. . . was the mentality behind the execution of RTO, forced relocation at employee expense, and seemingly random surplusses?
Are we a leaner, more cohesive and productive work force? Did it create a brighter future for AT&T?
You've had 2 years to experience and observe. Would you have executed it differently? Share your observations.
@OP How flawed? Very flawed.
AT&T Risk Analysis (updated earlier today)
Earnings are forecast to decline by an average of 8.1% per year for the next 3 years
Unstable dividend track record
Large one-off items impacting financial results
Has a high level of debt
@ah I kinda hate you’re alive too.
@aq "take a look at the statistics"
What statistics are you looking at, the valuations or something else?
@ef LOL, and yours isn't, because..........................? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@c3 'XACTLY!!!
@ag Book-cooking is a pretty serious charge, so presumably you've got the evidence, therefore you are obligated to report / file a complaint. Thanks in advance.
No and no. Your opinion is immaterial.
Give it a rest already. Just do your job and STFU about RTO.
Nope. It has created an environment where after 15+ years, I don’t trust leadership and am actively looking for different opportunities.
I have been a happy employee until Stank decided on this RTO garbage.
Boo hoo.
...Get back to work.
@aq The bubble is about to burst and it will be employees who pay the price. Leadership is never held to account for their misdeeds. Hopefully this will eventually result in a class action lawsuit by investors to finally remove the trash. AT&T deserves a chance to prove we can be competitive again.
You can stop stirring the pot now. 80% of the responses are anecdotal and the remaining opinions offered as fact are unfounded. Face it, leadership made the right move.
@c3 yeah right lol. It’s more like the opposite. Everyone leaves the office and then isn’t heard from until the next day now.
RTO has corrected a lot of problems in my department. Coworkers who used to be ghosts after 11 AM are now available in the afternoons.
@ae I worked from home for a decade before Covid, as did nearly everybody else. If your job requires office presence you probably were in 5 days before Covid and you should be now. That’s not the case for the majority. Also not now 87% of companies who operate in a hybrid of fully remote schedule work. This is 2025 not 1925. Get with modern times.
@OP Brighter future? Go to Yahoo Finance and take a look at the statistics for AT&T over the past 4 Quarters. A 50 minute commute is the least of my worries. They are burning the house.
This place is making me hate my life.
The damage done by stanks 8/1 email can never be repaired. Only a rollback to 3 days would be a start in the right direction. Nobody who has any ounce of free will actually likes RTO.
Kindly work as prescribed 9-5 M-F. Covid is over. Office is for collaboration and winning. Home is for family matters, family feud, all in the family, and whining. You are easily replaced if at home sukas
T is circling the drain.
@a9
Good time to remind people to take the lump sum. Dont trust them to take care of your pension funds. Don't end up crying like that viral 88yr old guy still working bc his pension got gone.
Absolutely nothing has improved, instead things have gotten much much worse. Morale and productivity has never been lower. This ship is sinking.
T is circling the drain.
Period.
Playing a fear game like the jab mandates
No. We're not. And that's truly tragic. We've lost skilled employees on the altar of looking good on Wall Street, aka the stock market. We've sacrificed quality on the altar of the immediate 'fix'. Meanwhile, Directors and above tap dance. They tell the upper leadership what they want to hear. God forbid that anyone say, "This is broken". Yet stuff is breaking. And don't give me the 'market-based' blah, blah, blah concept. That doesn't fly when decisions are made to cut people, no matter the consequences. I'm one of the 'old ones'... been here a loooooooooooooong time. And I remember when employees were treated with respect, even when being surplussed.
I think the Forbes survey scoring of 567 and 875 speaks volumes on how well (flawed) this leadership team approached and executed on RTO etc.