Why CEOs Should (Almost) Never Pick Their Replacement Chief executives too often have a bias for preserving their legacy, rather than forging the right direction for the... — read more
Who Will succeed JS? Even more important who will be the next Chairman?
The next chairman will be an executive chairman and will be a company employee. More importantly he/she will be JS boss (unless JS becomes Chairman - gasp!!!). When RS leaves at the end of the year his successor will determine the direction of the... — read more
Another Lawsuit at Warner Brothers Entertainment
https://www.accesswire.com/609929/Lawsuit-Filed-by-Female-Executive-with-31-Years-of-Employment-Terminated-by-Warner-Bros-Entertainment-after-Complaining-of-s-xism
Who will succeed JS?
Who is even remotely qualified and WILLING to take on this mess? Seriously wondering.. Any candidates?
AT&T CEO: Our goal for HBO Max is to be different
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/05/27/incoming-att-ceo-hbo-max-streaming-service-squawk-box.html
T-Mobile Gains and expands LTE broadband to rural areas 'abandoned' by AT&T
https://www.engadget.com/t-mobile-home-lte-dsl-shutdown-092235265.html
DirectTV .Sold! for 15 Billiion and AT&T keeps the Long term Debt of the aquisition
DirecTV generates earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of approximately $4.5 billion, and potential buyers are offering 3.5 times that amount. That would translate into an offer of $15.75 billion, according to the... — read more
No one at AT&T checked with Roku, or Fire TV before deploying HBOMAX......Why?
HBOMAX project inexperience caused to "Failing to plan syndrom" exposed the project to unpredictable high risks and problems according to ingternal emails. Now they are trying to figure out how to solve the "HBOMAX problem" Access from direct... — read more
Oh Oh! The roosting will commence
https://fortune.com/2020/10/07/att-selling-directv-investors-elliott-management/
You almost have to try to be so bad! At everything...
https://fortune.com/2020/10/09/hbo-max-warnermedia-layoffs-streaming-subscribers/
AT&T’s WarnerMedia is preparing to cut costs by as much as 20%. Layoffs expected to begin in the coming weeks:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/warnermedia-plans-thousands-of-job-cuts-in-restructuring-11602182057 If paywalled use: https://archive.is/g5Qmo WarnerMedia Plans Thousands of Job Cuts in Restructuring Changes at owner of HBO, Warner Bros. seek... — read more
AT&T Selling DIRECTV: What’s Likely to Happen?
AT&T Selling DIRECTV: What’s Likely to Happen? https://tvanswerman.com/2020/10/08/att-selling-directv-whats-likely-to-happen/ A deal to a deal.
Warner Media To Cut Costs 20% By Laying Off Thousands
We've seen this pattern too many times before - 1) Buy a successful, dynamic company with a happy, motivated work force 2) Lay off many of the employees while making work life hell and destroying the morale of those that remain 3) completely... — read more
seriously, how can everything this leadership team touch turn to c-ap?
the law of averages state even the biggest mo–n could something right. this company continues to defy the odds, but not in a good way
I had a great career at T, even though the last 10 years were bad, and the last 5 absolutely horrid
I feel bad for the next generation, how are these kids going to have a decent life and career, and I don’t just mean at T?
300+ stores closing article
https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/att-puts-hundreds-more-stores-on-chopping-block
Question?
Does anyone buy anything from t these days anymore? I mean, is the only reason they have customers because of unexpired contracts? I mean, I get 25mb internet from Cox for $29mo, cell service from mint for $15 per mo., google voice for VOIP for... — read more
Warner Media to lay off thousands
There’s an article on Marketwatch that AT&T is scheduled to lay off thousands as part of a reStructuring
Spitcanned and loving it
I got my surplus notice in late Aug, with a 60 day runway to look for an internal transfer. I sent in about 30 applications through career path and was notified that I had made the cut for 23 of them and would be interviewing for 11. But since this... — read more
Motley Fool
https://www.fool.com/amp/investing/2020/10/08/could-att-cut-its-dividend/
HBO Max to be sold....
in 5 years after T ruins and chases all the customers away like they did to DTV.
Wall Street not happy with Stanky
I literally just watched a bit on CNBC, where the topic was AT&T media and streaming services, and Stanky’s inability to find success. Speculation is that his time is limited. How the hell did we get stuck with these losers?
Elliot not happy with Stank
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4378058-t-passed-on-growth
Stay in your lane
man am i glad I got out in 2013. Was a L4 in wireless and didn't like the direction. From the botched T mobile deal, to Direct TV, Warner, etc. Had they stayed in their core business, wireless, data, fiber, and yes Uverse, I believe they would... — read more
Insider News!
AT&T's tentative agreement, DirectV to be sold for 12B plus $18 billion in debt down to 16B. The Deal & information will be released Oct 22nd along with their quarterly results.
Enrollment
Better use your own personal computer for enrolling. Remember, every key stroke is logged and stored, including your personal data.
working from home watching CNBC
and cramer and the gang are making fun of AT&T and calling them incompetent. cant even make this stuff up. this company is a walking nightmare. but i'll WFH -like i have for the past 7 years and not do much. collect a check.
Will Stankey conitinue to deny this...
"AT&T (T) – AT&T is pushing ahead with an auction of its DirecTV unit despite lower-than-expected bids, according to a source who spoke to the New York Post. The first round of bids is said to value the unit at well below $20 billion, compared to the... — read more
Stankey will be replaced soon.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4377872-t-still-going-nowhere When thing likes this happens, the CEO will be ousted by board of director soon, beginning 2021 ...
Bozos and skysc-apers
Watching how it works down in Mexico, T is full of bozos (VPs, AVPs, CIO, CTO, etc) only to cash their paycheck, simulating leadership, wasting money as every Q passes by only to keep running on loss; zero productivity increasing the loss of... — read more
Failure, still, from Stankey
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4377872-t-still-going-nowhere So, it’s not just something internally known. The WSJ is still not sold on Stankey being the right guy for the job.
AT&T often Took Million For A Networks Never Deployed
This is far from the first time AT&T has misrepresented its broadband availability. The company back in April was forced to admit to the FCC it misrepresented broadband availability across 20 states in its territories. AT&T's also fighting efforts to... — read more
AT&T pushes ahead with auction of DirecTV despite 10 Billion lmomowball bids
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2020/10/06/att-pushes-ahead-with-auction-of-directv-despite-lowball-bids/amp/
This Is A CEO Problem - AT&T: Still Going Nowhere
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4377872-t-still-going-nowhere
DSL Sunset? Thunk again AT&T is loooking for $80 billion for rural broadband as part of the next round of pandemic relief
https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2020/09/08/a-game-plan-to-finally-connect-every-american-409171
AT&T has 15 pages of craft jobs available on the external website.
As a wire tech of 10 years in the Southeast, this has me p-ss-d. How is it that you can put jobs on the external website, I don’t care if they are temporary, and don’t give us an opportunity!! If I lost my job after the term is over at LEAST I had an... — read more