Mobility build de-emphasized in capital allocation.
Fiber build emphasized in capital allocation.
So, where are all the REQs for wireline positions to manage the fiber build? There ain’t sh-t on workday.
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@fp Well in that case there must be lots of those job reqs posted in wireline, right? Oh wait... Some employees' salaries are "capitalized" using tax dodging accounting loopholes, but they meet no economic definition of capital.
"there are jobs in Atlanta that are union jobs being done by management - why isn’t union looking into this. Look at all L1 jobs."
Provide the management job titles and the union job titles whose work they are doing or it didn't happen.
Fiber build will be contracted.
You are not needed.
@fp your project maybe capital, but YOU are always viewed as an expense to the company.
"Employees are not capital. They are expense. "
Thats not true for all job titles. Some folks can be capital or expense depending what they're working on.
@f0 but you wont be, sadly. They’ll make your life so miserable you quit or drop dead.
Most of us old union workers WANT to be laid off.
Employees are not capital. They are expense. Wireline and fiber are cutting expense to the bone just like wireless.
I’ve been told group in TX and GA in C&E got notifications a few weeks ago they are surplus affected. I don’t imagine many posting will come anytime soon.
@b6 is that an FLSA violation
They are focusing outside our footprint because they’ve notice all the wireless adds they get after fiber.
AT&T is increasingly focusing on fiber builds outside its traditional footprint because it dramatically reduces AT&T’s capital burden while still expanding its subscriber base.
This is the entire economic logic behind the open‑access strategy (Gigapower, Forged Fiber 37, and similar ventures).
there are jobs in Atlanta that are union jobs being done by management - why isn’t union looking into this. Look at all L1 jobs.
Att owns Metronet Canada, it’s always been my theory they will “buy” Metronet here in the USA. Their network has been built much cheaper through contractors, I’ve been in a Metronet central office. Small and tons of fiber jumpers everywhere.
They changed job titles. There were lots of Network Engineer postings last week.
Outsourcing
Forged Fiber 37 is a thing, but for clarity, they are operating outside of AT&T’s “local”(telco) footprint.
Google — “Forged Fiber 37.”
AT&T isn’t just modernizing its network. It’s quietly constructing a parallel corporate ecosystem, a shadow infrastructure designed to operate outside the reach of union contracts, pension obligations, and legacy labor protections.
A full contractor‑based labor force, separate, deniable, and strategically invisible is being built piece by piece. These teams handle core operational work while remaining off the books of traditional AT&T employment structures. No union negotiations. No retirement liabilities. No long‑term commitments. Just a flexible workforce that can be expanded, replaced, or dissolved at will.
Union jobs are not on workday.
They are cutting headcount. Every group is on a hiring freeze. They do not need more people. What are you not understanding?
OP here.
Should have emphasized Management positions.
It’s all being sourced outside the union