Today, T-Mobile CEO John Legere handed out The Magentees – awards for the best (and by that, we mean worst) carrier shenanigans in 2018.
Introducing #TheMagentees
If you know me, you know I like to take the occasional jab at my competitors. But as 2018 comes to a close, I want to put that aside and give credit where credit is due by handing out some awards... Allow me to introduce #TheMagentees! Winners announced this afternoon!! ud83cudfc6ud83cudfc6ud83cudfc6 pic.twitter.com/jdWbh3GdaM
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 26, 2018
The Green-ish Award: Verizon
ud83cudfc6 Congrats @Verizon for committing to 50% clean energy by 2025, you are literally half-assing it. We said we’d donate $1.5M to the Nature Conservancy if you and @ATT joined us in our commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2021, but no worries. We still donated more than $700k ud83dude09 pic.twitter.com/I3W0nmYJNZ
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 26, 2018
Least Happy Employees Award: Dish
ud83cudfc6 Glassdoor calls @dish one of worst companies to work for with a 2.6 rating. Meanwhile, @TMobile topped 'great place to work' lists 30+ times this year, including Forbes, Fortune, Glassdoor & more. And listed as a top employer for women, Hispanics, diversity, LGBTQ...nbd ud83dude09 pic.twitter.com/ZlcIz0hClD
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 26, 2018
Most Congested Network Award: Verizon
ud83cudfc6 Another list topped by @Verizon – you’ve got the most congested network in wireless at 57% capacity! Congrats!! So proud of you ud83dude18 (BTW, @TMobile is least congested at 28%... and our 600 MHz ecosystem is growing, live in 1,500+ cities... and we have 27 devices that support it) pic.twitter.com/u15wKWNWCf
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 26, 2018
The Asterisk Award: Verizon and AT&T
ud83cudfc6 Yay! Dual winners! @Verizon got cute & created their own 5G* standards... @ATT’s idea of 5G is basically LTE. Our proposed merger with @Sprint will supercharge the #Uncarrier, create REAL broad and deep nationwide MOBILE 5G, create ud83cuddfaud83cuddf8 jobs and increase global competitiveness! pic.twitter.com/Dv8jUKL09M
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 26, 2018
WTH (What The Hike?) Award: AT&T
ud83cudfc6 @ATT raised rates on grandfathered unlimited plans for the THIRD time! All the biz customers that fled their network are enjoying @TMobileBusiness ud83dude0e whose customers have been named most satisfied in wireless for two straight years by @JDPower ud83dude09 pic.twitter.com/DSsExDrfGN
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 27, 2018
Most Ironic Super Bowl Ad: Verizon
ud83cudfc6 @verizon launched that feel-good Super Bowl ad focused on emergency responders... then infamously throttled their data ud83dude43 @TMobile gave $8.5M in 2018 to support youth, disaster recovery, environment, vets & more. Oh, and net proceeds from my cookbook go to Feeding America ❤ pic.twitter.com/El6C2wUgiZ
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 27, 2018
Most Hated Industry Award: The Cableopoly
ud83cudfc6 The Cableopoly came in DEAD LAST in this year’s customer satisfaction report... an even lower rating than last year! We launched #TeamofExperts ud83dudc6b and eliminated bots, bouncing and BS to pave the way for the rest of wireless!
Might be time to Un-cable the cable industry… ud83eudd14 pic.twitter.com/rAsOFoJDot
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 27, 2018
Stay tuned Thursday morning, as John announces his 2019 predictions!
Speaking of the future… stay tuned tomorrow because I’m publishing my 2019 predictions blog!! I see a big year for @TMobile right around the corner ud83dudd2eud83euddd9ud83cudffb♂️ You won’t want to miss it!! pic.twitter.com/24t53F0y4e
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) December 27, 2018