The lack of awareness and mismanagement is shocking but not with this leadership team. Desperate people do desperate things and they are ill equipped mentally to run the company. The only thing I can surmise is that they want to gut the expense side... — read more
Stankey and Legg Should Be Ashamed
I am a seasoned, highly skilled professional and have worked for three large companies (including AT&T) during my tenure in the corporate world. This AT&T debacle is the worse thing I've ever experienced. The stress that people are enduring is... — read more
I don't know what to think, or to expect...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/economy/labor-hoarding-economy/index.html I don't usually go to CNN for news, but this popped up in my news feed, and it sounds pretty bleak. God help us all.
Starting to make more sense
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-02-21/tax-breaks-threaten-work-from-home-as-ceo-s-get-return-to-office-incentives
Report stankey and the behavior to the SEC
Question, can all of the turmoil that the board allows and Stankey puts us through be reported to some government authority? It's CLEARLY unethical behavior being done! I mean, it's crazy the true toxicity that is displayed... to actually have the... — read more
Ill Conceived, No Planning, Knee Jerk
Did anyone expect any different from the leadership that can't shoot straight and by their actions and results detests their shareholders, customers, and employees? We are looking at leadership in pure desperate panic because they are that bad at... — read more
Town hall cancelation
Our VP just canceled his RTO town hall scheduled for next week. Guess he wasn’t ready to get pummeled by RTO questions.
Office Space 2
It’s official now. Working at AT&T has become ridiculous.
Tired of after-work calls
It's so disrespectful and it's starting to deplete my morale. I can't wait to find another job so I don't get any more after-work calls. It seems that such calls are not rare here at all?
There is a lot of tribal knowledge that keeps AT&T afloat.
Forcing relocation to Dallas = playing with fire. Those who play with fire perish by it.
Just call a spade a spade
This disingenuous "hub centralization" and "return to office" initiative is a poorly disguised layoff effort. Stop lying about having to be in the office to innovate. Companies innovate all the time while having a geographically dispersed workforce... — read more
Send the letters
Implement the policy. Or don’t. It’s clear what is happening here to anyone that has a brain in their head. They can’t implement the policy as stated from the Stank edict. They understand that teams will be completely decimated. And while on... — read more
Mass Markets - June 16th Date is Pushed Back
Just got word that the letters coming out June 16th will be delayed. The new date is sometime in July. More to come...
Any word on impact to Corporate Marketing functions outside Dallas?
Relo?, RTO?, layoffs?
I don't have a chance as I am in Tulsa. But what I am instantly going to do is
switch my family plan over to Metro PCS, Visible, or Cricket. I heard all their networks are far better than ATT and I get pretty much the same rate plans at 30-40% off my ATT Employee Plan. 9 Years wasted at this company and they were wasted. Nobody... — read more
What is Yammer?
How does it work? Is it like Facebook?
Lottery Winnings June 15th!
Retirement begins with 2 year paid vacation! LMFAO
When are letters being sent to Mass Markets?
I am in the Jennifer Robertson Organization. I will probably have to find another job but just want some timelines as to when all this will shake out so I can plan. Planning and Strategy is not something the higher ups at ATT do very well so I may be... — read more
Just called EAP to talk about my anxiety.
The employee assistance program (EAP) set me up with a telehealth visit with a therapist. We talked about my anxiety about returning to office after being a teleworker for so long. We talked about the end of June notification about moving to a... — read more
Bottom Third or more of Public Sector to be let go
As part of the orgs restructuring there will be a consolidation across all segments, Federal may be somewhat less impacted. SLED, FirstNet, GEM, the lower sales performers below 80% and even some who are exceeding quota will be impacted, notices... — read more
I always find it amazing that Leadership and The Board connect their compensation
to various goals and "KPI's" that can always be fudged to a large extent with some numbers creativity. All compensation should be directly tied to the share price. Stankey is going to walk away from AT&T with well over a Quarter Billion along with... — read more
What in the world is Rule of 75?
Why is everybody suddenly talking about it?
“ AT&T, Cisco team up to provide connectivity for hybrid workforce”
What a joke - our teams are NOT going to push this cr-p!
JVB is a ####
Starts with an “s”…. Superstar. Love her she was so charismatic today. I don’t care what anybody says about having to relocate without a moving package. Nobody could deflect the CEOs comments the Bloomberg like her.
A hundred million customers, and we’re still bankrupt.
Did anyone on the SLT (senior leadership team) go to business school? We’re they all sick the day they taught the lesson on maximizing the stock price.
Tkt2
Anyone know how to get a waiver for tkt2? Is there a course or certification I could take to get it waived? If I get an associates degree will it work?
I know this is mean but follow me……. It’s funny
WHAT IF…….. CBS would halt the regular Survivor show……. And pan the cameras over to AT&T for a moment? WHO will Survive???? Inquiring minds want to know!!! Stand back folks, you can’t believer it!!! WHO can do the best PPT presentation? You thought... — read more
Disability
For everyone who MUST relocate or leave, if you have been holding off on surgery do it now while you will still have disability and healthcare benefits.
Employee relief fund
We should start an employee relief campaign to accept Donations & company matching contributions for moving expenses & housing assistance. Local directories for shared housing & native people willing to provide temporary boarding room’s. Definitely... — read more
June 22 Surplus
Confirmed Sambar organization hit with another large surplus coming. Notification on June 22nd with last day July 6th. No org announcement (AWG). Level 3/4 have been asked to not advertise or discuss much with Level 2 this time. Based on ranking... — read more
Pay Bans
Does anyone know how the pay bans are going to affect our current salaries? Are you taking a pay cut or will we maxed out on the lesser ban pushing us out? Catch 22 for sure. Or are we to leveled up with a pay increase to offset the cost to do... — read more
Sr Management wants Stock Buybakcs
On a call today, CSuite Managers diacussed this as a strat to get cash to buy back stock and that employees really don’t matter.
Job search procrastination
I'd like to tell Stankey to stick his relocation where the sun don't shine and leave but I'm not feeling motivated to look for another job. Just the idea of having to find something that pays as much and has at least as good benefits (to be honest... — read more
ATS Org FAQs reference two waves of surpluses
Search it on Insider. 1st wave for those outside of the 9 core locations to be notified in late June and reporting to office location by Dec 31st. 2nd wave for those outside of ATS’s 4 chosen hubs (Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta, NJ) will be late 2024... — read more
It hurts and I’m sad 😞
How do I deal with the anxiety and the pain of what feels like a deep betrayal? I gave everything to this place and now it’s coming to an end. I’m not ready to go. How can they reward my loyalty like this? I don’t have a future, my skills are... — read more
pension lump sum and Rule of 75
I read several previous posts where people reported their lump sum significantly increased when they hit the rule of 75. I am within a year to making the rule of 75. I am estimating my lump sum now and then also using a date after I reach rule of... — read more
Message to the Message about Chronic Trolls
Stankey and his Minions have taken Employees, Shareholders, and Customers into the gutter with his follies. He is trying to rebrand himself away from Randall as the man who is fixing things. He was Randal's right hand man and main strategist during... — read more
Benefits with Severance?
Someone had mentioned they were including health benefits along with the severance for up to 6 months. Can anyone confirm this?
NIC Contract bargaining
I’m a technician in the CWA NIC contract. Current contract expires in July. No bargaining reports yet. When does bargaining start?
Message to Chronic Trolls
To the few who spend their time on here, unfortunately behaving poorly to your fellow employees and humans, I hope you get the help you need. I am sorry if you've been hurt, but you may find it is time to move on with your life. Look inward. Find... — read more