I'm an engineer at Directv, been here since 2016. So sad
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Think if funny all you att super employees think att builds anything your internet s—s a– been in the phone business for 100 yrs and havnt even been able to build one damn phone your a reseller of products nothing original and by no means a leader of jack sh–
Sorry to disagree, the DTV business has already been valued at 15-17B. Hardly matters what superficial coatings they apply now. Bill will need to follow Stanley's lead by virtue of headcount rationalization. The need to squeeze every dime out of DTV until T can sell the remainder, 70%, at around 10-12B. It's time to get honest, albeit, a hard pill to swallow.
"Bill Morrow's mission is to drain the swamp."
That's nonsense. Morrow's mission is nothing of the kind. His role is to pretty the books up so DTV can be sold. That will be a very superficial set of changes, mostly layoffs and outsourcing. These changes will not be to strengthen the long term health of the company. It's a coat of paint over rotten wood so the company can be sold. Customers and employees will suffer but that doesn't matter to the people who are doing the financial engineering to minimize the impact of bad decisions.
Bill Morrow's mission is to drain the swamp.
What will happen to our 401Ks and pensions?
I would leave as soon as possible. Left in 2017 and it was going down back then so I would leave if I was you and get with a company that isn't dying. maybe sling - they are doing some innovative stuff.
I stayed because I was worried about providing for my family, and now we are all screwed
Apparently K-Mart and Sears aren't popular options for laid off Directv engineers, so might I suggest applying at AOL, Compuserve and GEnie. Hurry I hear the competition is fierce!
Take a look at your new head. Bill Morrow. All you need to know is in the article.
https://www.fiercewireless.com/financial/marek-s-take-can-clearwire-s-former-ceo-save-at-t
"the company had hired Bill Morrow to be its special adviser and managing director of process service and cost optimization. In other words, Morrow is being hired by AT&T to be the company’s chief downsizer. "
You have to love the people that are still drinking that Directv kool-aid. It's unfortunate, but you are a dying business. You have nothing to offer but satellite TV, an outdated platform. No internet, no mobile, just expensive TV. You are losing 2-3 million customers a year. Once you lose NFL package at the end of 22, those numbers will probably double. When TPG gets done draining the remaining profits, you will be sold to Dish. The future is not bright. Not trying to be a jerk, but you should be thinking about your next job outside of Directv not listening to the corporate jiberish that you will be fine, no worries.
I wouldn't be surprised once DTV is separated into a business unit and off ATT books that they start shopping for another bigger purchaser.
Elliot has no say there sold months ago
You can become an engineer for K-Mart or Sears?
I need to correct myself on ABS being a cost center. CS&O is a cost center and not ABS. ABS does well for T’s bottom line.
With all that input, you might as well say that the ATT Business Services could very easily be spun off as a separate business. As it stands, it’s a cost center and does not have a profit/loss statement. T keeps pumping money into it to continue its business. It could very easily be spun off or turned into a separate entity of it’s own to become a profit or loss business. This would help T focus on its core business of mobility. Makes sense to me! Stay tuned!
In the short term nothing will happen as far as employment and duties. In the long term they will have to make it profitable which will lead to change but no one knows yet what that entails
I am pretty sure when it is all said and done, and with benefit cuts, what remains of AT&T is a company of fewer than 200,000 employees this time next year.
Next to sell is Time Warner.
It is still 70% owned by AT&T and run by AT&T. Probably not much will change. For now.
You will be replaced by offshore workers. Even offshore can do onshore installs at a fraction of the cost. They are currently working on an implementation plan. The term engineer and dtv don’t go together. Dtv is a boat anchor. It will be stripped down to nothing, until it dies. Att will sell Warner media. Elliot will have them only doing mobile in just a couple more years
It seems that the future of Directv at this stage of the competition is a little dimmer than I would like it to be,but the fact still remains that the market is flooded with so many streaming services at this time that a lot of people follow trends and usually switch back to Directv at some point! I have been installing Directv since 2005 and enjoy the job that being said,I love the break! No 14 hour days, working 6 days a week, I can now schedule things to do with my family like birthday parties, dinners and of course the movie night!Relax as we move into the future as a company and give our customers the best we got to offer then Directv will be more successful!