#discussion

Will Auchincloss remain as bp CEO beyond 2026 or other candidates better suited to lead the company to prosperity…

Name your candidates and why?

If the decision is already made, then let’s use the next two days to be advisors to our leadership — not bystanders. we are better than the external consulting companies.

Why did Target really fail?
What are the ground-level truths about where our leadership fell short?
Which decisions over the past 3–4 years should have been made differently — or not made at all?

Where is everyone getting their info about execs let go? I would like to see a whole list as it might give us some idea about where the layoffs are going to be.

Any conversation of layoffs within properties? Hearing quite a bit regarding merch but nothing in this pyramid.

I heard yesterday from a colleague that every January your reliability automatically resets to 100 percent. Is that true?

A granfalloon is a "proud and meaningless association of human beings," a term coined by Kurt Vonnegut in his novel Cat's Cradle. It refers to a group of people who believe they share a significant connection, but this association is based on little to no real substance or shared purpose, such as being from the same town or having a common hobby

What is taking so long???

Feel free to use this thread to discuss the strong town hall presentation from our leaders.

Please Clap!

Is there any chatter about other locations or teams?

Was she watching the same 3rd Quarter Earnings?

Were the vibes as bad as last year?

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil-us-profits-workers

Thoughts?

Let's use this thread?

Does any other company have the sh-tshow Wells Fargo has on this site?

I know some Senior Leaders have been meeting this week to get updates. I'm not sure how many details they shared with you, but would you be willing to share some general thoughts here?

I don't have a lot of context and I can't go too into detail without giving myself away. I recently overheard a discussion. One party in the discussion was in a leadership meeting and an anonymous site "full of toxic complaining" was brought up. I'm assuming it is this one. They probably won't change anything but at least they may see it when we tell them what awful people they are. haha

Let's have a 🧵

Anything good?

What do you think what will happen with AI? Are tens of billions of dollars (we invested in it) ever going to produce any value for us? What about all other AI related companies and products? Do you see this as some kind of a Scam?

Over the past 40 years, has there ever been a decision that helped employees?

IMO, they just keep taking.

Hi folks.

Is it possible to share learning from discussions with lawyers in an open platform like this? The reason I am asking is that it is too expensive to consult everything with lawyers, and not all of them are good anyways.

Kindly share your findings.

Given average is 4%, what are your thoughts? G, VG, E, O average?
Only serious discussions. No BTC/KLTC/outsourcing/pip discussion, please.

https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Weekend_Discussion_About_How_IBM_s_Bluewashing_of_Red_Hat_Will_.shtml

Thoughts?

Bored. I can’t hide the fact that I’m nervous about layoffs. I’ve been with the company for over 8 years.

If you’re open to sharing, how many years did you work for the company, what was your salary at the time, and how much did you get paid? Did it include bonus? What’s the tax percentage they held?

Both counties seen quite calm still.

Any piece of news on the room?

Just curious to hear what people are expecting?

Man it’s been a couple months since o checked in on this sh—tshow. Hoping some of yall jumped ship. Eff Eff Five. Get ooout

Serious question - what are the top actionable items folks on this forum would like to see from AT&T Leadership? We know they read this stuff so maybe use this as another opportunity to communicate to them in a constructive way and originated by employees.

Suggestions:

1. Maybe leave off the obvious hot divisive ones that has gotten so much air play here and have such conflicting views (RTO vs WFH, DEI, etc) so the discussion doesn’t devolve to name calling.

2. Would be interesting if replies could be tagged as Union vs Mgmt since they may differ materially.

3. Be serious and try to refrain from mudslinging (I.e., - don’t reply if you’re not game).

let's say you are 58 - would you accept an early retirement?

i am curous about how people are thinking about the topic (more than helping me make a call).

you can assume anything you'd like (e.g., having or not having enough saved, age of kids, etc.)_

What do you guys think? It seems like he needs a new start and what better to match his energy than Ford Motor Co.???

Ok, so I've heard the big conspiracy is that Big R will be out in 5 years and daughter Schwab is going to swoop in and save the company, again.

What totally wild rumor have you heard?

Are we having layoffs in the coming week or not?