Cucumber Communications Brings Unemployment Relief to Former WorldCom Employees.Business Editors LAKEWOOD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002 In the wake of the largest bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most in US history, WorldCom has left 17,000 people unemployed. Although not unprecedented in the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry, when 17,000 employees are involuntarily in·vol·un·tar·y adj. 1. Acting or done without or against one's will: an involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument. 2. terminated, the industry is inevitably flooded with job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. . In an effort to assist the thousands of employees who have lost their source of income, Cucumber Communications, a growing provider of long distance phone service, is giving these 17,000 men and women an opportunity to put their skills to use. The company has spent the last few days gearing up to hire thousands of people in remote locations, allowing them to telecommute See telecommuting. if necessary. A special section has been added to their web site, and an accelerated training program is being made available to assist every former WorldCom employee who wants to get back to work. Due to low rates and exceptional service as well as keeping their expenses and overhead to a minimum, Cucumber Communications is quickly becoming the choice of thousands of business and residential customers. "It's only natural for us to consider the unfortunate predicament Predicament Dancy, Captain Ronald must persecute friend to save own skin. [Br. Lit.: Loyalties, Magill I, 533–534] Gordian knot inextricable difficulty; Alexander cut the original. [Gk. Hist. of the many laid off employees of a competitor", says Liz Schon, customer service rep for Cucumber. "After all, fully one hundred percent of this company's profits are used to send underprivileged children to excellent schools." Rather than offering them simple jobs, Cucumber is giving former WorldCom employees a complete training program to make them full-fledged authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: agents of the company. "This way, they can get a piece of the action," says Rachel Rappaport, Vice President of Operations. Some will become agents for life; others may join for a few months, reestablish their confidence, consider their options, and move on. That's fine. "We just want them to be able to get back on their feet quickly," says Rappaport. Former WorldCom employees may download all required forms from www.800cucumber.com. To ensure proper training, support, and a smooth transition for the thousands of anticipated newcomers, Cucumber Communications is not accepting any new agent applications from non-WorldCom employees for the next ninety days. |
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