Management threatened to coach representatives if leads are not put in.leading into coachings to termination
Massive Round of Layoffs coming in Q2
Severance going to be capped at 10 weeks. Rule of 75 eliminated Pension clawbacks
Layoffs
Anyone hearing about Q1 layoffs?
We are the best at something, after all
A few days ago I read somebody mention in a comment on an article that AT&T is the best company in the entire history when it comes to destroying hundreds of billions of dollars in value and I think I’ve never heard of a better description of AT&T in... — read more
I am just trying to live my life and raise my kids
i don't have the years of service as many do. I am not a bargained for employee. I am sitting at just over 15 years as a "manager" but have been well compensated as I see it. I am not disgruntled about pay/benefits, even though it is disheartening... — read more
With Mr. Stinkey In Charge
I see this company achieving unparalleled success. With a man of such vision and charisma who has forgot more about TV than the rest of us ever even knew, how can we not succeed? A few more of Stinkey's signature acquisitions and we could even be the... — read more
AT&T: Get out of a Sinking Ship
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4404325
Survival without respecting workers and clients?
I understand this business model less than ever. ATT doesn’t value employees, ATT doesn’t value clients, every day there are fewer and fewer of us and the clients - so what do they think this business model should be based on? Their business logic is... — read more
Hey ATT,do you now see how important customer service is?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9q74/90-year-old-att-user-wsj-ad-berate-ceo
Former CEO and retirement
I remember when Ed Whitacre retired, he was looking forward to running his bulldozer on his ranch in Enus TX. He was pulled back into the workforce by President Obama to navigate GM through their bankruptcy. Later went back to bulldozing. Why can't... — read more
DEG and CO Integration
Does anyone know what’s going on with the CO and DEG folks?? Heard they were integrating. Worried about layoffs....
2/5/21 - Just received deferred severance pay
For those who were surplused last July 2020 and chose to defer severance pay into 2021 ... well, deferred severance pay just got paid by att today, 2/5/21.
ATT does not have the ability to retain quality employees anymore?
I no longer know anyone with a lot of talent that stayed in this company. They all found better positions. It seems to me that the company has nothing left to offer to keep those people around. The worst thing is that the they did not even try to... — read more
Meet the people at AT&T, owner of CNN, who think it’s OK to loose $1B year.
Speaks volumes on why Stinky is not qualified to run a hot dog stand! Good riddance if Zucher really leaves. Zucher looses $1B a year and yet he went on and on? https://6do.news/article/3668041-41 Was a feature last night.
AT&T Stagnates Despite Its Massive Cash Generation
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4403436-t-stagnates-despite-massive-cash-generation
Just imagine if
Randall had not blown Billiions on the T mobile deal. Just imagine if he had not wasted Billions to buy a Direct Broadcast Satellite company. Our esteemed "leadership" even stated that "We have lauched our last satellite" not soon after acquiring... — read more
Sankey fix the pipes
HBO is a dumpster fire. "The little things" is terrible! Sankey needs to pursue other career interests. He knows nothing about the entertainment industry. Just a series of bad decisions.
Rename this board to The Whiner
That's all, I think it would be a more fitting name :D
AT&T Cuts Retiree Healthcare & Employee Benefits
AT&T Cuts Retiree Healthcare & Employee Benefits By techstaffer in ATT on February 2, 2021 No comments As a recruiter I’m often asked about benefit packages offered by certain companies. Over the last year there have been substantive changes... — read more
Rebadge Followup
For those that were rebadged in 2019 hows it going? Are you still with Accenture, IBM, etc? Are things better or worse than working for T?
Stankey's "Thoughts on Leadership" this week
#2 Drive Execution "Fancy presentations don't mean anything unless they are backed with results. " (like losing $15billion on an epic "buy high, sell low" play, giving your direct competitor billions of dollars in cash and spectrum and... — read more
AT&T is pushing customers into a whole new level of customer complaints
Not sure that was money well spent, but it sure made me laugh (and take notice.) "Aaron Epstein, 90, is so frustrated by his 3Mbps Internet plan that he took out a Wall Street Journal ad in today's print edition in order to post an open letter to... — read more
Att borrows 14.7B to buy Spectrum
https://telecoms.com/508489/att-borrows-14-7-billion-to-buy-spectrum/
SUPERBOWL and DTV
I dont understand why we dont push the picture quality of the DTV product we have especially with the Super Bowl upon us. Take one look at a side by side of the compressed cable product, Uverse or streaming for that matter next to a full blown HD DTV... — read more
Life AFTER VZW
Worked for VZDub 12 yrs. Took advantage of their tuition reimbursement & got my Masters degree. Did multiple projects even moved several states & never got the positions I wanted. The positions I did get either didn't come with a raise or no more... — read more
Death Star - revenge of the accountants
HR heroes announced new covid-19 policy. Company will take no substantive action to protect employees (no surprises here). New policy allows employees to record paid time off for obtaining vaccines with attestation, with the pretext that they... — read more
Super Bowl
In Atlanta is on the Cox Channel that is blocked.
Odds are that Time Warner HBO will rot and wither
Away while CrunchyRoll blows past them in value in less than 5 years.
No deal with Cox
Sometimes I really don't get the thinking of those on top. We are desperately struggling to keep subscribers as it is and they decide to pull something like this? Another 'brilliant' move by our 'brilliant' leadership... — read more
When are we going back into the office?
When are we going back into the office? Have the different orgs announced Office/remote plans?
Stankey's Reverse Midas Touch in action
AT&T sells off a brand that Stankey sees no future for. A month later: "Crunchyroll is also announcing that the global brand has surpassed the four million subscriber milestone in January, just six months after breaking the three million... — read more
What is The Vision of ATT?
Long Time Employee and I cant answer that question. That is a huge problem for the Company and Wall Street. Share price says ATT is a dead man walking in its current state. All that capital vaporized when we could have become Verizon Network on... — read more
To people who keep complaining
You basically have three options to choose from. You can continue to complain and make a fuss and be generally miserable at your job. Or you can continue to work hard and try to get some satisfaction from knowing you're giving it your best. Or you... — read more
Retirement and Severence
If I get surplussed can I retire and still get severance and my retirement benefits? I'm 57 and have 25 years. Not sure what to do??? Rumor has it they may cut retiree benefits in 2023 anyway so if that's true no point in leaving since I'll... — read more
T CEO: print media is our future
Dallas (Newswire) - AT&T CEO and President John Stankey is not exactly the kind of person who walks into an interview unnoticed. Wearing snake leather boots befitting his role as benevolent dictator over a media empire and towering over the coffee... — read more
AT&T Math
leave it to the comp plan people.. and the people who use the most crazy weighted system to gauge actual customer satisfaction against her own employees. like a lot. like heavily. I really hope there is head rolling accountability.. AT&T Style going... — read more
Victims of AT&T unlimited-data throttling get only $22 in settlements
Good to know we're not the only ones getting screwed over by AT&T... AT&T has agreed to a $12 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over its throttling of "unlimited" mobile data plans. As usual, refunds to individual customers amount to a... — read more
Turnover is getting worse
We've always had a high turnover but this is reaching extreme levels - and there's a pandemic going on and a lack of available jobs! It's a rather damning statement against the company when you realize people would rather deal with a broken economy... — read more
Around Feb 18 approximately 1000 employees due to get surplus letter in Financial Billing Organization (FBO). Have any of you been extended?
Lots of talk that several areas are not ready at Accenture to take over full time. Not surprising Accenture is not up to speed. It's either risk them making billing mistakes or delay the transfer and extend people. Any comments on this?
I feel like this is relevant when contemplating future layoffs
Interesting article, could there be a future "off grid" scenario occur? Are younger crowds being repulsed by the total lack of basic etiquette, manors, decency and respect that occurred in days gone by? Hopefully we can all take a step back and... — read more