https://www.lightreading.com/aiautomation/atandt-job-cuts-continue-as-headcount-drops-by-5100-since-january/a/d-id/784488
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I'll start believing in AI when Ai lays off all the leadership here
Don’t worry, they won’t need to send your ppt and spreadsheet job overseas. They are using AI and knowledge base, just a matter of time.
I would like to assure the author of this news article that making power points and excel spreadsheets is not bullsh-t job , if it were my job would have been sent overseas long ago !
As the article states there could be a lot of bullish/t jobs at T. I tend to agree there are enough of those jobs to be removed. But it’s going to hit harder and at the core of what we do. T wants to inject AI anywhere it can to bring down costs. This is no different than other companies.
I see cuts continuing for the next few years. At some point it’ll be JS and a bunch of robots running the place.
There’s definitely layoffs at L1-L4 levels. No word on 5s or 6s.
Another bad move for T if they don’t shrink at VP & above level. Layoff date for impacted L1-L4s is 6/22. Hopefully company will reorganize efficiently for those left working.
6uilding 6ack 6etter is working just as it should. At&t will thrive in our new banana republic
Didn't really need those workers.
Just a few thousand more heads to roll and we will be flush. Too big to fail.
Companies prepping for AI.
I was able to get a job in under 2 weeks. I am very happy with my new employer. Great benefits and work atmosphere. No complaints here.
How many contractors ?
Amazing that the company is still making money after laying off so many.
All these laid off people are delusional if they think they will be re-employeed anytime soon. Thank goodness for unemployment! Let the federal government pay them for not working. Biden will seek to modify the unemployment insurance program.
Unfortunately, this is the new norm folks. Layoffs will continue to happen at an accelerated pace, not just at AT&T. Do a quick google search for layoffs with results from this week only. One of the top links is https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/21/tech-industry-layoffs/
Lyft Unspecified, this round is 1200, after they already laid off recently
Meta 21,000 (10,000 in April, 11,000 in November)
Redfin 201
Apple Unspecified
Netflix Unspecified
Roku 200 (6%)
Unacademy 350 (12%)
Shift Technologies 30%
Lucid 1,300 (18%)
GitHub 100+ (South Asian market)
Disney 7,000
Salesforce Unspecified (additional layoffs on top of 10% cut in January)
Accenture 19,000 (2.5%)
Indeed 2,200 (15%)
Roofstock 100 (27%)
Twitch 400
Amazon 9,000 (10% from AWS)
Livespace 100 (2%)
Course Hero 42 (15%)
Klaviyo 140
Microsoft 10,000 (including an entire AI team)
Y Combinator 17 (20%)
Atlassian 500 (5%)
SiriusXM 475 (8%)
Alerzo 15% (800 employees remaining)
Cerebral 15% (285 employees)
They could have achieved better cost savings just by laying off two guys, Randall Stephenson and John Stankey.
How can they do that and get away with it?