Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

No Plano … 90 weeks pay. All you managers been talking trash on the union . Y’all ain’t getting nada! Get yo azz to Plano ! Stat !

“ A LOT of people will either QUIT or will have to relocate.”

Thanks Captain Obvious.

NO ONE carpools anymore. This is not 1986.

In my view, one of the major reasons people and businesses are leaving big cities is the rise in crime and the growing challenges around homelessness and addiction. If we want to Make America Feel Safe again, we need serious policies that address public safety and more prisons to ensure that our cities are places where families and businesses can thrive again.

@b7
MANY people have already moved in the past 3 years due to RTO and bought homes based on the understanding their job is in downtown Dallas. So now they should move again in less than 5 years? Buying a home and all that comes with that isn’t cheap.

Just live in Plano or Frisco. What’s the big deal? Those are better areas.

@ay One can hope it’s at least an old-fashioned cube farm with my name tag at the entrance. That’s how Stank remembers the old days, not cafeteria style tables.

That’s not accurate; T is a multinational company. It has offices located around the United States and the world.

@an car pooling is the most stupid thing in this day and age

@ay Next step is Mary Barra, the GM CEO, requiring all GM employees to use mass transit to get to offices and assembly plants. No cars allowed except for F150s and RAV4s with company approval,

@ak From what I have heard, this location is better for a lot maybe the majority of people working at the current headquarters.

That said, the idea that a company that claims to “connect” people with its mobile and internet services is spending an insane amount of money to force people into an old-fashioned cube farm 5 days a week is the definition of hypocrisy. I guess our services aren’t all that great at connecting people after all.

Yes. And all the NVWs are being surplusessed.

In Jan. I mean Feb. I mean Mar. I mean Apr. I mean May. I mean, you get the idea.

@ad You're clearly not from DFW. You're probably on the mid-Feb layoff list. Cheers!

@at

Sorry, but shallow-brained turdworlders are not exactly the definition of "a deep pool of applicants"...unless that deep pool is literally full of sh!t.

There's a deep pool of applicants that will happily take your high-paying, cushy office jobs.

Plano or pay you to leave is more like it.

The whole point of this is to force out HQ employees they want them to quit

@an Thank you JS

“Depending on where you live in the Dallas metroplex area the drive can easily be a 2hr drive one way.”
This is why it is important to form networks with other T employees to carpool and share driving responsibilities during the week.

Where TF have you been? This initiative was announced three years ago.

@ad In rush hour traffic, it takes 1 hr to get from downtown to the new Plano location 20 miles (without accidents). You may not be aware, MANY of T employees do not live in Dallas and live outside of Dallas. Reason why the commute will easily be 2hrs for many.

Imagine telling people you're an international telecommunications company, but you can't manage your employees unless you're face-to-face.

@a2 Dallas to Plano is only 20 miles.

even employees currently assigned to the Dallas HQ are being told they’ll move to Plano once the new office is ready, which says everything about the strategy.

This is surprising? That's the reason they're building it. Our lease is up in like 2030

About time… tired of spending an hour and a half in traffic and paying a bunch of tolls to just deal with a bunch of bozos.

@OP
"days of distributed hubs and geographic flexibility"

Except when they make exceptions....

A LOT of people will either QUIT or will have to relocate. Depending on where you live in the Dallas metroplex area the drive can easily be a 2hr drive one way.