L2 letters have been sent out. I met with my manager today—feels like the calm before the storm. Just to clarify, I'm not moving to Dallas.
RTO Presence
From the How and where we work FAQ. Why the f*** are we traveling to these other offices ??? • If you swipe your AT&T badge, connect to AT&T’s LAN, or AT&T company Wi-Fi (ATTCORP) at any AT&T office location, your presence will be reflected in the... — read more
Don’t forget about the culture survey!
With all the drama between outages, security breaches, strikes, DTV/ESPN/Disney etc. don’t forget we are STILL waiting on the culture survey results. Tom Petty’s “I won’t back down” plays in background.
Disney Carriage Agreement (Uverse/DirectTV)
This is not LAYOFF related, but I want wanted to post this for others to know. If you are impacted by the Loss of ESPN and other channels on UVerse/DirectTV, you must call in to Customer Service to get Billing Credits issued (About $30.00) to be on... — read more
Has this been the intention all along?
To ruin a good company? In that case Stankey was a great choice and will lead until there is nothing left to lead.
AT&T repeats history over and over again
In IT, we've been through the cycle of "get rid of contractors, we need to own our systems", so "have contractors take care of systems so our employees can focus on what's important" has happened more times than I can count. They even go over "why is... — read more
Stankey chooses to "reopen discussions on the final offer".
Wow, maybe the strike is having an affect on Corp.
This once-great company was ruined by Stankey and the rest of the management
They all acted like gods, strutting around as if they owned the place! In the end, the higher they climbed the corporate ladder, the more out of touch they became. It's truly such a shame to see AT&T in such a pitiful state knowing how things could... — read more
Daily meeting with avp
Our daily meeting with avp is good highlight of my day. The meeting of Ticket to Ride. I am half asleep as it is nighttime in India but I don’t miss for the world. spreadsheet is reviewed by each row to describe each status but we come to know it... — read more
MS - Occupancy indicator
now MS only have 2 days in the office but getting forced to continue 3 days. is this even legal? HR should know this crazy stupid policy by the local market.
LD and Mobility to merge rest of business units to be spun off
Legacy T soon to be merged with Mobility, Rest of business gets spun off. Government contracts and Mobil is where its at. The company that controls the airwaves and worldwide fiber network controls the world.
SE Utilities
The company has once again reached out directly to employees about negotiations. Am I missing something, are they supposed to be contacting employees or not? It makes no sense....
Boeing reaches tentative labor deal - No Strike
https://stocks.apple.com/AKFSQO3ncQv2q3AigalJOxw General wage increase 25% over 4 year contract and a new plane commitment to be built in the Seattle area. If approved by the majority 32,000 members it will avert a crippling strike, per Reuters... — read more
Make it make sense
Admittedly I am not in the room, but I have been trying to keep up with the different positions on key items. The union wants to flatten the zones to one, but doesn’t it cost much more to live in certain areas? They don’t want the healthcare costs... — read more
Fire/ Replace the C Suite
That is all. You’ve pi---d off management and non management alike through your incompetence pertaining to getting contracts signed , sealed , and delivered. You’ve squandered a terrific, knowledgeable, and loyal employee base through such... — read more
Update 66
Isn't this when Emperor Palpatine initiated the master plan to destroy the jedi? Thanks for the pictures guys, they are really letting us know that we're still getting paid and you guys are going broke. Nothing new to report
Why is the Company saying the contract is for 15k employees when the CWA site keeps saying 17k?
So Why is the Company saying the contract is for 15k employees when the CWA site keeps saying 17k? Someone’s not right on this? I would think the company knows how many employees they have, but why wouldn’t the union?
Invest 91L UPDATE
Looks as if Invest 91L will be about 75mph Wed. headed right up the wazoo between Houston and New Orleans. The cone is closer to NOLA with projected path N into La/Ms into Tenn. All you inexperienced non bargained employees need to understand the... — read more
Layoffs and Common Issues for All below the C-suite
The common employee issues and frustrations are from the following people of interest; BOD, Stankey, Execs and Randall the Vandal, let’s stay FOCUSED! *Who put the company in historical debt? *Who disempowered employees? *Who created a toxic... — read more
Sunday Blues
It's Sunday evening. Just got off the phone with the family. Being stuck here is not what I envisioned working for AT&T. Both the weather and job su-k.
DTV
I see where DTV announced a rate hike starting next month. Dropping major programming and hiking subscription price? Who comes up with this strategy?
AT&T sold your pension to private equity
This isn’t news but I only learned about this yesterday. If you Google AT&T pension, there are many articles and blog posts about it. AT&T recently sold their pension fund to an insurance company called Athene. Athene now holds over $12 billion in... — read more
AT&T Sale of POTS and DIRECTV
Supply Chain looking to unload legacy landline operations and attaching DIRECTV holdings to sweeten the deal. How many employees in landline?
Layoff Proof of Concept
The longer the strike lasts, the more validation there will be for large manager cuts having minimal impact. Remaining managers will be able to cover with overtime.
All this bickering
It’s ridiculous that so many posters think this is a fight between union and management. The only management posting here are the ones scr3ded into a cp assignment. The folks at the top are reading this and laughing about how you are doing exactly... — read more
D9 (West) TA downvoted and ULP charge
What’s next, Strike while trying to get the company to stop bad faith and return for negotiations? A ULP charge has been filed on AT&T 9/5 https://www.nlrb.gov/case/21-CA-349786
Washington State non-exempt employees, don't forget to clock your travel.
Flying outside of work hours? Law requires that you are compensated from the time you leave your door up until you enter your hotel room. This includes both flying to and from your home state. This is a new change in 2021, a change the company... — read more
New Weather Report
After the rain moves out of Fl it looks like Invest 91L has taken sights on the Tx, La. border. It shows to move in through S La into N La or N through Ms. CP's should be ready to move. Updates will follow.
Fire season picking up in the West
Several large fires already reported. I hope they ordered n95 masks and coveralls for the CP team.
LegT contract is expiring soon
What’s Stankey’s plan to ULP them too and add more to the strike line? The house went from smoking to catching fire 🔥
Contingency Assignment Bonus Implication
A portion of the 2025 bonus for those called up on contingency assignments should be based on how prepared a manager was on Day One of the strike assignment.
ULP District 3
Looks like maybe general counsel has signed off on the charge. https://www.nlrb.gov/case/10-CA-347889
CP needs Help
CP need of help here. Trying to complete a fiber migration but can't get sync for the uverse TV. Any suggestions?
What's the end game for this strike?
100% honest question. Now, after the company made their "best and final" offer, and I assume they mean it or their words won't mean s... ever again, and the union rejected it, how will this play out? Will one of the parties be forced by the feds to... — read more
100k Full time employees remain, of which 17k are out on strike
If and when D9 joins D3 there will be 32k employees striking. Thats 1/3 of the company on strike and approximately 4k CP managers no longer fullfilling their day to day roles. What will be the results of this cluster they have created? Where is... — read more
Hurricane Predicted to Cause Severe Damage Despite Being 200 Miles Off the East Coast
Setting up to be an interesting week.
Buying some stock in boot companies
Boot sales are about to go up this quarter with Stankey’s bad faith bargaining teams. A lot of unsuspecting managers are going to get an email giving directions for their new CP assignment. Office managers have already reported to the Atlanta... — read more
AT&T Employees Nationwide Continue Winning Efforts to Remove Unwanted CWA Union Bosses
"Faced with an inevitable vote among the workers, in Tennessee, California and Texas, CWA officials conceded defeat instead of facing a decertification vote" https://www.nrtw.org/news/att-national-decerts-09052024/
CWA leadership failure
Rhetorical questions incoming….Isn’t it the goal of the CWA to negotiate a suitable contract for its members? If the members vote it down, what does that imply?