Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

Too bad executives as a general are extroverted midwit narcissists who are easily convinced by shiny things and have been trained to care only about the next quarter. They are entirely convinced that they can run their businesses with AI, H1Bs, outsourcing and college kids. So they give not a wh-t about experience, loyalty, or anything else…..everyone except themselves is expendable, and if they can make us miserable enough to leave without paying severance then it’s a win for them.

@c6 if WFH abuse is the issue then terminate the abusers. Odds are they’re not doing “more” work in the office than they would do from home. If anything probably less.

AT&T is not the only company thats is requiring RTO. Get with the program trns.

@c6 RTO started 2 years ago and nothing has gotten better, only worse and worse…

WFH abuse is what was destroying the company. RTO will save it.

@af

"You can't replace the communication you get from others in a shared space, whether it be direct or indirect. You may hear something that you won't use for another 6 months, but you won't get that working from home."

I guarantee that I will deliberately ignore anything I happen to overhear in the office. I also guarantee I'll never proactively "butt in" on a conversation if I know how to help. Plausible deniability rocks!

If I'm not directly addressed, it's like it didn't happen at all.

RTO has greatly improved responsiveness of members on my team. It continues to be a good thing.

@am You have it right. Leadership will never back down on this because that would mean admitting a mistake which they never ever do.

Layoffs destroy trust yet they do them constantly here. The shenanigans with Stankey’s age remarks destroys trust and he has never been held accountable for them. RTO shows the company doesn’t trust employees and they double down on it. Stankey’s rant shows how little they care about employee feedback.

They essentially we-ponized the word ‘culture’. I get a little when I hear it at this point. It’s kind of a standoff at this point. Leadership doesn’t trust or value employees and employees feel the same way about leaders. Great job, Stank.

@af
“ You can't replace the communication you get from others in a shared space, whether it be direct or indirect. You may hear something that you won't use for another 6 months, but you won't get that working from home.”

I hear the EXACT same thing in the stupid office that I heard when working from home - conference calls with my key partners who are in a different location as well as Teams pings. I do also get to hear the TV blasting from an office with the door left open so there’s that.

Been said a million times but it doesn’t seem to sink in. RTO is about getting rid of people, boosting exec egos, distrust of employees and justifying real estate investments. If it was about collaboration we wouldn’t be so dependent on tools whose purpose is to enable virtual collaboration.

@ah

great things for stank and his buttsniff brigade only.

@af

No. You may live in a simplistic, two option world but most of us don't.

@ae

and trudging on in like a bootlicker makes one immune to any cuts? please pass me what you're smoking on...

@aa

No. I refuse to be limited by those options.

@a2

so you decided to take a job that had to be done in person and you've got a chip on your shoulder over people who didn't?

not super intelligent.

RTO working remote from Walmart or the mall. Sorry, it’s over..

Pointless post.

Do you really think a reversal of that policy is likely at this point?

And as someone else said…it’s not really about RTO anymore. It’s about treating your workers like excr-ment and telling them (begging them practically) to leave if they don’t like it. It’s about urging managers to take an OHI survey to gauge the culture, and promising to share the results and then burying them and lying about why. It’s about stating out loud that your workforce is still too old during a live town hall and then deleting the recording. It’s about getting dismal feedback and engagement on an eNPS survey and sending an email late on a Friday to every management employee telling them their feedback isn’t valid, and they should (again) leave if they don’t like it here, and then tasking your lowest level management to come up with action plans to fix it.

@ae You’re right about one thing — Stankey doesn’t care. BTW, you get what you pay for. He’s an id--t who doesn’t understand his OWN memos. He says everyone must be in a brick and mortar building in Dallas, yet he signs off on having more and more jobs worked in India and “Yugoslavia”.

They want all U.S.A. office workers to quit or retire to replace with less paid and no benefits types. I’m one myself and the only badged employee are technicians who they trying to do the same with. 90% of my harassing emails and messaging is from clueless non employees who by the way do work at home.
It’s greed for the suits and our ceo candid email is validation.

@af “the company is doing great things”
Can you elaborate on this…?

Let me start…

• Data breaches
• Network Outages
• Constant layoffs/force management
• Treating employees like the enemy
• Stagnate wages
• Incessant focus on cutting costs vs growing revenue
• Abysmal customer service

@af spoken like a true Supervisor...boot li---r.

Don't stop RTO.
A long commute isn't the companies fault, the employee is free to move closer.
Low morale isn't the companies fault. If you're not driven and self motivated, it's time to move on.
You can't replace the communication you get from others in a shared space, whether it be direct or indirect. You may hear something that you won't use for another 6 months, but you won't get that working from home.
This is a great time, the company is doing great things, adjust your expectations get on board or move on

You are all replaceable in India or the Philippines. Stankey doesn't care. You post about staying home. Good luck

You didn't get the memo the beatings will continue until morale improves?

RTO robs us of golf and tennis time.

Just work as agreed or quit. We take a job and way the pros and cons

RTO is just a symptom of the problem. It’s the meanness. The lack of real leadership and vision. Stankey is a weak, old man. Exactly who he claims to hate.

Sounds like you’re jealous that some of us get virtual and make 6-figures while living in a LCOL area while you have to live in the city in squalor.

Bummer man.

Ha! Many of us didn't get the choice of WFH after covid. We commute daily and rent/buy to be close to work. Stop whiŋing and prove why they don't need to outsource your job

You are right and fu-k stankey and blackrock they can shove RTO up their as--s