...when AT&T was cutting cutting cutting and people said "That's what "AT&T" now stands for." We've come a long way, huh?
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I have been around long enough to remember this joke. “Allen and two techs” - the way I heard it. Allen was last ok CEO of legacy T. Only to be replaced by a succession of clowns.
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
Prior to that it was Allen, a tech and a terminal. AT&T has been laying off people since divestiture…a long, slow motion train wreck.
That was back in the day, when layoffs were layoffs.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jan/03/att-rings-in-year-with-layoffs-40000-to-lose-jobs/
- AT&T Corp. said Tuesday it would cut about 40,000 jobs as it prepares to split itself into three companies...*
These days, 30 people get laid off - it's a big deal.
Later on, AT&T meant Armstrong and Two Temps.