Just got the calendar invite for Thursday at 1. I’ve long heard rumors and mumblings about changes and read on a thread suggesting 10k off base and adding 15k to at risk. Can anyone confirm or offer credible info? Will newer hires also be affected?... — read more
Does T want productivity or obedience?
Top performers do more in less time and they are driven to “over”achieve when it equates to more personal... — read more
Expectations of Severance vs Termination for Cause
Some of our brightest stars on this forum will make the walk of shame following the mandate of five days in office in January 2025. Posters on this forum have indicated that policy will not be implemented on the same date for all organizations. If... — read more
Are you taking advantage of your sick days?
Make sure to take your sick days
Get off the back of RTO people
Most of them were working hard from home, same like those of you who were at the time in offices or on the ground. Now they have really bad working conditions. And we all know they have been disproportionately targeted for layoffs. For some, WFH was... — read more
Milk Man by Kids Rock
I am the Milkman I am free And I take all that can be taken I'm gonna skate through You should skate too I'm gonna skate through I don’t train, I sit back and stream I skate hard kicking my feet up living the dream I never was cool with the Stank, ... — read more
Should AT&T receive tax breaks and government contracts given the number of layoffs and with moving jobs away from the US?
This is the waste Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy need to be looking at. Federal tax dollars should not be used to prop up businesses that harm tax payers. Take a look at the bigger picture: Key takeaways: AT&T has decreased the total number of... — read more
Happy Festivus to the 12/13 Graduation Class
Best wishes to the 12/13 graduation class. Your time is now done. Here’s to you and endless holidays moving forward.
Best managed Telecom companies rankings
WSJ has article on best managed companies of 2024. Top 250. (Drucker Institute is source). Apple came in first. Rankings are based on five categories" Customer Sat, Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Financial, Strength, Innovation. ... — read more
Your Future With At&t
I have knowledge of classified intel from a higher up. When I say higher up, I’m talking guys who have an extreme interest in the current valuation of the company. These guys have thousands and thousands of AT&T stock. I can’t tell you what exactly... — read more
AT&T leave me alone
I didn’t relocate to Dallas and was let go earlier this year, in February, to pursue opportunities elsewhere. At the time, I told my wife that AT&T would likely want to bring people back, but under different circumstances—lower pay and on a contract... — read more
J6 Prisoners…
That’s what we are. Only worse. Even prisoners get an assigned jail cell.
132 more represented call center jobs gone
In the SE. Another 132 represented call center jobs surplussed. Where is the work going? Another US CWA zone, or another country?
RTO is crazy
Office space is ‘organized’ and ‘managed’ with intention to give you infection or cause mental breakdown.
Anybody else finds it funny how all the LinkedIn posts make AT&T seem like this perfect workplace where everybody is happy and productive and grateful to be working for this amazing company? It’s next-level gaslighting. I mean, I understand. If... — read more
Last Day 12/13/24
Today is the last day. I was terminated because I would not relocate to ‘follow the job’ Others opted to follow the job and were laid off if they were the undesired age or race. The choice is not real but discrimination is real. We are also being... — read more
Legg Town Hall today . . .
It was great to hear about all the accomplishments and money savings the Legg team created this year while the company continually chips away at our benefits and makes the working environment more and more unbearable. If we work really hard next... — read more
How are things?
Was surplused in July. Working a great job, 100% remote. I'm happy. How's things with Att? The ol Att social snub happened, no one calls me anymore from Att and I don't hear any news anymore. What's new?
LAN reporting
Ok, we will comply and do our 5days in office (and likely put in some hours at home). Does anyone have credible knowledge on when the LAN is pinged to show we are on? Not trying to short the day, but if I need to make a customer meeting and take my... — read more
ATT having employees return to the office
Given the products they pitch is like having a Johnny Rockets inside of your Planet Fitness. It truly is a bizarro place to work at.
On floors with enough height clearance
ATT to implement stackable cubes like Bunk Beds or warehouse club shelving. There will be ladders and slides to get down quickly.
William and back room Snow Flake Deal
Someone's got some spraining to do.
Dealing with a clueless manager
They brought him in from entirely different parts. No clue about our field. But that does not prevent him from micromanaging. It’s infuriating. We lose so much energy on a daily basis trying to clue him in, so we don’t sc--w up something and maybe... — read more
‘The Texas Flea’
This just in: 2024 has shaped up to be the year of the data leak for AT&T. Like a plumber bending down oblivious to his a$$ crack on full display, T’s cracks were also exposed as customers faced a hairy situation. But customers weren’t the only one... — read more
Two classes of employees and treatment
The problem with those who get to be virtual vs. those that are not, is you create two classes of employees. How do you compare pay and productivity for employees that have to go to office and spend two or more hours of being in traffic and get... — read more
MR 75 penalty
Is anyone familiar with the MR 75 penalties? A few years ago i read something in the pension that u can be MR 75 eligible but could be penalized .5% a month if u dont have 30 years of service and under age of 55. Ex: 53 years old an 22 years of... — read more
RTO Exemption list
If you have the desired skills or kiss the right a, you too could get on the RTO exemption list. I found out half my group is not going to be required to meet their 5 day requirement. D-mba me should have come up with my own "obligation". ... — read more
Can’t possibly comply with 5-day RTO
Distance is prohibitive. Oh well, I guess I’ll be one of those the attrition will work on perfectly and immediately.
Any updates on Arlington Heights IL?
Why is Arlington Heights still around? Come on now let us work from home. Oh maybe some of us are... haha They'll never know.
In order to prepare for 5 Days a week in the office
Mad Max Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunderdome The Warriors Waterworld Escape from New York The Book of Eli Total Recall The Running Man The Postman The Outlaw Josey Wales
ATS all levels back to 5 days in March
It’s official. Get your butts back into the office five days a week starting in March for all levels at all locations. Welcome back to the Thunderdome
‘The Texas Flea’
This just in: AT&T policy that forced employees from across the country to relocate to Dallas and Alpharetta, inadvertently consolidated the companies angriest adversaries and unstable minds. The CEO and CTO now walk amongst a concentrated... — read more
the new phone is really bad!
Yes the newest phones are really bad. It is cause the older phones are better. Don't buy anymore, Let yourself save a few bucks for something of value. Nobody can make a better phone. Lets just say it the old way and everybody will be so happy... — read more
Urgent Business Sales
For the past few years, it feels like Midmarket leadership has been finding ways to make earning a decent income increasingly difficult. While the company continues to see growing profits, those of us on the front lines are earning less. They’ve made... — read more
Victims across the country come forward after having money stolen from Fidelity retirement accounts
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/victims-across-country-come-forward-after-having-money-stolen-fidelity-retirement-accounts/IVRCQ2JAWJFCHLV7M3AY3PAPWM/ Put money into my HSA and told that it couldn’t be accessed for 15-25 days because of the... — read more
Friday the 13th
12/13/24 is a surplus announcement date per our CWA/T contract and many of us hope to be laid off.
Audit the Supervisors
You know, since I’ve come back to work after stepping away from AT&T, I’ve started to see things in a whole new light. The way management runs things these days is just ridiculous. Over the years, I’ve moved all around the country, ending up here in... — read more
Virtual no more
The big kahunas are saying that virtual jobs are going away. Any idea when?