I'm a non-bargained/manager (not supervisor) in district 6 and last time I went on strike training was in January 2017 for the March 2017 contract expiration. I understand that was a four-year agreement which puts the next expiration....now. But I've... — read more 

For those of us who are eligible only until the end of 2021 to retire with company subsidized retiree health insurance, AT&T has offered financial planning services by AYCO, at no cost to the employee. There is an online group seminar as well as... — read more 

After DTV, I wonder what’s next going to be sold? I completely agree with someone who said that ATT does not know how to use Time Warner at all and that it is very possible that this will be the next step. And then CNN, it would come as no... — read more 

Everything that has been going on with ATT lately, all the moves, are absolutely more ego driven than anything else. How else to interpret everything that happens? They don’t seem to be aware of the risks this has for the business. Ego will not help... — read more 

Aren't we due a reorganization? By my calculations, we'll be getting an announcement before the end of next quarter.This leadership loves acquisitions and reorganizations. There's never follow through but that never stopped them before so I don't... — read more 

They are telling me I won’t be getting my auto pay discount of $10 per line because I have the Retirement Discount...can’t have both. anyone know if this is true.

Sued by the SEC. https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/10/att-is-getting-sued-by-the-sec-should-investors-be/?source=eptyholnk0000202&utm_source=yahoo-host&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article&yptr=yahoo

Why doesn’t AT&T throw in 6 months of free HBOMAX with the purchase of a smartphone?

So big news with IHX. They are expanding in foot print areas with new hubs and directors even but about to slash or eliminate a lot of out of footprint areas. If you are in a out of footprint area if your hub does less than 250 a month say good bye!... — read more 

CWA revenue declined over several years because there is not enough effort in the fight for jobs. Membership is nearly 1/3 of what it once was. Call Center jobs eliminated or off-shore for less pay. Local CWA will either survive through organizing... — read more 

Someone sold Randall and Stankey dream of being next Amazon and Google where advertising will be biggest driver of revenue if they purchased Time Warner. They kept talking ad revenue. Created a entity named Xander. It was all the gibberish... — read more 

RS is nothing but a glorified accountant. He does not have an engineering or finance background. The guy did not even perform a good ROI calculation on Directv and TW acquisition. The ROI calculations shows that T grossly overpaid for these... — read more 

Why do you care? Are you getting paid? That's all that matters. You can not, nor will, make a pinch of difference. They will spend $50,000 to save a dime. You people here for some self fulfillment or accolades or to make a difference will get a... — read more 

So the new directive in the gulf states is to add signature discounts at all costs. Going so far as to to add AARP discounts to anyone availible. So now we convince customers to pay $12/year to enroll and we have to go onto the AARP website and... — read more 

I can understand the hate AT&T and those in charge get for the TW acquisition, but that was actually a good move at the time. The problem was that once it was here, nobody knew what to do with it (and yes, I count mister "I'm the smartest when it... — read more 

Randy nearly destroyed AT&T during his tenure here with bad decisions and he gets rewarded for it with a place on Walmart's board. Over and over again he proved to be an incompetent leader and yet he gets rewarded for it. There really are two sets of... — read more 

Stankey was the driving force in buying DTV at that ridiculous device and then managed that business as it continuously declined. Then bought Time Warner where he drive out the talent to the point that HBO is no longer thought of as a leader as... — read more 

There is ABSOLUTELY no way in hell any CEO for any company should be making 3000 times the amount of the average employee. They’ve done a great job over the years conditioning the Pleb’s that this is normal and we should just genuflect at the Alter... — read more 

I'm happy to say I didn't watch (waste my time on) any of the LwD videos. I would just log in, hit play, then mute and minimize, and enjoy my lunch while I watched Golf Channel, or Price is Right on my U-Verse tv at my desk! Survey was always 5's... — read more 

Can someone explain this deal please?? Nett worth of ATT before the deal ( 2015) was say X based on ATT's book value w/o good will. Nett worth of ATT after the DTV+TW deal was Y-debt(150B$?) where Y is the combined book value w/o GW. .. — read more 

In Oct 2019 it was announced approximately 1200 jobs were outsourced to Accenture. Over that period many have left through MVO or attrition. A large number got their 14 day notice on Feb 22 and leave tomorrow. The billing problems and Accentures... — read more 

Randall S. Joins Walmart board (to destroy it with brilliant acquisition strategies?)

Anyone else hear news on this

It looks like Elliott is buying more T stock last week

I’m not promoting any company here, just thought for those caught up in the 2021 retirement issue might be interested in listening. I hope the link works... — read more 

How many people believe that Randall Stephenson's salary and retirement package reflected the market value of his contribution to shareholder wealth? Because that is the fairytale that we have been told to believe that justifies income inequality... — read more 

CNBC: SEC accuses AT&T of selectively sharing investment info with analysts. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/sec-accuses-att-of-selectively-sharing-investment-info-with-analysts.html

SEC has filed a law suit. These execs at AT&T are corrupt, underhanded and liars. They think employees should be removed- the Board and execs should be... — read more 

Just as someone has already written, this company has made historically bad decisions. Ever since I started working here, I couldn’t help but wonder about some of their business moves. Every one of them went to the detriment of this company and that... — read more 

What does the future hold for us legacy DTV techs? This company continues to treat us the sh*t, now we have to try and build up our brand and probably be tossed out like garbage!

In response to this earlier Posting: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/19D8mt19 I retired in 2018 as a Level-2 Manager. Today (03-05-2021), I also received a letter in the mail announcing that the BASIC Life Insurance has been reduced to a Flat... — read more 

Pure leadership genius: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/3/22310994/att-directv-uverse-spinoff-sale-television-hbo-max-deal "Six years, 54,858 layoffs, two mergers, and nearly $175 billion later, AT&T is only marginally closer to streaming TV... — read more 

Yes linear tv and cord cutting are real. But the biggest drag on DirecTV the product has been AT&T, hands down. Upper management for the spinoff have a cohesive idea what needs to be done to salvage what's left, and the alluded to top priority is... — read more 

The longer you work for T the more you realize no one cares about your career. I’ve been here for over 3 years and what I've learned in that time is that the company does the OPPOSITE of what they say or promise. As a nice little bonus, management... — read more 

The rumor about Microsoft buying ATT made me laugh, but on the same thread someone mentioned that they still believe that some segments of the company will be sold off. I doubt that could happen, at least not in the near future, but I am... — read more 

This company forces people to leave on their own by taking away their benefits. I certainly didn’t work here because I liked the toxic atmosphere, the stress, and being overwhelmed with work, but because of some benefits. Little separates ATT from... — read more 

Because of this, I wanted to leave the company shortly after I started working here: The hardest part, in my opinion, is feeling that your work doesn’t really matter. You will work on a project for months for it to die. After a while, it can... — read more 

Everything and everybody that can be cut will be cut. Everything and everybody that can be outsourced will be outsourced. We'll keep gambling by acquiring even more companies in hopes one of them will prove to be the magic bullet we've been... — read more 

Himself. They will have to vastly overpay for mediocre talent and the A listers are snubbing ATT productions.