In the past 40 years that I have been following AT&T stock, I’ve discovered that when Telecom stocks are doing well the economy is or will be in recession. So be happy you work in a company that provides essential services that people need. It is not... — read more
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I’ll go first Excels - Performance Excels - Behavior 5%
The Real Reasons Companies Are Forcing You Back To The Office
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2025/02/28/the-real-reasons-companies-are-forcing-you-back-to-the-office/
Who are the moderators?
Serious question. It does seem like some very common sense posts end up getting deleted. Then some ridiculous posts get to stay up. Who are the moderators and what are their motives?
Here is what they don’t want you to see
This is why you saw the flurry of irrelevant posts yesterday. They’re trying to hide their crimes. Great questions—here’s a general breakdown of the legal considerations for each scenario: Monitoring Exempt Managers’ Hours & Coaching Based on... — read more
What is the Update on ACS
Hey everyone, let’s be transparent this year. What kind of raise increases have you received. Share your title whether you’re an Expert, Principal, Senior, Lead, etc and where you are in relation to your midpoint. Let’s raise the bar and level set... — read more
Happy Friday to my Fellow ATT Commuters
https://youtube.com/shorts/zlE9hmFlkXY?si=vY3__JqoHhFV6gNP
If you are in your 40s and 50s looking
To replace your former salary and benefits it's a ghost town out there. Sure there may be 10/15 out of 100 who land something but trying to replace a $200K plus package is impossible after leaving ATT extremely difficult. I have been looking for over... — read more
Six months of job searching and nothing
I’m completely demoralized. I want to leave T so badly, but there seems to be nothing out there. I’ve widened my search, tried to think outside the box, been really dedicated, and so far, I’ve only received two offers—neither of which are even worth... — read more
HR Bots are spamming
These boards with ridiculous fluffy posts just to dilute the truth that our senior leaders are a clown show
Current headcount
What is the current headcount
Culture Survey
Where are they results? It has been nearly a year. They said it would be shared to improve the culture, but I have seen ZERO improvements. As a matter of fact, it has gotten worse.
Looks like AT&T is flooding the board again to bury employee sentiment
Once again, looks like someone is posting shallow low quality posts every two minutes to bury the posts like a cat burying its turds in a litter box. AT&T, why not stand by your convictions that you treat us employees like $hit? You come here to... — read more
ATT to follow Verizon on Layoffs
Verizon just announced 5k downsizing effort. ATT has to follow as we are directly competing.
Layoffs coming
Hearing rumors about layoffs coming next month. These are going to count!
This perfectly sums up the shortsighted RTO stupidity here and elsewhere
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/27/return-to-office-ceos-are-ignoring-the-math-shareholders-will-ultimately-pay/ Yes this is a little long but when it comes to people willing to take less money on exchange for remote work and the drain on culture and... — read more
AT&T Is Red-Hot Again. CEO John Stankey Says It’s Just the Beginning. - Barron's
https://www.barrons.com/articles/att-ceo-john-stankey-378759ed
What is the legal criteria for exempt manager?
In the U.S., an exempt manager typically refers to a management employee who is exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). To qualify for the executive exemption, an employee must meet three main... — read more
Lump Sum vs Annuity
Trying to decide if I am involved in a surplus what to do with pension. I am in the Southeast and have the choice between the two. I am 53 w/ 25 years of service. Looking for thoughts on this subject.
Let’s ask chatGPT
Is it legal for a major us corporation to Monitor exempt managers hours and give coaching if they do not meet a certain number of hours Move a majority of the employees jobs to another city across the country Demand employees work in... — read more
Hours Reporting no more than 4:45pm
Obviously this company is avoiding lawsuit. How many times i clocked going home past 5pm but it shows 4:45pm. Also i noticed they are adjusting your morning login. Theres no way im in the office at 7:30am lol Make sure you have your own excel... — read more
Employee Appreciation Day
starting to see posts about events. Wonder if we'll get more than a bag of popcorn this year or if that's even too much for them to offer this year?
Tax Advanced Recovery on Paycheck
Anyone know what this tax line item is? I’ve noticed it on most every paycheck since the 3rd quarter last year. This is totaling nearly $100 per paycheck. I’ve emailed payroll and they responded that it has been forwarded to a specialist but crickets... — read more
St Louis CSO locations
Chad City overhead mentioning that without high concentration of collaborator and legacy support teams St. Louis is going to be closed.
Coffee badging is back!
Only now, everyone’s coffee badging and leaving their laptops at work. Half the laptops I see are abandoned all day long. You people crack me up!
Success Bonus
Was anyone success Bonus lower than what was emailed by HR??
Success bonus
Did anyone success bonus not match what HR announced?? WEIRD. What can I do about it?
PTO/Vacation time payoff
Does AT&T pay you for unused PTO if you are "surplussed" ?
AT&T corporate laptop geolocation tracking
Is the location of AT&T provided corporate laptops tracked at AT&T? Is there any GPS capability in the Dell laptops?
Things to do in the office
Been watching Severance (on Apple TV) the last couple of days in the office. Super good show, metaphorically relevant
YTR Statements Released
Merit increases were reasonable in a range of 2-3.5%. Although it is frustrating to have your leadership skim off money from your pool to give to others.
RTO and the Broken Average Hours Report
RTO is the way leadership tries to disconnect you from your true self and break your free will. Employees are in the middle of a spiritual war on consciousness. The idea is to disconnect you from yourself so that you don’t realize the power that... — read more
AT&T Layoff
When is Stankey going to layoff the dept. of (D)ivision (E)xclusion (I)n-fighting? AT&T has govt. contracts like First Net, etc.. As Secretary of State, Rubio just stated in an interview. This is an interpretation of what he said. I’m in the right... — read more
After 24 yrs, finally ditched T cell service
Not sure why we hung on so long after I got let go last May. Mostly because my wife doesn't like change but after 3 months of T getting our bill wrong we finally switched to T-Mobile. We made a change to our plan in the fall and they kept... — read more
5 days RTO has lead to greater collaboration
No one trusts Stankey and we all despise him. Employees have been spreading the word about this site. I see it written on whiteboards, in bathrooms, and on walls. Everyone is coming here to collaborate on what his plans are. This site has become... — read more
Broken Presence PBI report
The PBI Presence report is so simple to create. Why is Jay&Co having such a hard time getting it right? A TDP could have this thing coded and more accurate in less than a week. It’s taking Jay over a year. Decisions that affect your life everyday... — read more
Who is despised more by whom?
Executive leaders by T employees? Or Nico Harrison by Mavs Fans?
Verizon poaching AT&T employees
https://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-recruiter-email-att-employees-rto-mandate-remote-hybrid-2025-2
Middletown
I see in post below that 2500 people are expected to go to Middletown on 3/3. Middletown has a good amount of space but can it accommodate all these people? Or will it become like Alpharetta ? Anyone have any insight?