Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

WTF is up with Stankey?

For years now, one thing you could always count on whenever you joined a Stankey townhall was his smug, I'm the smartest man in the room persona that he so desperately tried to project. I got the distinct feeling that those who joined him on stage really didn't believe what they were saying and were being forced to read from cue cards like hostages.

When the books are written by those Senior Executives in "the know," detailing how this historic company was literally destroyed by two men, no one will be surprised to hear how inept those guys are given their over-the-top efforts to hide that fact.

So, WTF is up with Stankey? Has anyone heard from him lately? No townhalls, no emails, nothing - complete silence. He's laying low like the coward he is. He's sending out his staff to deliver the message because everyone knows how fu----g stupid this whole thing is; dreamed up by one of the stupidest mans to ever run a fortune 50 company.

So much for that smug, I'm the man, bullsh-t attitude now, hey?

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Post ID: @OP+1nFuLm96

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Perhaps after the stock débâcle he is lying under his desk in the fetal position moaning "Rosebud". 😁

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Post ID: @1ygd+1nFuLm96

Purpose

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Post ID: @slz+1nFuLm96

He was just in Alpharetta, GA with his minions and expensive entourage.

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Post ID: @rcy+1nFuLm96

Who cares about townhalls or corny videos of him rapping and eating hot wings. All of that is cringe af.

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Post ID: @qfp+1nFuLm96

Anyone that wants to keep their job which includes the BOD will bow at Stankey’s feet no matter how bad things get!!

He probably will get an exceeds expectations on his next Board review!!

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Post ID: @dxi+1nFuLm96

Stankey is utterly incompetent. He’s single-handedly destroying AT&T with his catastrophic business decisions.

Any sentient company would fire Stankey and his servile and stupid enablers.

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Post ID: @mtf+1nFuLm96

STINKI master plan, Bring Lili Back'!!
Everything GETS Unicorns, Lollipops &Pony Rides.

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Post ID: @ccm+1nFuLm96

"Because no one got the guts to be a whistleblower... "
"not many people knew about the danger of lead..."

This may be the most astoundingly d-mb thing ever posted here. I'm not going to quote the entire thing but the cluelessness is massive.

There were plenty of "whistleblowers", including John Malone laying out the problem at an exec meeting, with pretty color charts. Did you read the articles?

And not knowing lead was a problem? Are you mad? The freaking Roman Empire knew lead exposure was a problem. Slightly more recently, did you not grow up watching the "pica balloon" commercials encouraging children to not eat paint chips? Lead paint in homes was banned in 1972.

They've had more than a bit of time to recognize this issue and plan for it, and that includes the current occupant of the big chair.

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Post ID: @inn+1nFuLm96

Yup, we could really use a wacky and irreverent pajama or wing eating video right about now. That production team must have all be laid off.

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Post ID: @njz+1nFuLm96

All the questions he takes at town halls are fake . They are made up by his handlers.

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Post ID: @qtz+1nFuLm96

He knows more about relocation to the office than anyone.

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Post ID: @gae+1nFuLm96

Trailblazers are often unpopular

Yeah, especially when they're leading you off a cliff.

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Post ID: @eyt+1nFuLm96

Making the next year of our life as painful as childbirth

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Post ID: @qou+1nFuLm96

Re: Trailblazers are often unpopular. Stankey is making critical and needed changes.

Trailblazer??? Are u serious??? DTV, T-MOBILE, Warner media?? Everything he touches turns to sh-t, NO ONE and I mean NO ONE on Wal street thinks this guy in anythjng but a CIRCUS CLOWN…… he’s been set up to fail and his ego is writing checks. His A$$ will never ever be able to cash……. NICE JOB THERE TEX…… you missed the Enron boat…… Jack a-s

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Post ID: @hcb+1nFuLm96

It's not the CEO's fault. He's not going to publicize anything negative about the company. It's the employees fault. Why? Because no one got the guts to be a whistleblower many years ago when the cables were actually being installed or even a few years after they were installed that there was lead in them. It's only becoming a major issue now because many people are actually concerned about lead poisoning and many studies have been done on how harmful it can be. I'm sure when the cables were being made and installed, not many people knew about the danger of lead or were there enough scientific studies done to prove (or get attention) to how harmful it can be. If the media had made a stink about it decades ago then it would have gotten more attention but they didn't. It's only today when WSJ published an article due to all the studies backing the danger of lead have we become so concerned about it. Going forward in the future, we are going to hear about many such issues as the science gets better and better (but it all depends on our kids who will hopefully study more math and science instead of video games, otherwise we will have to depend on the study result from China or Russia or others who will be more scientifically advanced).

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Post ID: @iag+1nFuLm96

He was the hero we needed, but not the one we deserved.

Not just anyone can just tank a stock price like this.

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Post ID: @mxz+1nFuLm96

Trailblazers like Stockton Rush, AKA Captain Crush, CEO of OceanGate??

Trailblazers, No, just No. Ruinous fools are often unpopular. Stankey is making critical and needed changes (To undo his disastrous decisions).

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Post ID: @gee+1nFuLm96

Complain when he has a town hall. Complain when he doesn't have a town hall. Complaining for the sake of complaining.

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Post ID: @ndd+1nFuLm96

Trailblazers are often unpopular. Stankey is making critical and needed changes.

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Post ID: @iqj+1nFuLm96

He is a dork

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Post ID: @ifk+1nFuLm96

Surprisingly I saw him in The Commons at HQ a few weeks ago. He was all alone, no one interacting with him. Kind of awkward.

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Post ID: @jfw+1nFuLm96

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