I myself got the ax today after 5 years of mid management with DisConnexions. Good luck to any that are left.

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  77. More layoffs on yesterday (April 17th). I know for certain Cary was hit again. Most of customer service was let go. They kept maybe 5 employees in that department. Not sure how many else were laid off.

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  78. It was sad to watch this happen as a 20 year vet in the industry. I meet Glen when he started the company. There was never any margin there. The business plan was flawed from the start. Connextions just had a good backer and everyone that backed them and the employees wanted it to work.

    As a 3rd party observer it was hard to watch. There were good sincere people here at this company...there were well intended investors.

    I see your frustrations and your anger...I must say the arrogance at the top...the "we have money, before the money was earned (never profitable) was blatant for all of us in the industry. You can never run these companies unless you build them from the ground up or have grow up in the industry. Residential Customer service business is a tough one. Very few PCOs make it. ILECs and MSO's have done this for decades and still cant meet expectations and keep their customers satisfied. How could Connextions ever do it with no experience, little history, very high overhead and very little at the top visional leadership? A magic pill?

    There really just isnt such things. For those of you that worked hard at this company, it was not in vein...you have learned. There is life after the "company". There are good groups on LinkedIN for the Cable, Data and Telcom industry were jobs are posted, if you want to remain in this industry (which may be hard for some of you after this experience).

    Again, it was sad to watch and it is sad to hear that good people (and there are some daum good people) on the team were caught up here. Family First...take care of them.

    Good luck Connextions Alumni...our best wishes are with the good ones of you all!

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  79. do we still get our bonus from last year?

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    2. Of course....in performance units. Enjoy!!!

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    3. I'm pretty sure Glen spent that on lawyers or hostess cakes. Smart money is on the hostess cakes.

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    4. i have lost count on how many bonuses we missed out on and told to "hang in there for". i want to say, as of this time, 3 or 4?

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    5. The last quarterly bonus was paid out in early June of 2011 nothing since but empty promises of good things for those who stay. From the February 22nd 2012 state of Connexion email. Bonuses were not eliminated but rather deferred until the company becomes self-sustaining estimated early 2013. As it looks now we are not going to even exist by the end of May or maybe even as soon as the end of April. So in the mean time enjoy the flex time and that turn Friday on its head casual Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday along with your free ULD phone line.

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  80. Why did no tell the major investor what was going on? This management and behavior would not have been tolerated.

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    1. You're talking about a guy who was already under Glen's spell. Like he would really give a shit and listen to the peons. Only successful companies listen to their peons.

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  81. no more cnxn resources in my area/region as of yesterday. The implosion is not possible but inevitable

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  82. Hey, anyone tried wiping their ASS with the Performance Units?? It's the best use I could come up with--LONG before being laid off--hope you all realized that long ago as well!

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    1. You mean the Scrute Bucks? They are worth 10 Stanley Nickels.

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  83. I will never forgive this company ever. I wish Glen Lang the worst that life can offer. Especially that RACIST Ron Nelson. The only people I feel sorry for were the REAL employees who worked. I am happy that this job worked with my schedule and I milked it until I graduated to become a nurse! Now I have a real job!

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    1. Good for you- there were so many good employees, CSR's, TSR's, etc. I would love to thank as a former Field Ops Director.

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  84. Any news on the Hotwire transaction?

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  85. From the word going around looks like it fell through

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    1. I heard the sale is still going through and they were hiring former CNXN employees- is this a false rumor?

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    2. Well dont know but I if you check out www.eprimecast.com under contact info it shows the old Pompano office but I dont know who is taking over primecast.

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  86. Somebody mentioned above that Connexion was activating receivers and putting them in a warehouse to make it look like they had more subs than they really did. What is the story with that? How long was that going on? Did DirecTV know about it? That is a recipe for disaster and a free pass to prison.

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  87. As some DirecTV executives knew about it and were complicit I really don't see how there could be formal charges forthcoming.

    This is one place where we were constantly asked to pull off the impossible and it speaks highly of the teams employed here that on so many projects we succeeded!

    Regardless of the politics, the hostile work environment and the Head Lech in charge, my skill set grew and I met some
    AMAZING people.

    I wish all of my former associates better days ahead!
    Bonnie

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  88. In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation.

    The only way anything happens is if Goodnight or the banks file complaints, which probably won't happen but should. Glen got his great ideas from Enron and Worldcom. Everyone in management knew/knows what was/is going on, but have looked the other way for their own personal gain. It is truly sad.

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  89. http://postimage.org/image/g7fw3gqdx/

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  90. I was hired in upper management and left fairly immediately because of the FRAUD that was rampant. Spoke to legal, my management ... none of them cared. The middle school clique mentality was also a joke. I thank god I could leave that place. There were good people there - but most in positions of power were wholly corrupt.

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    1. Do you want to provide info about the DTV fraud?
      If you write back.

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    2. Unless Connexion employees come clean the truth will not come out. You guys keep complaining but none of you seem willing to talk to the reporter at the Raleigh News and Observer. Glen Lang cannot hurt you, sue you, or "get even" with you. He is a coward, a foul mouthed liar and cheat but he is a coward.

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  91. Well, well, well, where would you like me to start?

    Seems like everyone's already taken the words right out of my mouth! Even though I choose to remain anonymous as I post, I think once we get to the meat and potatoes of my message, everyone reading it will know who I am.

    Everyone's already said enough about the service being lousy, and customers and paid serfs alike being treated like shit, so I won't parrot any of that. But I will say this:

    With one NOC employee dead and three more hauled off in ambulances all due to coronary emergencies brought on by insurmountable stress because being caught in a vice of manipulation between irate and abusive customers and greedy yet oblivious managment, myself included, something is just not right!!!

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  92. At which location did these emergencies happen?

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  93. John Barbara- I agree with your entire post with the exception of the first paragraph- choose your words carefully because quite frankly I have posted a few excerpts and don't believe I am "yammering" as you so colorfully described nor have some of my former colleagues. Aside from the 26,000+ ghost receivers most of us do not have any additional information and you should be directing your comments to the VP's, upper management etc. DON'T TREAD ON ME or my co-workers of which I profoundly respect. You don't like my comments get off the blog sir.

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    1. As you are not the owner of the blog it isn't your place to make any such statement as that in your last sentence.

      Neither you nor I know who all of these anonymous posters may be. There may be VP's, former VP's, or other high level managers here. I expect those individuals are lurking at the very least.

      Frankly, I hope some of you are speaking to David Ranii. I don't know that any of you are, but I hope more is happening than the pointless complaining on this blog.

      Glen Lang defrauded me, a Cary citizen, of honest and clean municipal government. I have never had the satisfaction of having that restored as Glen Lang's owner, Jim Goodnight, paid for more politicians (such as current Mayor Harold Weinbrecht and city councilor Gayle Adcock) who were willing to stay bought. A valuable investment for all parties except the regular citizens.

      The people who have been defrauded deserve the truth. Nothing more, nothing less.

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  94. I see a lot of accusations of fraud, dishonesty, unethical behavior. What;s the big deal? Doesn't Corporate America scoot away unnoticed with even more severe infractions? Connexions and those who honestly represented great innovations will build the experience and expertise of many in the industry. Just because Connexions may be gone doesnt mean that the innovations and lessons learned will be forgotten. For those that have chosen to take on the personal vendetta against those in the company I wish you luck. For it is time to move on to better things and those truly dont care about who did what and just want to get the job done, let's roll.

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    1. Wow. I hope you never sit on a jury. "What's the big deal?" and "...don't care about who did what..." would be really great things for you to tell a rape victim.

      The positives that may have been generated are not excuses to ignore the rest.

      Nice try Glen.

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  96. johnb = rick alder?

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  97. Nope, I have no idea who rick alder may or may not be. I'm not playing games or hiding my identity. I'm not a former employee or customer of Connexion's.

    Heck, I'm not Jorge Lucasa either, just a guy who knows what Glen Lang actually is. So, go ahead Glen, go on a witch hunt, I don't care and you're not going to scare or intimidate me. Just know this, I am living rent free in your head Glen. Enjoy!

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  98. Is the lawsuit just for Gulf Shores office or CNXN as a whole?

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  99. I am so going to sue you! After I take away all your Performance Units!

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  100. This is funny! Matt Springer takes a break from laying people off and/or burning evidence at Connexion to snoop on my Linkedin profile.

    Really Matt? You better be careful, being an EVP at Connexion Technologies may make you unemployable elsewhere if you don't get out now. I've had more than one former Connexion employee tell me that having that on their resume has hindered their job search.

    Laying people off via email and/or text message, that is one innovation brought to us by Connexion I think we can do without.

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  101. John B . seems to have quite an agenda.

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  102. Wow is Rick still around?

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  103. So campers, Connexion EVP Matt Springer is snooping on my linked in profile. Here's a clue Matt: it won't help you, Clubber Lang, or Connexion. A bankrupt and defunct business cannot sue anyone. Given what you, Glen, et al, have done you guys aren't gonna sue anyone. The longer you stay at Connexion the more unemployable you are making yourself in the post Connexion portion of your career.

    Why are you still there?

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  104. Connexion employees! If you can speak to any of these issues:

    1- Directv preactivations
    2- the Gulf Shores employees class action lawsuit
    3- bore holes dug under a RR without permission to carry Connexion fiber after the RR told Connextion: NO!
    4- bore hole dug through a US Army Corps of Engineer damn (here in NC) after the Corps told Connexion: NO!
    5- Any matter of unethical or illegal conduct on the part of upper management at Connexion...

    email me at jbarbara@nc.rr.com or David Ranii at the Raleigh News and Observer at dranii@newsobserver.com

    Speak anonymously, that's fine. I've been speaking with several Connexion employees already and know quite a bit about what was going on, I only posted a little at the top of this message.

    Glen Lang is inert, much like a day old fart, he cannot hurt anyone at this point.

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  105. I know about ghost accounts created by Connexions, customers names and addresses were labeled on stb and stored in warehouses.

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  106. as a tech for the company I never saw all of what was happening high above me but am glad to have gotten the experience to add to my skill set and am ready to start working again for someone else. I have been in the industry for over 10 years and am looking forward to the direction I am headed. Cant speak for the corporate duschebags:-)

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