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11-26-2007, 10:10 AM
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Although the merger between Sprint and Nextel first began nearly three years ago, a Washington Post reporter (http://www.redding.com/news/2007/nov/25/sprint-nextel-divided-company/) says that the two companies never really merged. Sure, they began operating under the same shared name and streamlined jobs (by pitting employees from each company against one another to eliminate duplicated positions) but they never really merged the very different cultures that each company came to the merger with.
Employees from both companies say that a serious distrust of employees from the other company continues to pervade the workplace at Sprint Nextel to this day. There is hope that the recent resignation (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/88254) of Sprint s Gary Foresee has made way for new leadership that can bring the companies together under more united managerial conditions. Acting CEO Paul Saleh has made some efforts to encourage that attitude amongst employees. But for now, the report says, the company remains divided.
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Although the merger between Sprint and Nextel first began nearly three years ago, a Washington Post reporter (http://www.redding.com/news/2007/nov/25/sprint-nextel-divided-company/) says that the two companies never really merged. Sure, they began operating under the same shared name and streamlined jobs (by pitting employees from each company against one another to eliminate duplicated positions) but they never really merged the very different cultures that each company came to the merger with.
Employees from both companies say that a serious distrust of employees from the other company continues to pervade the workplace at Sprint Nextel to this day. There is hope that the recent resignation (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/88254) of Sprint s Gary Foresee has made way for new leadership that can bring the companies together under more united managerial conditions. Acting CEO Paul Saleh has made some efforts to encourage that attitude amongst employees. But for now, the report says, the company remains divided.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprint-and-Nextel-Never-Really-Merged-89731)