Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

This Was Never About Productivity

WFH already proved it works. We did it for years. Output didn’t drop, and in most cases it actually improved. Turns out it’s the person doing the work that matters, not the chair they’re sitting in.

The irony is we sell global connectivity, yet don’t trust our own employees to work remotely on the very networks we provide. It’s a “do as I say, not as I do” situation, and everyone sees it.

If the goal were cost and efficiency, the answer is obvious… let people work from home. Less real estate, no commute drain, same or better output.

Instead, we’re spending more to force people into buildings to do the same work… on a screen.

So what’s the real objective here?


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Post ID: @OP+1kqwsgnns

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CAPTAIN OBVIOUS is here

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Post ID: @ec+1kqwsgnns

Da RTO is a laid off. Deep.

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Post ID: @e1+1kqwsgnns

"Just more WFH/RTO whining."

And yet you read it

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Post ID: @dq+1kqwsgnns

@b9 , you just described the C suite & superfluous layers of (grossly overpaid) “VP’s”.

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Post ID: @dn+1kqwsgnns

Every decision has been made for the good of the company

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Post ID: @bv+1kqwsgnns

Just more WFH/RTO whining.

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Post ID: @bd+1kqwsgnns

AT&T workers - lots of excuses, little work.

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Post ID: @b9+1kqwsgnns

RTO= Reduction In Headcount Exercise

Just like AI will be.

Period

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Post ID: @b5+1kqwsgnns

@as now all of those things can be done from the comfort of the new Plano HQ. Not sure that was the issue you think it was.

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Post ID: @az+1kqwsgnns

Employees working hybrid are happy and stay, even with pitiful raises.
Employees working 5 days RTO are miserable and quit without severance, freeing the CEO from EEOC issues that come with layoffs.

See the difference?

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Post ID: @at+1kqwsgnns

It was working well while it lasted - golfing, tennis, coaching kids' soccer.

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Post ID: @as+1kqwsgnns

@ak Nope. I'll continue to waste time and resources while collecting full paychecks, and if it makes you all cranky - that's an added benefit.

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Post ID: @ar+1kqwsgnns

@ah If we do, will you finally stop bootlicking? Or is it an ingrained component of your core personality by now?

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Post ID: @aj+1kqwsgnns

and yet you stay
it's either RTO or go away

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Post ID: @ah+1kqwsgnns

So for all the haters out there….

MANY people were WFH for years before COVID ever hit the news.
So stop with the “COVID is over now head back to the office” bootlicker comments.

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Post ID: @af+1kqwsgnns

There must be some real bootlickers on staff to boost that number because I've been way under 8 hours of productivity since I was forced back.

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Post ID: @a4+1kqwsgnns

It’s only about productivity and collocating teams for the long terms. For most employees doing 8 and skate, T is getting well over 50% increased productivity on average.

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Post ID: @a3+1kqwsgnns

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