I left ATT in 2020 after 28 years. It wasn't my first choice at that time, but I had an existing side gig that quickly became a full-time job. I sold that business and officially retired from the workforce in June 2025. This led to several necessary interactions with ATT. Those interactions went fairly well. I have been out of pocket for 5 years, and there is a burning question, WHEN did ATT hire all of these whiners? Maybe the better questions are HOW and WHY? Are they unable to recognize obvious character flaws during their hiring and vetting? A common takeaway from the posts on this forum is a complete lack of personal responsibility for the position in which you find yourselves, and that you want someone else to fix it for you. I have a tip for you that you should have learned when you were 12 years old. The position in which you find yourself today is but a stepping stone to the position you could be in tomorrow. Prepare yourselves. Mama and daddy aren't going to make things all better.
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How to say you are on the TRUMP train without saying you are on the Trump train.
I am embarrassed for you; How uneducated you are!
DEI is the answer. People use to be hired because they were good that’s not the case today. Also a lot of bit kisser get promoted today. No skills but bit kissing. It’s insane.
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Is that you Sambar?
"They all appeared when the King of Whiners, you, retired. Why did you abandon your peeps?"
OP paid his dues, invested in himself, and then collected. Pretty much the long term goal of anyone planning for the future.
Once again, the nescient are so easily triggered.
Hey OP
First- no one cares about you, when you left, why you left, what you’re doing now.
Second- this place has become 10x more toxic since you left. People like to vent here. If you don’t like it don’t read it.
Hey boomer eat some pablum with your Metamucil.
Okay OP, that is amusing and priceless. Gonna give you 4.7 Stars.
So you came to this forum to get a real view of AT&T worker’s character???
You know you are not that smart, right?
Good riddance (and take all the other schmucks on this forum, please!!!)
I agree 100%. An abundance of dissatisfaction about any and everything about ATT found here. But so very thin skinned when they're called out...then have the audacity to cry that 'you let us worry about OUR company'! Man, that's so rich!!
AT&T died because folks like you spent their work lives building side gigs and contributing minimum to the work. You guys milked AT&T high wages for sh-t work and happily retired. So don’t come along and say we are whining for the mess we are in.
Nailed it. Kicking the can down the road. Unfortunately that testing has no value when budget concerns mandate hiring from the bottom of the barrel.
They're all the dei hires.
They all appeared when the King of Whiners, you, retired. Why did you abandon your peeps?
Best post I’ve seen on this site in 2025. Thank you!
@OP Many were already here when you left. They've been shuffled between teams while never being a good fit. AT&T is the first company I've worked for that does not require Aptitude, Personality, or SJT.
So many people who leave our company inevitably later wish they didn't leave.
Came out of retirement to share this opinion of the people you used to work with huh dummy?
How about you go to the senior center and build a puzzle and let us worry about our company you no longer for.