I quit a year ago and I wanted to stop by here since I remember that people often ask if those who left are regretting it. No regrets for me. It was a good decision, as scary as it was to make it in the middle of a pandemic. I valued my health and I gave up a job that didn't protect me at all for remote work. Turned out to be a good decision both financially and for my mental health. I know I could be an exception to the rule, but things turned out well for me. If you're thinking of leaving, don't let fear hold you back. You might be missing great opportunities.
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They don't do surplus bridges anymore. No more 60 day notice to look for another job within the company. They just want you gone ASAP. They quietly tell each individual with no advance warning. Once you are notified, you are off payroll in TWO WEEKS. Often, there is no annnouncement are made that there was surplus. If the victim chooses not to tell anyone, then he/she will just quietly disappear. Then everyone knows, oh, he must have gotten surplused.
Once that practice started, I told myself, THAT is my advance warning. I just accepted that I could be hit at anytime with no warning, so I prepared myself accordingly.
Ditched this *@$!^# train reck in 2018 - best move ever. Blue sky's since then, I’m hiring the best of the best from dysfunctional companies like this. Bonus off the charts. I will never buy a product from this aging dinosaur again - as 10’s of thousands of other ex-T. T has the gift to turn gold to dung. Remember to call into the surplus bridge early - maxes out at 500. Haha
happy for you but for people of color in these times kind of hard to find another job. unless this post can provide/list some places that welcome people of color?
It used to be common for leadership team to throw a few crumbs at the rank and file, but not anymore. Nowadays we wait to hear what the next cutback will be. T has become a horrible place to work, it may be easy money for many, but little satisfaction in building a future.
Best thing I ever did was leaving that rotten ATT. It sucked.
I've got a similar story to the OP.
I'm part of the DTV crowd who only joined T because we were invaded. From the very first day T took over we noticed how horrible things became, particularly the threat of layoffs every single stinking quarter.
I was on the 'surplus' list in Oct of last year. At first I was devastated. But four months after I got a new gig and the difference is just amazing. I never realized how horrible T was, or how much I dreaded going in to work every day, or just how toxic and oppressive T management is until I found something new.
I know some people love T, and good for them. But I will almost certainly guarantee that anyone who leaves will have their eyes opened at just how dysfunctional and awful T is.
Did you really quit? Or are you just here to irritate the masses?
Happy for you, OP - seems to be the sentiment expressed by most who have left, either voluntarily or involuntarily!
I will be leaving in November - can't wait!!!!
I can appreciate your message. I’m ~60 days out myself. My logic for leaving was:
- TSR dropped and would theoretically never get another raise. Was offered more money. Therefore I left.
- Those billion dollar losses from Warner and DTV will still need to be paid for in human capital. I wanted to beat the next surplus, because it’s going to come. Therefore, I left.
- No incentive for me to stay and retire. For employee discounts? Lol. Took away the last thing worth anything from me; the insurance bridge gap money. Therefore, I left.
- 3/4 of my team was just a bunch of lazy clowns. Tired of carrying their weight. Therefore, I left.
- Weak Leadership. Therefore, I left.
- Took away 5 days of vacation in 2020 because thats the competitive thing to do. What a bunch of nonsense. Thats money out of my pocket. Therefore, I left.