Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

lighten up Francis

I feel bad that your IQ only reached this high. Try again next lifetime. Not your fault, your mother underfed you as child and your brainpower did not fully develop. Must be very hard to live through life like this. Accept my sympathy.

Oh STFU. Seriously! Most didn’t sell their homes. Many were virtual a long time before covid.

the next plandemic is right around the corner until everyone learns to accept central planning, ie WHO.

OP is definitely a pillowbiter, just like Stankey.

Covid isn’t over. Just wait till Ebola makes its way to Southern boarders.

To the OP, if you don’t know what you are talking about shut the f up.

To the OP, this company is a utility. We need a network, we need a billing department, we need a call center and we need some stores. We don’t need 500+ vice presidents. We don’t really need marketing, every carrier charged $40 ish a month. We don’t need corporate jets, we can use our network to zoom, or better yet just SMS. If we operate honestly, we don’t need an army of lawyers or regulatory affairs folks. We just need decent people. You’ll probably never be one of those. Go lick boots.

I see a lot of hate filled posts about wfh and RTO. I’ve done both. Worked in an office for years and years 5 days a week, got move to permanent WFH long before covid. I would still go to the office 2x a week before covid because I wanted to not because I had to. Back then had my own desk, my equipment worked, etc.. now, yeah, no desks, the equipment doesn’t work and when I am in the office I can’t help but think how much more efficient I am at home. Not to mention yeah of course I can do my laundry between calls, or throw something in for dinner. Doesn’t mean I’m not working, heck when I’m in the office and get a break, I go grab coffee, water, stroll around the office. Isn’t no different.

“You don’t need to go into the office to work on spreadsheets…some jobs more collaboration is required others not so much,”

This would be an ideal job to offshore.

You’re just jealous and it’s hilarious! You know us old-timers got rich off this place. I know I sure did! Good luck to you juveniles. You’re gonna need it.

"I’ve worked from home for 10 years since T closed my office and didn’t have enough space in the new office for an assigned cubicle. "

Same exact scenario here. Maybe we used to work in the same office;) But seriously, this is a very common story. When I did go to the office, it was almost empty. They decided to close it. I was ASKED! (wasn't my idea), if I would like to try working from home instead of transferring to another office, further away in a big city downtown. I didn't like the idea at first, I liked "going to work", but tried and learned to work remotely. Been doing this for many years, way before Covid. It's not about "going back to office" for me, I'd have no issue with that, if there was an office for me to go "back" to.

OP is obviously a troll and the poster of all the agreeing posts. Seriously, 'libtards'? Probably a high schooler as well.

If in person collaboration is the best then it needs to roll out across the board. No more virtual training because that’s ineffective, subject to distractions, and too futuristic.

Well, we lasted longer than others. Now, just have to make some decisions(go to office and/or relocate).

So none of the 9 locations managers can relocate or report back to work are in the Southeast Region. No more Birmingham and Atlanta….hard to let that soak in.

I’ve worked from home for 10 years since T closed my office and didn’t have enough space in the new office for an assigned cubicle. I didn’t want to work from home then. But I adapted, learned new skills, technology, moved teams, moved jobs and been pretty good at communicating. Now, to be told to return would be fine if I didn’t have to play musical chairs or if anyone from my team was actually in my location (is Bratislava a possibility?). I hope my fellow office workers enjoy listening to me constantly conducting conferences calls. I guess distractions are productive.

You don’t need to go into the office to work on spreadsheets…some jobs more collaboration is required others not so much, and while some people are upset about going back to office…the majority are upset about having to move to a different state to keep their job

The only irony about this whole thing is that AT&T has been promoting and pushing remote work onto other businesses for the past few years, because they happen to conviniently sell the tools businesses need for that, but now act the only work model that makes sense is in person, at the office. And it's one thing it there was a major change in leadership, maybe new ideas, but we don't have that, same people don't want to practice what they preach. That's the irony.

Funny. Everyone in here saying "completely agree" is clearly the OP replying to his own post, because we know the most common sentiment on this site, it's not that, so what are the odds that several people with the same negative and frankly, not very smart, opinion would show up at the same time? That's just weak, dude.

To the OP: You are really good at scorning ATT Lifers. May I ask why you chose to work at T and what made you think you are so superior to others that you can insult them and laugh at them for all their misfortunes.

I completely agree, these older employees who have worked from home for a while need to face reality. To meet new century challenges we have to work together in offices.

But these older social security eligible employees would rather live away from Atlanta and Dallas and never learn new tech.

It is time to face the music. You can come back to office and learn, or retire and take the severance. The company is very generous, choice is yours.

I am ATTLifer, and everyone has a different story. Most are balking about moving to save a job, and I feel for you! For me, yes, balking to go back to the office, not because I thought Covid would never end, but because I thought times were changing remote work was the wave of the future. I’ll go into my hub 3 days a week, BUT not happy about it. I did that for 20 years, everyday, EVERYDAY! There was no such thing as WFH back then. Now I am consistently rated top 10% and proven I am effective teleworker, but have to come to the office because it’s good for the new hires and the culture. I am rooting for another pandemic lockdown.

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Hey, I was tempted to move to the countryside but decided to stay within an hours drive of the office I had worked at for 30 yrs. Never imagined the office would move 500 miles away! T is not a 25 yr old company like Google or Facebook. T is 100+ yrs old and was a nationwide company from the jump. Dressing up like a new company won’t change who T is. Still the same “goods” under the skirt!

"I think it’s kind of ironic that everyone is balking about having to go into an office"

Assuming you're not a troll - it's not really about "going into the office again." It's about people who have never been in and office and therefore don't live near one, and it's also about people who are willing to go into their office again (or do, currently), but are being told that "their" office is now six states away.

100% true post. These probably ready to retire employees moved to communities that are set up for retirement. Hoping they could still milk the company for some change.

Guess what? The shtick is over. If you want your paycheck better sell that retirement home, get a new mortgage at 7%, and come into office. This is all on you sleek.

100% on the money.