I worked for AT&T and my phone was free for decades . However , when I retired they started charging me $5 a month for my landline phone benefit and my taxes on it is another $7 .......C'mon man .
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I'm willing to start a go fund me for you if you promise to stop the shrill whining
This is Cry Baby Central. Nothing gets past these professional whiners….case in point…..
Good lord, get over it. A bunch of cry babies on this board. Promises are made to be broken!
The benefit of a landline - is you can give out freely and ignore the calls. I'm trying to switch my uverse cvoip to pots - its taking weeks.
The evil Santone probably said that this isn't a benefit at other companies so we don't need to have phone discounts here.
That seems to be the company line these days.
@qnj+1c2jWQ4i
on target, this was a benefit offered employees on our expected annual compensation statements. Used to lower pay increases (management). At retirement, the price and subsidy were gone and I got a bill for $132 (due to all features and long distance). The time to get retirement set up took a second billing period. Now $31/month. Yes I can afford the landline at this price, but the 2 extra bills, Direct TV, and internet should continue thru contract or tell us before we leave. The promotions running when I signed up were not applied to my new rate. I took the employee price at signup. 20+ years of service to be taken at time of retirement.
Landline phone? Are you serious? Didn't know anyone still had one of those.
Gimme free stuff.
OK BOOMER
Oh wow, I cannot imagine how all of you Biden your time and voting for government benefits are going to react when you find out that they are also unaffordable - and not delivered.
It’s been $5 for the past 10 years for live employees.
Landline. Nuff said.
@nmp+1c2jWQ4i asks why T should honor their life insurance commitment.
How about because they made a commitment? There is still such a thing as keeping a promise, even if the younger generation doesn't really understand what that means. But on a bigger level, this is indicative of T's overall philosophy under Rat & Stink. Say one thing, do another. How many promises has T made to employees, customers, business partners, the government, etc that they've ignored or just decided weren't worth keeping?
Whether or not a company ought to provide such things as extensive life insurance to retirees is a separate question. However, saying they will do something, only to change things mid-way, is a huge red flag. Unfortunately, that's what T has become, and really, it's just a reflection of the type of people Rat & Stink are.
Did you ever hear the expression: ‘Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff’? This is one of those times. Pull out your dimes, nickels, etc. from your change jar monthly and pay the measly bill.
I’m guessing you’ve got bigger financial issues in retirement if these are the bills you’re complaining about…..
It was a valued benefit that was provided for years at T. If your reasoning stands, why not just eliminate the benefit altogether? Sure you can always buy coversge, but just another fine example of the demise of T, wasting billions on failed venture after failed venture. Why must we give up all our hard earned benefits to offset the stupidity of Rat and Stink?
@abz
Look, I like complaining as much as the next guy, but why should T be responsible for leaving your heirs an inheritance via a life insurance policy ? Ideally, you should have enough saved in 401K and other assets by that point that life insurance isn't needed. If that's not the case, shop life insurance on the open market. It's another product that is cheaper to the general public than the supplemental "group" rates passed off as a benefit by this company. I'm still at an age where I need it, and was pleased to find that I could get the same coverage outside the company at just about the same price, and then cancel the supplemental life insurance I had through T payroll deduction.
And you sound surprised! There are no longer any retirement benefits at T, unless you pay for them. Although you will receive a $10K - $15K life insurance policy effective 01/01/2022. Don't let your heirs spend it all in one place! Before this benefit reduction, your heirs would have received > 110K on the average, big cutback!