I’m referring to the recent mandate by CSO to only hire in Charlotte, NC - the newly anointed non-hub hub that was only approved because Rich Baich wants to keep his residence there (vs following the work to Dallas) and now clearly wants to make sure his stooges can fill the void left by QUALIFIED CSO employees who were forced out. Anyone else think this is absolute sh**?!
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@dx att owns the building as part of a central office and data center. They been money for some time to improve it.
When Rich leaves in a couple years, the perma hub will switch back to Dallas. I'd rent in NC if you were moving there cause it aint gonna be a long term state
@ae "Interesting, because his (Baich) official work address is S Akard in Dallas, and he is full time office.
Is he not "living his designation"?"
He never has or he's been breaking the law. Look up his voting records and vehicle registration records which are all public record.
"required uniforms in the office." All for this. Dress up for the guys and pants suits for the ladies.
“Apparently you knuckleheads never heard the term "subject to change"”
Apparently you hear the term “you’re a d1-k” way too often.
What email?
Email today was the icing on the cake
Research Triangle Park is a pretty big technology hub for major corporations. I say it is a smart move to be able to find top talent at probably cheaper rates than Dallas or Atlanta.
RTO only applies to the serfs, not the lords and ladies.
Not sure how NC was even approved. We no longer have a hire-anywhere policy and are enforcing 5x8 for the purposes of on-site COLLABORATION. How exactly is that going to happen for CSO new hires not in NJ or TX where there is at least a concentration of team members?!? Answer is - it won’t. Because RTO is a ploy and we’re conceding to C-suite leaders working their own agenda.
I think you’re all missing the point. It’s not about talent acquisition just like it’s not about talent retention. This is about filling seats in a new location to justify the real estate request that should never have been approved.
"They can't find the right candidates in Dallas or Atlanta to do technical jobs. The education system in the south is terrible. T is done for."
MS, Amazon and Google routinely seek out and hire GT grads. It is one of the best ROI schools in the world.
He should be in Middletown NJ with the rest of his organization.
No location has more CSO than Middletown. We’re full of them.
In addition, if they truly wanted qualified candidates, the Tri State area has the most well educated candidates of any area in the country.
“The only reason there may be dificulty hiring in these locations is because of all the other companies that are competing for the same talent pool.”
Yeah ok flunky Jeremy. You said the same thing on the town hall when all the other companies were competing for DEI candidates. Remember? Trying new strategies like having the hiring decision makers right there on campus during recruiting events. Pathetic loser. DEI hiring goals. Absolute disgrace.
Part of AT&T motto, change is constant.
Oh, we don't "change" at AT&T, we churn. Pretty soon, it'll be, "mergers are back on the menu boys!"
subject to change = subject to manipulation
"They can't find the right candidates in Dallas or Atlanta to do technical jobs. The education system in the south is terrible. T is done for."
As a UGA fan it pains me to say this . . . Georgia Tech is one of the top tech schools in the country. It is still a major incubator of high tech businesses in the US.
The only reason there may be dificulty hiring in these locations is because of all the other companies that are competing for the same talent pool.
I thought this post was going to be about a new policy for required uniforms in the office.
Apparently you knuckleheads never heard the term "subject to change"
Clearly the terms of my employment were subject to change including the location I was hired in to perform my work and the remote designation I had for 10+ years that was approved based on business need. So, yes, I’m familiar. But that doesn’t make it right. When you introduce a policy and mandate that your employees follow it the general guidance is to at least enforce the policy guidelines at a leadership level. What exactly are you defending - the company’s right to do whatever the F they want?! Don’t think they need you for that but thanks for chiming in.
“I had one of my top devs fired in round 1 of RTO who lived in NC and wouldn’t relocate.”
Too Performer, LOL.
Apparently you knuckleheads never heard the term "subject to change"
Who thinks the FCC cares about our HR policies? Even before every federal agency became toothless corporate stooges, they couldn't have cared less who we hired.
I had one of my top devs fired in round 1 of RTO who lived in NC and wouldn’t relocate. This is obscene.
Somebody needs some therapy.
“They can't find the right candidates in Dallas or Atlanta to do technical jobs. The education system in the south is terrible. T is done for.”
Atlanta was at one point the most wired city in the USA. More tech jobs in Atlanta than Silicon Valley at one time, haven’t check the metrics recently. Plenty of top tier talent here. That’s why Microsoft, Google, Amazon, SXM, Netflix, and many other big companies built big campuses here. Yet ATT sees it only as an N2 market. Rolls eyes. I was just hired by one of those companies listed fyi, so I’m out in a few more weeks just waiting on my start date. Way better pay and benefits, though I have no illusion to their grass not being necessarily greener. Job is hybrid also. Good luck to everyone it’s been fun being on here. I hope you all can find something better also.
Part of AT&T motto, change is constant. Stinks for those in Charlotte that lost jobs due to their VP sitting in Dallas forced the move or leave mandate while other teams expanded in the Charlotte and Durham locations. A lot of their work was off shored to Slovakia no less. NC based employees will still get stung big this year as there are sites closing due to end of lease and others being told they need to be colocated with their teams whether it is in Dallas, Atlanta, etc. Made no sense to abandon the state as NC population on trajectory to surpass GA due to it positive net migration. A lot of movement from North and West to the South. Remembering when NY was larger then FL. Median income in NC is low and it has been most business friendly state for many years now.
CSO has positions open in Dallas, Atlanta, and India, too.
Rules for thee, but NOT for ME!
They can't find the right candidates in Dallas or Atlanta to do technical jobs. The education system in the south is terrible. T is done for.
Interesting, because his (Baich) official work address is S Akard in Dallas, and he is full time office.
Is he not "living his designation"?
Same scenario is taking place in Chicago.
Job requirements and locations will continue to evolve and be updated. Requirements today will be different im a year and certainly 5 years from now. You declined to stay with T and that was a choice you made. Move on with a different company.
Who said anything about declining to stay/move? Again this impacts anybody who had planned to or had already moved to Dallas which should be an approved hiring location for any organization
Job requirements and locations will continue to evolve and be updated. Requirements today will be different im a year and certainly 5 years from now. You declined to stay with T and that was a choice you made. Move on with a different company.
At will employer. Next case.
This is not a post that really concerns the justification behind terminations - it’s about the mandate that forced people out of longtime work locations where RTO reporting expectations could have been met to HUBS and then creating a new location designation not in a designated hub that directly serves one C-suite leader with questionable motivations. He should be in Dallas and moreover CSO should be allowed to hire in Dallas. Charlotte NC wasn’t even a recognized work location and now it is a center of excellence?!
Needs of the business. You had the choice to move but declined.
Sorry but how the F does this even relate?! It’s not about the “choice” to move (also let’s not diminish the reality of what this really is by asserting that it is a “choice”) it’s about a SHIFT from dispersed locations to DESIGNATED hubs as part of a CORPORATE POLICY that is being skirted by manipulative C-suite leaders going against the plan and it impacts those with a pending or planned move to designated hub locations.
Are you clued in now?
At will employer. Next case.
I hope someone finds a lawyer that will sue the cr-p out of them.
Needs of the business. You had the choice to move but declined.