T-Mobile backtracks on latest Uncarrier move following subscriber backlash It looks like T-Mobile will keep "playing that game" after all. The nation's scrappiest wireless carrier saw*intense customer backlash late last week when it an**unced that it was eliminating its employer discount program that offered big discounts to subscribers who work at one of*many large companies. Positioned as a move that would level the playing field and offer T-Mobile's standard pricing to all customers, CEO John Legere said that the old employer discount program was "designed to help big carriers close big corporate contracts, with employees as bargaining chips."