I’ve noticed that people scared of layoffs are mostly those who are very loyal to the company and don’t like to get out of their comfort zone. Slaves of habit. On the other hand, I continuously changed jobs throughout my working life and worked in... — read more
AT&T denial of bonus
I resigned from AT&T towards the end of August 2020 and I was surprised to note that the company has denied giving me a CPI pro-rated bonus for my 8 months of time at AT&T. I worked so hard throughout all my years at AT&T and particularly in 2020 for... — read more
T to evaluate pension obligations every quarter of 2021 ...
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20210409297/att-to-record-28-billion-gain-on-its-pension-obligations-in-the-first-quarter What do these statements (in quotes) mean: Shares of AT&T Inc. (T) gained 0.2% in premarket trading Friday... — read more
Sell! Sell! Sell!
Cramer's latest advice surrounding AT&T stock. https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/at-t-s-charts-are-just-treading-water-15622700?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo
Wire tech bonus District 3
Earlier this year there were rumors of a $4500 bonus for wire techs in September of 2021. Nothing official has ever been sent out by the company regarding said bonus. Was this rumor BS? Anyone have info regarding the bonus?
Within a few years as the credit rating improves
ATT will blow some cash rack up debt on another st—d acquisition outside of their core network competency. June 17th 2024, ATT Acquires Maverick 5G Autonomous Company for $37B. What was the name of the Digital Home Business, Digital Life! Dopes... — read more
Puzzling choice
I read today Veronica Bloodworth took a job at Frontier. Anyone close to her know why? Forntier is in Chapter 11, its a poorly run company (sounds familiar)
How long will it take?
I know we are in the middle of an ongoing workforce reduction but there's got to be an end in sight, right? It's been going on for a while now, how much longer will it take to reach the desired headcount? I hate having to worry about possible layoffs... — read more
Amdocs will ruin ATT with cheapshit, sub-standard H1B junk
They bribe the ATT management ranks and push their billable resources as much as they can. Most of them are H1B junk who cannot even speak a correct line of English nor write a line of code
How much does ATT value your ideas?
I tried to be creative until I realized that ATT doesn't have much interest in anyone's ideas. It used to be completely different, it was in the company's interest to have people bring in fresh ideas, but unfortunately that is no longer the case... — read more
TPG DirecTV
How long after TPG starts managing DirecTV until workforce adjustments?
COU
Anyone know what level accessory only orders go to for approval?
Tmobile is going to chip away at ATT Revenue and
Margins from here on out. TMobile is cheaper and better and HBO Max just isnt a draw to offset those ATT Wireless bliated prices. Stankey is a bum!
No-notice layoffs
I know a few people who were laid off in the past several months with no notice whatsoever. They are still pi—dat how it was done and why they weren't given any advance notice. I actually envy them. The last time when we knew ahead there would be... — read more
I have no work-life balance while working from home.
I’m a little surprised with the number of people praising work from home. I’ve been working from home for a little more than a year and since then I can say that it’s impossible for me to find any work-life balance. Don’t get me wrong, I always... — read more
You love to see it
I doubt it'll have any effect, but still... Shareholder Service ISS Slams WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s 2020 Pay Package; Recommends Vote Against AT&T Compensation Plan At Annual... — read more
AT&T executives excel at making money for themselves.
Make money for the company? But why? Executives enrich themselves not companies. And nobody does it with more devious skill than the C-suite at AT&T... — read more
Everything has to be complicated?
I don't understand why everything has to be so complicated in this company. I could have done a lot in a much simpler way, but no, ATT always asks that it be done in an absolutely more complicated way. At least that's my impression. My superior... — read more
Pension Gain
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/att-to-record-28-billion-gain-on-its-pension-obligations-in-the-first-quarter-2021-04-09 How does this affect those of us who retired with a pension?
I used to love my work
Working in television was always my dream so even with the problems we had, I was happy. Then AT&T acquired us. I went from being confident that my job was safe to constantly thinking whether I'll still have a job the following day. TW might have not... — read more
Does ATT have details on when Cobra payments will be paid by stimulous
Does ATT have details on when my April thru sept Cobra will be paid by the stimulous?
How many more will have to be layed off because of King Kong vs. Godzilla?
I could not make it 10 minutes into King Kong vs. Godzilla. I am not sure which is worse, Kong or Wonder Woman 1984? Yeah Stinky knows more about movies than anyone else! He knows how to drive off talent and produce c@ppy movies! So how many... — read more
How do we get rid of people without calling it layoffs?
There are "layoffs" here every day, constantly. Even though I haven't received the official layoff notice, every day they’re sending it to me in much more subtle ways. They actually do everything to get rid of a certain number of people, and to... — read more
How much is the work experience at ATT valued?
A friend who went to a new company told me that when he started working in a new company he was not even aware of how far ATT lags behind in some things. Right at the beginning he had big problems in the new company because in a short time he had to... — read more
If anyone was Surplused or laid off in the Central - South Florida Area
Teleforce is actively hiring technicians to pull cable and do Telecommunications work in Central Offices. It is a contract job but they are hiring immediately. The acquisition is located on LinkedIn.
Direct TV Content and Programming
The hypocrisy is incredible as The Company's Social Justice promotes certain programming like Sopranos, The Wire, Eastbound and Down, Sex and the City or Adult Content like Daddy Jackhammers the Nanny or Mommy Uses the Rear Door. Hey we promote... — read more
How far have you progressed since leaving ATT (in every sense)?
When they told me I wasn't needed here anymore, I thought it was the worst thing that could have happened to me. A few months after that, I am employed in a company where I am better paid, I work less for more, I have better health benefits and I... — read more
El Segundo office relocating to Dallas and Atlanta
To force relocations and layoffs? Anyone hearing that rumor? I like to imagine Brooke Baldwin and Poppy Harlow having a cat fight wearing strapons. Can Atlanta office handle that influx or is it simply to axe high cost employees?
Masters
I’m sure the c-suite execs are enjoying themselves in Augusta on the company tab!!
Engineering department
How safe are employees at AT&T engineering department? When's the last time there were layoffs there? Is it usually the new people who are cut first? I got an offer and I'm considering joining but my current position comes with a reasonable amount of... — read more
AT&T Aquires Another Company
Dallas Business Wire 4/1- AT&T Chairman John Stankey announced today that AT&T has acquired the Royal Typewriter Company for 5 Billion dollars in an all cash transaction. Stankey said this aligns nicely with past strategic investments of older... — read more
Retiree Direct tv and mobility discounts
Im retiring soon and want to know the discounts for retiree on Directtv and mobility accounts
Time Warner and Stankey, Cable Cos and Michael Armstrong
Pay a huge premium for something you dont understand, get under the hood, pull wires, smash parts, drain the oil and then have a fire sale of piece parts. Then many of those piece parts go on to become successes outside of the ATT management. Same... — read more
Ex ATT Wonder Woman of Credit Suisse a main player
In the Hedge Fund blow up costing the bank $8 to $10B in losses. Stankey and Stevenson can call Lara Warner and tell her that is chump change and that they have her covered 25X over in costing ATT shareholders $200 to $250B with T-Mobile, Direc TV... — read more
First Net to fall next?
I’ve been hearing about service interruptions and billing errors (shocking) with First Net, and many customers switching to Verizon’s offering. Another failed AT&T product?
The average tenure now: pro et contra?
It is true that the average tenure has decreased significantly and that it now lasts only as long as it is enough for a person to learn a few things and go looking for something better for themselves (on average 5 years). Some people see a big... — read more
Question about retiree subsidized medical
Are spouse’s and family covered with the subsidized medical if you retire prior to reaching 65 I ‘m pretty sure they are at least under the current contract but Not 100% on this Legacy T. TIA
ATTN RETIREES: 4/1/21 Pension Payment not reflecting proper reduction in Medical premiums after going on MEDICARE effective 4/1/21
Is any other retirees experiencing this problem? ATT Benefits Center says it is a Fidelity problem and has recieved several complaints like this. Fidelity says it is an ATT Benefits Center problem and claims Medical premium payments are paiid... — read more
X Williams should have got that position over Chow
I think it was a slap in the face for X. Williams to not be promoted to the role a. chow is in. He was the face of business for years and now she's struggling...o.k. should have been a no brainer. But there are no brains sitting at the top