https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/kevin-oleary-loves-why-his-companies-will-never-force-a-return-to-the-office/91291726
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@ff loooooser!! Good you understand it.
@a9 imagine thinking you need to RTO to “actually work” in 2026…. WFH and Hybrid are the industry standard and over 80% of companies have embraced this. This is not 1970.
Perhaps AI has become self aware of its perfection and is compensating.
@ff We are rapidly approaching a world where only posts with blatant spelling mistakes can safely be assumed are actual humans and not LLMs.
What a looooser!
“ They didn’t loose anything…”
“ Everywhere AT&T loosing still few egoistic people…”
It was a good post, but hard to take you serious when you don’t know know difference between “ loose” and “lose”.
He is right. I know many people who were best in their team, many got awards and rewards and they were terminated and termed free riders as their presence report was less than three hours, or someone didn’t accept RTO. They didn’t loose anything, because they got better job and better life, infact so called brilliant CEO and CTO and HRBPs give other companies better candidates to hire and run their companies more profitable. And we see were this company is going. Everywhere AT&T loosing still few egoistic people running behind this RTO to proof its of great advantage. Whoever are remaining and good are getting overloaded with work. And many are not competent, still they are here because they just time pass, come to office, spend 8 hours and leave. Its not their fault, they are doing exactly what their CEO, CTO, HRBPs are creating future of this company. This is really laughable and many agreed that RTO is just foolishness, one side you are asking people to come to office, still people are doing Team calls most of the time. Most jobs are going to India where no RTO is mandated. If work and collaboration is still on team calls then why being so egotistical to enforce which is creating loss. Are current upper management leadership deliberately making this company weak for future leadership. Are they throwing good employees intentionally which in turns helping AT&T competitors and other company take benefit of.
May be it need to think in broader view by future leadership and remove current CEO, CTO, HRBPs so they can build AT&T great again.
May be few people will not like this post and say accept RTO or leave.
But its really question to everyone to look around and they will surely find most of the top performers were terminated due to ego of some ill minded top leadership.
@a9 The board is angry today, like a sorry old schmuck who can’t deal with the fact that wasting time and money driving to a money-su-king office in order to sit on calls and send emails is as !diotic as a bunch of over-the-hill relics who still cling to Stankey’s fantasy land. Now go back to yelling at the TV.
"If you aren't at the office, you are replaceable."
I am in the office and they are hiring overseas. 99% of the jobs at AT&T can be done from remote locations away from a central office. RTO & FTW have nothing to do with work efficiency and everything to do with force reductions without severance.
"If you aren't at the office, you are replaceable."
Let me correct that for you. "You are replaceable."
So what does this say about you since staying?
And you are the self-appointed messenger lackey now? Don't you have boots to lick?
No matter how many times you post this trite one-liner, the answer remains the same. No.
RTO and actually work.
If you aren't at the office, you are replaceable. Same job can be done overseas and many companies have hired a number of workers based in Argentina, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, and Estonia. They happily work from a regional office and seem to want to work with cheerful attitudes. You still at home are replaceable. Hear me now and believe me later. After AI kicks in it won't matter but may buy you some time if in the office
Boo hoo hoo. Wah wah wah. But I don't wanna work!
Don't make me get up early and leave the house! I wanna sleep in, have warm milk and cookies and watch TV.
Why is life SO tough?!?!?!
You were TOLD! 5 days a week! Get in there!!
Maybe Kevin Oleary will buy AT&T and let everyone goof off at the house again.
That'd be cool!