Topics regarding layoffs at AT&T

Topics regarding layoffs at AT&T

Century link selling its copper

https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/centurylink-selling-copper-network-in-20-states-instead-of-installing-fiber/%3famp=1

TPG

PT in Nevada. So we were told that direct tv was bought out. My manager told us some months ago that nothing would change for us. Now management is saying that all PTs are going to TPG. My union was very confused about this. Can anyone help with... — read more 

No Benefit to Working in Office

I’ve seen no benefit to working in office in office vs WFH. We have proven to be as or more productive due to avoidance of commuting, a bit more sleep, opportunity to take meaning exercise breaks and actually working more hours productively. If AT&T... — read more 

AT&T Management Severance Package 2021

Yesterday, August 3rd, 2021 Anne Chow and team announced that there are currently no plans for a Layoff Package in 2021. It will be so interesting to see if that remains or is added to the corporate playbook.

Be honest

Would you really be willing to quit if you have to return to the office? I know many are currently talking a big game, but when push comes to shove, I think the majority if not all will follow the rules and start coming in without too much fuss. If... — read more 

wfm/office

drop your title or position and if you are required to go to office or preeminently wfh. with the variant do you think we will still be required to have office presence

DirecTV breaks free from AT&T

I love the title of this article, it says it all. I think everybody working here is looking for a way to break free of this place. Six years after AT&T swallowed DirecTV with ambitious plans to modernize the satellite TV business, the telephone... — read more 

What's your reason?

People who don't have marketable skills staying at AT&T I can understand, but if you are among those who do have them, what's your excuse? Fear? Apathy? Something else? With so many available jobs right now I can't wrap my head around people who have... — read more 

Vrio sell, ATT Mexico next?

Is AT&T Mexico relevant on the market? Since they ditching Vrio, why keep AT&T Mexico with its awful service and constant waste of capital and time?

How´s your Workforce 2020 going?

Incompetent hierarchy Musical chairs Change role and position before it gets ugly Micromanagement Simulated career paths Work based on escalations Ar-e licking, the more the "better" Poor decisions after poor decisions The senseless and ridiculous... — read more 

Management Lump Sum Rumor

Can anyone confirm the rumor that the the Management Lump Sum Pension option will be ending at the end of 2022.

COR/Hazard pay

Even more so now, hazard pay needs to come back! With customers coming into Retail stores already frustrated from either being on the phone with over seas customer service (pi---d) etc, we have customers yanking mask from the tongs and cursing! ... — read more 

Back to work? Mandate vaccine

Is AT&T still planning to send back its union workers on September 30th? That is when we are tentatively supposed to go back. Also was wondering if AT&T is planning to mandate the vaccine for its workers. Any rumors? Don’t see how we can go... — read more 

I Smell A Rat

Just heard that Voluntary Retiree Life Insurance will be offered in the fall. My bet is that they are throwing retirees a bone as a supposed improvement in benefits when at the same time reduce/eliminate retiree health care benefits. Just wait and... — read more 

Better or Worse than six years ago???

I retired about six years ago as a non-Texas management employee with 30 years. I thought the environment for the ten years prior to retirement was very toxic but it seems like things have only gotten worse based on the comments on this website. I... — read more 

Target Salary Range restored??

Today, My boss handed me later saying my upper max # increased by 30%. We all know HR reduced upper number by 10% few months back companywide. I wonder whether HR is restoring/increasing TSR companywide?? May be due to higher inflation??... — read more 

Why Stinky and the board do what they do

Although BlackRock has a controlling interest in all the major corporations in the S&P 500, it professes not to “own” the funds. It just acts as a kind of “custodian” for its investors — or so it claims. But BlackRock and the other Big 3 ETFs vote... — read more 

How many have had it up to here?

Not the Bell Telephone System of old. Most tenured employees have had/seen enough. Not at all the company they signed on for. No one wants to be associated with the current rendition of T. The only folks not ashamed of the current T is those with... — read more 

AT&T Management Severance Package 2021

I've done my time and will leave T by 11-15-21 at the latest. I'm no longer certain that they'll be any more Incentive Packages this year. Either way, I'm headed into the sunset ladies and gents. Let me know if you happen to hear rumblings about any... — read more 

Lump sum pension before retirement

I've been with the company 23 years and am 45 years old. I don't meet the rule of 75 but not sure my sanity can take it any longer. If I leave, I get my lump sum pension. Does anyone know how much different the pension payout is if I leave this... — read more 

Migration????

So i may have heard they want to move at&t prepaid to cricket.....very soon.....anyone else hear this???

MY CONCERN ABOUT REPEATED LAYOFFS AT T ...

In an act of desperation to cut cost at T today because of bad business deals in the past Will Rogers once said : wait until everything hits the fan when the older guys start retiring in a few years .

Paradox of older executives.

Stankey is no spring chicken yet he seems to have an aversion to his own age cohort. Why? Is it just that Gen Z is inexpensive to hire and is full of youthful enthusiasm for challenges despite their lack of experience? Does Stankey not see himself as... — read more 

Young people still love working here

No matter how many people leaves and how many are cut by the company AT&T will always have plenty of people to choose from as replacements. Younger generations (20-somethings) still love working here. Ask any of the new hires, nine out of ten will... — read more 

It's not all bad news

Good news, everyone! LinkedIn has released their first installment of the top companies to work for by city, and in Atlanta the number three best company is T! Commence the celebrations. I expect every Atlanta T person to send Stink an email... — read more 

WHAT'S UP WITH THIS ...

I worked for AT&T and my phone was free for decades . However , when I retired they started charging me $5 a month for my landline phone benefit and my taxes on it is another $7 .......C'mon man .

Things have gone too far

Is there anything that can stop this leadership from further destroying the company? It’s sad what they’re doing and things have really gone too far. It is not normal when the situation becomes such that employees start guessing what the next bad... — read more 

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