I heard a rumor from a reliable source that we are ending 5-Day RTO by the end of 2025. We will have 2 office days and 3 virtual/remote days. It will not publicly announced thru some announcements but it will slowly shared among the organizations... — read more 

Mr. Stankey, it’s clear you care deeply about rebuilding AT&T’s culture and driving results. But the 5-day return-to-office mandate is not delivering those outcomes. It’s quietly draining productivity, eroding morale, and accelerating the loss of... — read more 

Trumponomics making pensions great again.

When is the next layoff and which org?

Rumour has it this is the new model , everyone else in any other country is Fcuked !

My job is to sit in a seat for ~8 hours.

Badge in Walk around the building for an hour or two, talk to other disgruntled employees Attend teams meetings, “nothing from my end”. Apply for jobs, take interviews, practice for interviews. (Excited for opportunity to interview with... — read more 

Is there any truth to this?

AT&T would face a lot less resistance to change if leadership finally dropped the RTO obsession. Most of us support performance-based expectations and accountability, but the forced return and relocation policies have turned the majority of employees... — read more 

Whitacre Tower isn’t just where we work — it’s where our future is being built. Every day inside these walls, we’re driving innovation, reimagining how people connect, and setting bold goals for what comes next. It’s where new ideas are tested... — read more 

Which caused voluntary attrition. Don’t get me wrong, they did lay some employees off but not on the same scale as meta, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. What does the future hold for T? Do you all think they will start more structured layoffs in the... — read more 

Last week, a person wearing an AT&T uniform came to my door to promote a home plan. After confirming he was authorized, I signed a contract for nine lines. That evening, when I received the electronic contract by email, I discovered numerous... — read more 

I was surplused and last day on payroll is 11/6. In the packet, they provide an age discrimination sheet that shows the age of everyone in my organization with the same title. I am, in fact, the oldest. I am over 50 & located in Dallas. I am a... — read more 

I work for Verizon. A little over a year away from qualifying for Medicare. Our new CEO Dan Schulman promised us big layoffs are coming. Our current severance package is 2 weeks per year capped at 35 weeks. I'm guessing that he will reduce that... — read more 

How does it look for the forthcoming years in terms of RTO? Are they going to close more non-hubs, open new hubs, force 3 days instead of 5? Who’s got the crystal ball?🔮

Growing up I would always hear colleagues in college and my first few jobs talk about their aspirations and dreams. I would always hear something along the lines of: I want to one day move to LA, New York, Seattle, Austin, or Miami. If international... — read more 

When are they finally going to adjust the market rating for Atlanta from an N2 to an N3? They reclassified Dallas an N3 market, yet Atlanta is more expensive to live in and pay has gone up significantly from what I can see on LinkedIn. I know they... — read more 

Will AT&T compete to this extent before the end of the year? https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/business/amazon-layoffs

Usually there is an email sent out around this time of year for progress on Success Bonus. If green or yellow or whatever. Anyone seen it? Any word from the suits on our bonus?

Finally making ok comp

MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job... — read more 

Our floor was being renovated in ATL- Lenox so TSC Leadership allowed us to work from home 2 days a week while renovation was being completed until December 1st. Porter visited ATL and reiterated it. Today we get an email that they finished early... — read more 

AT&T’s latest masterclass in self-sabotage: spend millions attacking T-Mobile, violate NAD rules, and get slapped with a cease-and-desist. You’d think someone in legal or marketing would’ve caught that — maybe the one competent person who actually... — read more 

WTF! The nerve of the Stink to show TV ads stating that AT&T provides secure business services when Toxic-T has lost hundreds of thousands of customer's data multiple times over the last few years. The Stink thinks everyone is d-mb when the Stink... — read more 

Heard about surplus within the org from old coworker. I believe all impacted individuals have been notified. Sorry to everyone impacted, wanted to share.

What is the address of the NC office in Charlotte?

When is the next layoff for ATT? The "Ask your supervisor" guy/gal - please don't response.

Hello all! To whose who moved first time to Dallas, how did you do it and how much it costed if not selling a home here. Did your spouses had to leave their jobs hometown! What tips do you have?

As a whole, T is a cluster, but there’s bound to be some good leaders out there that actually care for their people. What are the worst orgs?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/ups-layoffs-48000-workers-this-year.html T had always been a follower. Is this a sign of things to come?

https://dallasexpress.com/business-markets/att-wins-146-million-federal-contract-then-lays-off-americans-and-hires-foreign-workers/

How is Stankey always consistently wrong? He’s the one guy in the world who would flip a coin 20 times, call heads, and have it land on tails 20 times. What a re--rd.

I'm having some difficulty coming up with a costume idea for the office part on Friday. Does anyone have some creative ideas for a costume this year?

T has been touting their new commercial attacking t-mobile even on insider. But what they aren't saying is that they received a cease and desist order to stop playing it from the source they quoted saying they didn't have authorization to use the... — read more 

It stimulates economic growth. Businesses start spending. When businesses spend, they hire more employees. When companies hire more employees, the job market improves. When the job market improves, everyone will leave for greener pastures. Bye...

I don’t get all the hate for Downtown Dallas. Our HQ is right in the heart of the city. Literally on some of the first streets built in Dallas itself. There is so much history in this area. We have had many presidents and British royalty visit this... — read more 

It will be run out of Dallas and India with very little talent. When things go wrong it will get fixed when it gets fixed. The just figure it out and do 5X more with 2X less will catch up with SBC Nougat Heads who haven't had a visionary thought in... — read more 

After years of frustration, lost talent, and wasted time, leadership finally made the right move. We’re going back to a results-driven model that values performance over presence. No more pointless commutes, no more fighting for seats, no more... — read more 

My AVP team just hired from the outside a month ago and just surplused two others (without performance or attendance issues) -- both in Dallas. Yes... both surplused employees over 50. Make it make sense!